Bangladesh

The demolition work at the residence of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi 32 is underway. Already most of the parts of one building were razed to the ground, while 20 per cent parts of another building were dismantled. An excavator is being used to tear down the structure. The crowd of onlookers found near the house on Thursday morning ...

A conference on “From Policy to Action – Integrated approaches for combating plastics and marine litter prevention in Bangladesh” was held today at the Auditorium of the Department of Environment (DoE), Agargaon, Dhaka. The conference was implemented by the Department of Environment in collaboration with UNIDO and the Norwegian government. The day-long seminar was chaired by Mr. Md Kamruzzaman, ndc, ...

Sheikh Hasina’s residence Sudha Sadan was also set on fire by protesters at 12midnight on Wednesday. Since the ousting of the Sheikh Hasina government during the student uprising on August 5, Sudha Sadan, located on Road 5 in Dhanmondi, had been completely vacated. According to Fire Service officials the fire at the residence was discovered around 11:30PM. Later the fire ...

A three-member BNP delegation, including party acting chairman Tarique Rahman’s daughter Zaima Rahman, met Robert A. Destro, the former US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labour. The delegation held the meeting with Robert Destro in Washington on Wednesday, according to a post on the party’s verified Facebook page. The other two members of the delegation were ...

Information and Broadcasting Adviser Nahid Islam has stated that India will be held accountable if ousted leader Sheikh Hasina engages in any political activities while staying there. “India has provided shelter to Sheikh Hasina, and they have their own reasons for doing so. We have formally requested India to return her to Bangladesh, which is a diplomatic matter. However, if ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has urged all stakeholders to accept the reports of the reform commissions and take necessary steps for their implementation. Speaking at a function held at the State Guest House Jamuna, he expressed confidence that the reports would receive unanimous support. The Public Administration Reform Commission, led by Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury, and the Judiciary Reform Commission, ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has said the interim government is committed to implementing important labour reforms to take the country’s labour laws to ILO standards. “We’ve already taken some moves. You will see the changes very soon.” Prof Yunus said when leaders of Nirapon, which works for the improvement of worker safety in Bangladesh’s hundreds of factories, called on ...

Former chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), Shibli Rubaiyat-ul-Islam, has been arrested by Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. According to DB Chief Rezaul Karim Mallik, the arrest took place on Tuesday night at around 10 PM in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area. He confirmed that Shibli Rubaiyat was apprehended in connection with a case filed by the ...

The United States (US) embassy in Dhaka will launch a new visa service system starting February 8, temporarily suspending access to its current online platform. As part of the transition, the visa service website www.ustraveldocs.com will be unavailable from February 5 to February 7, the embassy announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday, reports BSS. “We will resume our website ...

Sarah Cooke, British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, has said the United Kingdom (UK) will remain a steadfast partner of Bangladesh, noting that the two countries continue to expand their bilateral trade through the UK’s Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS). Representing eight businesses by a group of diverse and inspirational Bangladeshi women entrepreneurs is set to lead a trade mission to ...