Bangladesh

Tracey Ann Jacobson, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, will join the US Embassy Dhaka as Charge d’affaires, ad interim, on January 11. Over the course of her distinguished career, she has served as U.S. Ambassador three times – to Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Kosovo, said the US Embassy in Dhaka on Thursday. With Ambassador Jacobson’s arrival as Charge ...

Students of Government Madrasa-e-Alia blocked the capital’s Bakshibazar area to remove makeshift court from the madrasa ground which was set up to hold the trail of BDR mutiny. After whole night of protest, the students have also found took position on the road since Thursday morning, suspending the traffic movement on that street. They warned that they will remain on ...

Four members of the same family were killed and seven others injured as an ambulance caught fire following a gas cylinder blast after being hit by two buses at Police Town in Savar early Thursday. The accident occurred around 2 am on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in front of Fulbaria Police Town in Savar. However, the identities of the dead could ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been admitted to The London Clinic on Wednesday for advanced medical treatment. She arrived at the clinic at around 5 PM (Bangladesh time) after completing all necessary procedures, accompanied by her personal medical team. Dr. Al Mamun, part of the team, confirmed that Khaleda’s health and medical reports would be reviewed by the clinic’s doctors ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved six new projects and four revised projects, worth Tk 4,246.72 crore. The approval came from the 6th ECNEC meeting in this fiscal year and the 5th meeting of the interim government held on Wednesday at the NEC Conference Room in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area of Dhaka. ECNEC Chairperson and Chief ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has reached London to avail advanced treatment there. The Royal Air Ambulance carrying Khaleda Zia and her entourage landed at Heathrow International Airport at 2:58pm Bangladesh standard time on Wednesday (January 8). BNP Acting Chairman and Khaleda Zia’s elder son Tarique Rahman welcomed the BNP chief at Heathrow Airport. An emotional situation arose when Tarique Rahman ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has landed at London’s Heathrow Airport. The air ambulance, carrying the BNP chief, reached at the airport around 2:55PM on Wednesday.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia met with Bangladesh’s Ambassador to Qatar Nazrul Islam at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar. She met with him during her short stopover at the airport, the BNP chief’s personal physician Prof AZM Zahid confirmed the development. Nazrul Islam then inquired about Khaleda Zia’s health. After a short brief, Kaleda Zia started for London’s Heathrow Airport.

India has extended the visa of Sheikh Hasina, the deposed Prime Minister of Bangladesh, amid mounting calls from Dhaka for her extradition. Hasina, 77, has been residing in India since fleeing her country in August last year, following widespread protests that culminated in her resignation. The Hindustan Times, a major national daily of India, reports that Sheikh Hasina’s visa extension ...

The daytime temperature across the country may drop by 1 to 2 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. There is a little chance of seeing the sun today due to fog in the capital and surrounding areas. A cold wave may hit different places of the country, including the northern part, after a few days’ of break. According to met office bulletin, ...