Bangladesh

The Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has proposed minimum wage of Tk 22,776 for tannery workers in the backdrop of existing food prices and inflation rates. CPD senior research associate Tamim Ahmed presented the findings at a press conference titled “Minimum Wage for the Bangladesh Tannery Industry in 2024: An Empirical Analysis” held at CPD office at Dhanmondi in Dhaka ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah: Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister, Dr Hasan Mahmud, MP, called upon the UK government to collaborate with Bangladesh to establish a peaceful and conflict-free world and to put an end to the ongoing wars in Gaza and Ukraine. During his speech as the Guest of Honour at a high-profile diplomatic reception hosted by the Bangladesh High Commission, London, to ...

At least 36 more Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) fled to Bangladesh on Saturday, fleeing the ongoing battle between Myanmar troops and the armed group called the Arakan Army. They entered Bangladesh through the Nazirpara, Dakkhinpara, and Jaliyapara areas of Teknaf early Saturday. A source said that, their designations are yet to be confirmed and they are taken to Nhila ...

Wife of the arrested ‘Child and Old Age Care’ chairman Milton Samaddar has been summoned at the Detective Branch (DB) in Dhaka for questioning, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s (DMP) additional commissioner (DB) Mohammad Harun-ar-Rashid. He disclosed it while responding to a query of a journalist at his office at Minto Road on Saturday afternoon. Harun-ar-Rashid said Milton Samaddar is now ...

The Meteorological Department predicted rain across the country from next Monday. It was reported on Saturday that this rain may continue for six days in different parts of the country. Meteorological office officials have also warned everyone for their own safety at this time of nor’wester. They said, after few days of rain, the heat wave may subside. But on ...

Four passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed after being hit by a truck in Noakhali’s Begumganj Upazila on Saturday. The accident took place in the morning at Chandraganj Purba Bazar on the Noakhali-Lakshmipur regional highway of the upazila. The deceased were Rahmat Ullah Bhuiyan, 65, army personnel Fazlul Karim, 50, and Alauddin, 45, hailed from Lakshipur district. The identity ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP now itself remains under pressure as they wanted to mount stress on the government through hatching various conspiracies. “Those who wanted to keep us under pressure are now remaining in pressure as the Arab Spring has also gone beyond the Atlantic,” he said. Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, was ...

Country’s people will know Awami League as ‘Mir Zafar’ in future, said BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday (May 3). “You (Awami League) will not be able to cling to power until he Judgement Day. After you leave power, a new history will be written and people will know you as ‘Mir Zafar’ after reading ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday morning received treatment at the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital in the capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. The premier went to the hospital in the morning and received treatment by purchasing a Tk 10-ticket as an out-door patient like other ordinary patients, said the Prime Minister’s press wing. Hasina made several visits to the hospital ...

The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams will be published on May 12. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to officially inaugurate the SSC and equivalent examination result publication programme from Ganabhaban at 10am on May 12. An Education Ministry source said on Friday. Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury will formally hand over the results ...