Bangladesh

Students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway to protest the reinstatement of the quota system in government jobs. The protesters took position at the Dairy Gate area around 11am on Sunday. The blockade caused severe traffic congestion, with hundreds of vehicles stuck on both sides of the highway. As part of their pre-scheduled programme, the JU students brought ...

India is a political friend of Bangladesh while China is of development, said Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday (July 6). Noting that Bangladesh will take opportunities from anywhere for the sake of the country’s development, he said: “Bangladesh’s relationship with India is good. So, I have been able to take many ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) thinks that the demand of the students regarding quota in government jobs is certainly fair and logical. For this, the party has expressed solidarity with the ongoing anti-quota movement. The party also supported pension movements of public university teachers. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up with the announcement at a press conference on ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked children of the country to take preparations from now on for conquering the moon. “We will go to the moon one day. So, you have to take preparation to achieve that from now on,” she said, reports UNB. The prime minister made the remarks while opening “Bangabandhu Corner” at Gimadanga Tungipara Government Model ...

A luxury duplex bungalow of former inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed at Rupganj in Narayanganj has been confiscated at the directive of a court. A team of Narayanganj district administration and Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) sealed the house at Ananda Police Housing Society at Dakkhinbag area in Rupganj upazila on Saturday. Narayanganj Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Mahmudul Huque, local upazila ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday opened ‘Bangabandhu Corner’ at Gimadanga Tungipara Government Model Primary School in Gopalganj. She also unveiled cover of an album titled “Eso Bangabandhuke Jani” (Let’s know Bangabandhu). Earlier, when she arrived at the school that was established in 1912 the students welcomed her. Sheikh Hasina exchanged pleasantries with the students and asked about their wellbeing. ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated British Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer for his party’s historic victory in the July 4 elections and assumption of office as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. “This unequivocal mandate clearly testifies to the trust and confidence of the British people in your leadership to take ...

Describing the Padma Bridge as a symbol of pride, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the international community now shows due respect to Bangladesh as the bridge was constructed with own finance. “People now show respect when they heard the name of Bangladesh on the international stage. The people of Bangladesh have reached a dignified position,” she said while addressing ...

A trawler carrying 31 Rohingyas and two Border Guard Police (BGP) personnel of Myanmar has anchored at Saint Martin’s Island. The trawler carrying passengers arrived at the Saint Martin’s Island from Mongdu in Myanmar early on Friday (July 5), amid intense clashes between the armed forces of Myanmar’s Rakhine State and Arakan Army. The two BGP members were armed, while ...

At least five people, including a child, were killed and 25 other were injured after mango-laden truck and bus collided head-on in Dinajpur on Friday morning. The detailed identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Officer-in-charge of Dinajpur Kotwali Police Station Md Farid Hossain said the accident occurred on Dinajpur-Phulbari Highway in front of the Ariyan Petro pump ...