Bangladesh

BCA leader called upon all caterers to maintain the highest quality, presentation and realistic pricing of their products.  The leaders requested this to all curry industry owners in a executive committee meeting held in Colchester on Thursday 8th October which was organised by Bangladesh Caterers Association Essex branch. President of Essex BCA and UK BCCI London President Jamal Uddin Moqoddus ...

President M. Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday called upon all to come forward to guarantee security of girl children and ensure their equal rights and dignity. They made the call in separate messages on the occasion of the National Girl Child Day-2015, reports BSS. They appreciated the theme of this year’s Girl Child Day — ‘Safe ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday directed the Women and Child Affairs and Social Welfare Ministries to make sure so that children do not have to pass miserable days on the streets, reports UNB. “[officials of ] Women and Child Affairs Ministry and Social Welfare Ministry are here, I’m directing the two ministries that make sue so that no child ...

The World Bank (WB) most likely will scale up its funding to Bangladesh, with pleading new financing commitments amounting to $1.9 billion for the current 2015-16 financial year (FY16), reports BSS. Referring to a meeting between finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith and WB senior vice president Kyle Peters, the multi-donor agency in a press release issued here today (Sunday) ...

The law-enforcement agencies have put maximum priority to ensuring proper investigation into the Japanese citizen Hoshi Kunio murder case considering all possible aspects. Acting Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Rangpur Range Police and Head of the five-member probe committee Humayun Kabir said this at an unscheduled media briefing at his conference room in the city this afternoon, BSS reports. He ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed the UN general assembly under a global spotlight a day after receiving the world’s highest environmental accolade- Champions of the Earth – while she progressively earned Bangladesh international limelight, winning 18 prestigious awards since 1997. A three-time elected premier, Sheikh Hasina first drew an extra international focus when the UN honoured her with its UNESCO ...

Dhaka Central Jail authorities have received the death warrants against death row war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury. Confirming the matter, Jail Super Jahangir Alam said that they received the death warrants, wrapped in red cloth, around 3:15pm on Thursday afternoon from the tribunal staffs. “The tribunal staffs entered the jail with the warrants at 3:05pm ...

Law enforcers on Thursday afternoon arrested Jatiya Party Presidium Member MA Hannan, also an MP from Mymensingh, and his son for committing crimes against humanity in 1971. Members of Banani Police Stations arrested them from city`s Gulshan area. They were later handed over to Gulshan Police Station. Earlier in the day, the International Crimes Tribunal issued arrest warrants against Hannan ...

Denouncing the killing of an Italian citizen in the capital, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the incident has happened due to a serious slide in the country’s law and order situation. “An Italian citizen was killed by criminals in the city on Monday. We strongly condemn it. We think such an incident has taken ...

President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday urged the All-Party Parliamentary Group to take steps so that British visa could be processed from Bangladesh as a large number of Bangladeshis regularly visit the UK regularly, reports UNB. British visa is now processed from New Delhi which is time-consuming one, the President said when a delegation of Conservatives Friends of Bangladesh (CFOB), led ...