Bangladesh

The Cabinet on Monday adopted two separate thanksgiving motions, one greeting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for being named as a winner of ‘Champions of the Earth Award’ for her government’s role in addressing climate change in Bangladesh. The Cabinet adopted another thanksgiving motion greeting former Chief Justice Md Tafazzul Islam and former judge of the High Court Justice Md Awlad ...

The main congregation of Eid-ul-Azha, the largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be held at the National Eidgah on the High Court premises at 8:00am on the Eid day. However, the venue of the main jamaat will be shifted to Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in case of inclement weather, UNB reports. The decision was taken a meeting of the ...

Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and moderately heavy falls elsewhere over the country, reports BSS. Day and night temperature may ...

Police on Monday morning foiled a human chain of admission seekers who arranged the programme demanding cancellation of the results of this year’s MBBS and Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) admission tests over alleged leak of question papers, reports UNB. A group of students under the banner of ‘Students Seeking Admission in Public Medical Colleges’ formed a human chain in ...

Bangladesh Bank (BB) is going to launch its second five-year Strategic Plan 2015-2019 on Saturday. The launching ceremony will be held at AKN Ahmed Auditorium of Bangladesh Bank Training Academy (BBTA) at Mirpur-2 at 10:30am, reports UNB. Governor of the central bank Dr Atiur Rahman will announce the strategic plan as the chief guest. All deputy governors, senior executives of ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will co-chair a high-level summit on peace operations with US President Barack Obama in New York on September 28, said Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali. The US President has taken the initiative to host the summit on the sidelines of the 70th UN General Assembly. Apart from the two leaders, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will ...

Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Dhaka, Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions with moderately heavy falls at places over Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions, reports BSS. Day and night temperature may remain nearly ...

Robbers looted TK 21 lakh from Rajarhat branch of Agrani Bank in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on early Friday. The heist came to light when local people found the grill of a window of the state-owned bank broken in the morning. Shikdar Akkas Ali, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said the burglars looted TK 21 lakh breaking the bank ...

She gets the environmental accolade for Bangladesh role on climate change Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been announced as one of the winners of the United Nations’ highest environmental accolade in recognition of Bangladesh’s far-reaching initiatives to address climate change, reports UNB. With a population of more than 159 million, Bangladesh is one of the world’s most populated countries. It ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday sketched out ways and means how Bangladesh and Iran can move ahead together through a greater collaboration in a number of areas, including energy and trade areas, ensuring mutual economic gains. Wrapping up his brief but ‘important’ visit to Bangladesh which was less than 24 hours, Javad Zarif told reporters at ...