Muhammed Shahed Rahman : Councillor Barrister Mushtaq Ahmed has been elected as the new Speaker of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Council in the United Kingdom. At the same time, Lansbury Ward Councillor and former Cabinet member Iqbal Hossain has been elected as the Deputy Speaker . Working in a restaurant in the UK, returning to education at the ...

Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort has introduced its “Beat the Heat” campaign, featuring special offers on stays, dining, recreation, and wellness facilities. Designed to turn the scorching summer into a cool and memorable experience, this exclusive seasonal campaign brings together relaxation, recreation, fitness, and refreshing culinary delights under one roof. Guests can now enjoy specially crafted Room Packagesonly = with ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) returned fire after India’s Border Security Force (BSF) fired shots in the Sonarhat border area of Sylhet’s Gowainghat upazila yesterday afternoon, the BGB said. However, no casualties were reported. Lieutenant Colonel Md Nazmul Haque, commanding officer of the Sylhet Battalion (48 BGB), in a press release, said today that BSF opened fire in the Sonarhat border ...

UNICEF has said Bangladesh experienced a prolonged shortage of routine measles vaccines last year despite repeated warnings to the government. According to the UN agency, delays in vaccine supply aggravated the situation even though it had issued at least 10 alerts to the government since 2024. The information was shared at a press conference held at the UNICEF Bangladesh JPG ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of the National Disaster Management Research and Training Institute (NDMRTI) building in the Sataish Chourasta area of Dharpara in the city. The premier laid the foundation stone around 2pm. Disaster Management and Relief Minister Asadul Habib Dulu, State Minister M Iqbal Hossain, Secretary Md Saidur Rahman Khan and other senior ...

A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced Bidisha Ershad, former wife of late president Hussain Muhammad Ershad, to two years of rigorous imprisonment in a fraud case over the sale of a residential flat. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jamshed Alam delivered the verdict and also fined her Tk10,000. The court said she would have to serve an additional month in jail if ...

The United Nations and its humanitarian partners have appealed for $710.5 million in international assistance to meet the urgent needs of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar camps and Bhasan Char, alongside support for Bangladeshi host communities affected by the prolonged crisis. The appeal, launched in coordination with the Bangladesh government, comes as growing global instability and mounting humanitarian pressures force ...

Opposition leader in parliament and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has expressed strong concern over what he described as the “demise” of an independent judicial secretariat, questioning the government’s commitment to judicial independence. In a post published on his verified Facebook page on Wednesday (20 May), Dr Rahman criticised what he alleged to be growing political influence over the ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday called upon the members of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP) to perform their duties with utmost discipline and strictly following the chain of command. “In any country, adherence to the ‘chain of command’ and ‘discipline’ is an essential and mandatory principle for every disciplined force. If there is even the slightest negligence ...

Prime Minister’s Advisor on Education and Primary and Mass Education, Mahdi Amin held a meeting with UK Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum Alex Norris MP at the British Home Office on Tuesday (19 May). Bangladesh’s Acting High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr M Nazrul Islam, and British Deputy High Commissioner in Dhaka James Goldman were also ...