Former law minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Sunday. He was 89. Shafique breathed his last around 5:30pm while undergoing treatment at Bangladesh Medical College Hospital, Supreme Court senior lawyer ABM Altaf Hossain told the media. He was admitted to the hospital on Saturday, Altaf added. The former minister is survived by two sons ...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said the government has set a “unique precedent” in parliamentary democracy by disposing of 133 ordinances within a short time during the first session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad. He made the remarks at a press briefing held at the Ministry of Home Affairs conference room at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Sunday, focusing on the ...

Former speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has been released from the Kashimpur Women’s Central Jail in Gazipur. The bail documents of the former speaker reached the prison on Sunday afternoon, Senior Jail Superintendent Kawalin Nahar told the media. After verification, she was released from jail around 6:30pm, Nahar added. Earlier in the day, a Dhaka court granted bail to Shirin Sharmin ...

Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who was part of peace talks with the United States this weekend, said on Sunday that Washington was “unable” to win Tehran’s trust during the discussions. “My colleagues in the Iranian delegation… put forward constructive initiatives but ultimately the other side was unable to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation in this round ...

Mikel Arteta said Arsenal’s 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth on Saturday was a “big punch in the face”, calling on his players to stand up as the club’s Premier League title charge threatens to unravel. Junior Kroupi gave the visitors a well-earned lead after 17 minutes before Viktor Gyokeres clawed a laboured Arsenal back into the game from the penalty spot. ...

The Ambassador of Palestine to Bangladesh, Yousef Ramadan, paid a courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam on Sunday. The state minister warmly welcomed the ambassador and conveyed gratitude to the Palestinian leadership for their felicitations to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on its victory in the 13th National Parliamentary Election and the formation of the ...

Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir held separate meetings with the Ambassador of Germany, Achim Tröster, and the Ambassador of Sweden, Nicolas Weeks, on Sunday at his office in the Secretariat in Dhaka. The meetings focused on expanding bilateral trade, increasing investment, and strengthening overall economic cooperation between Bangladesh and the two European countries. During the discussions, the commerce minister said ...

Amid concerns over supplies of fuel oil and gas, two more vessels carrying Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) arrived at Chattogram Port on Saturday. Of the vessels, Thailand-flagged “Gas Courage” arrived from India while another tanker, “DL Lily” arrived from Malaysia. Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) Secretary Syed Refayet Hamim informed that the vessels anchored at the Bravo and Charlie anchorages of ...

UK government minister Wes Streeting on Sunday said it was “disappointing” that negotiations between the United States and Iran in Islamabad had stalled, adding that US President Donald Trump’s earlier social media comments had been “extraordinary”. “It’s obviously disappointing that we haven’t yet seen a breakthrough in negotiations and an end to this war in Iran that is a sustainable ...

India has transferred its High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma, appointing him as the next Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union. The development was confirmed through an official notification issued by India’s Ministry of External Affairs on Friday (10 April). Pranay, who assumed charge as high commissioner in Dhaka in August 2022, has played a key role in managing ...