Feb 28, 2021, at 12:02 am
Dhaka, February 26: China Railway Group Ltd (CREC)- the Chinese construction company in charge of the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project- has alleged mismanagement and said that pending payments is slowing the project, a press release by Forethought PR Limited, the CREC's communication agent in Bangladesh, said.
Rohingya refugees: UN agency urges immediate rescue to prevent ‘tragedy’ on Andaman Sea
Feb 23, 2021, at 10:18 pm
New York: The UN refugee agency (UNHCR), on Monday, called for immediate efforts to search and rescue a group of Rohingya refugees, who have been adrift on the Andaman Sea for over a week.
Bangladesh observing International Mother Language Day today
Feb 21, 2021, at 09:36 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The supreme sacrifice of the 'language heroes' on this day 69 years back is being remembered as people are paying glowing tributes to them at the altar of the Central Shaheed Minar since midnight while maintaining health guidelines.
Bangladesh: Chinese workers beat up local, triggers tension
Feb 14, 2021, at 06:39 am
Dhaka: Some local workers in Bangladesh on Thursday allegedly vandalized several cars and residential barracks housing many Chinese workers in the under-construction Lebukhali Bridge area over the Payra River in Barisal city, an incident which might hit the relationship between the two nations.
Feb 11, 2021, at 04:37 pm
Dhaka/Kolkata: Former Indian civil servant Gautam Bhattacharya feels that the most important contribution of Bangladesh's 'Founding Father' Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was just not to give the clarion call for liberation but to develop the “spirit of muktijuddho” (liberation war), to make all his people dream of establishing a society based on liberal values.
Publisher Foisal Arefin Dipon murder case: 8 militants awarded death sentence
Feb 10, 2021, at 10:02 pm
Dhaka: Eight activists of banned militant outfit Ansar al-Islam have been awarded death sentences in connection with the case related to 2015 murder of Jagriti Prokashony Publisher Foisal Arefin Dipon.
Maldives Foreign Minister visits Bangladesh
Feb 08, 2021, at 02:24 am
Dhaka/UNI: Foreign Minister of Maldives Abdulla Shahid is scheduled to pay an official visit to Bangladesh on February 8-11, upon invitation of Foreign Minister of Bangladesh AK Abdul Momen.
Bangladesh is performing well in economic front: Report
Feb 03, 2021, at 03:38 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh is performing well in the economic front and its export earnings are increasing rapidly at the moment, a report said.
Bangladesh government rejects Al Jazeera’s desperate report on PM Sheikh Hasina
Feb 02, 2021, at 09:41 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The government of Bangladesh has rejected the desperate “smear campaign” instigated by extremists and their allies, working from London and elsewhere, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Bangladesh will soon be a bridge between South, South-East Asia riding on economic progress: Experts
Jan 30, 2021, at 05:42 pm
Geo-politics experts Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi feel that the economic progress of Bangladesh will make it a bridge between South and South-East Asia.
Bangladesh:Neo JMB member arrested in Dhaka
Jan 25, 2021, at 04:19 am
Dhaka: The Counter Terrorism Investigation Division (CTID) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested a suspected neo JMB member from Bangladesh capital Dhaka city, media reports said.
Bangladesh to start trial application of corona vaccine from Jan 25
Jan 24, 2021, at 09:26 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The trial application of corona vaccine in Bangladesh will start from Wednesday, Health Secretary Abdul Mannan told media.
Sheikh Hasina urges filmmakers to make more movies on Liberation War
Jan 18, 2021, at 01:28 am
Dhaka/UNI: Stating that her government would do everything necessary for survival of the country’s cinema industry, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged all concerned to make more films on the our Liberation War 71 as the generation after generation could know the real history of Bangladesh’s emergence as an independent nation.
Protests in Bangladesh against atrocities against minorities in Pakistan
Jan 11, 2021, at 02:09 am
Dhaka: A large section of people recently protested in Bangladesh capital Dhaka against the ongoing atrocities on minorities in Pakistan, which had once unleashed horrors in the people of Bangladesh during its independence movement that culminated in the birth of a new nation in 1971.
China's plan to create dam along South Asian rivers triggers tension in India, Bangladesh
Jan 06, 2021, at 04:44 pm
Beijing/New Delhi/Dhaka: China's plan to build a super dam on a major river that flows into India and Bangladesh is surely threatening to create a flashpoint with New Delhi and even raise concern for Bangladesh, a nation which is dependent on the river for fresh water, media reports said.
Bangladesh: PM Sheikh Hasina asks police to check cybercrimes, drug abuse, money laundering
Jan 04, 2021, at 09:35 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the police personnel to stop cybercrimes alongside money laundering, human trafficking, terrorism, militancy, abuse of drugs, gangster culture and repression on women and children.
Bangladesh: Man arrested for vandalising Bangabandhu's mural
Jan 02, 2021, at 10:40 pm
Dhaka: Police have arrested a man for vandalising the mural of Bangladesh Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Pirganj.
CDA of Oman pays farewell call on Bangladesh Foreign Min Dr Momen
Jan 02, 2021, at 10:17 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The Head of Mission of Embassy of Sultanate of Oman Ta’eebsalim ‘Abdullah Al ‘ Alawi paid his farewell call on the Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at his official residence on Saturday.
Bangladesh: Dhaka witnesses protest against Karima Baloch's death
Dec 29, 2020, at 03:12 pm
Dhaka: Members of Bangladesh Muktijuddha Mancha on Sunday protested in Dhaka city against the death of activist Karima Baloch in Canada recently.
Bangladeshi spiritual leader Dewanbagi Pir dies
Dec 28, 2020, at 09:43 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The founder and proprietor of Dewanbagi Darbar Sharif Pir Syed Mahbub-e-Khoda passed away here on Monday.
Bangladesh: Rohingyas new group to shift Bhasan Char
Dec 28, 2020, at 09:29 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh will move a second group of Rohingya refugees to a low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, officials said, despite calls by rights groups to stop the relocation on safety grounds.
Bangladesh a rising star in South Asia, appreciates Turkish FM
Dec 24, 2020, at 05:30 am
Dhaka/UNI: Terming Bangladesh as a 'rising star' in South Asia, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday lauded the country, saying that the country has become a model of sustainable development for the world, under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Bangladesh registers 1267 new COVID-19 cases, 25 new deaths
Dec 19, 2020, at 11:26 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh has registered 1267 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours,media reports said on Saturday.
Bangladesh: Train-bus collision leaves 10 dead in Joypurhat
Dec 19, 2020, at 03:19 pm
Dhaka: The collision between a train and a bus in Bangladesh's Joypurhat area on Saturday left at least 10 people killed and six others hurt, media reports said.
1971 war crimes: Pakistan should apologize to Bangladeshis
Dec 17, 2020, at 05:37 am
A reference to the Hamood ur Rehman Commission Report on 1971 genocide establishes the fact that Pakistan should immediately apologise to Bangladeshi people for the war crimes.
Don't use religion as a political tool: Sheikh Hasina on Victory Day
Dec 16, 2020, at 06:08 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has urged people of the country not to use religion as a political tool.
Bangladesh government extends Mujib Borsho celebration till Dec 16, 2021
Dec 16, 2020, at 04:09 pm
Dhaka: The Bangladesh government has extended the Mujib Borsho or Mujib Year, which marks the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, till Dec 16, 2021.
Bangladesh inks vaccine agreement with Serum Institute of India
Dec 14, 2020, at 01:38 am
Dhaka, Dec 13(UNI) Bangladesh government has signed a procurement agreement with Serum Institute of India, which is producing doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, an official said on Sunday.
Dec 12, 2020, at 05:54 am
Dhaka: A large number of people in Bangladesh's two major cities- Dhaka and Sylhet- took to the streets to protest against China and Pakistan over persecution of minorities in the two nations.
US concerned about Bangladesh's plans to relocate 1,642 Rohingya refugees: State Dept
Dec 11, 2020, at 01:38 am
Washington/Sputnik: The United States is alarmed by Bangladesh's plans to transfer more than 1,600 Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char, and stresses the need for all relocations to be fully voluntary, State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Cale Brown said in a statement on Thursday.