Govt to respond to Unesco report next week

Bangladesh government will respond next week to a report sent by Unesco requesting it to conduct a revised Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) before going ahead with the Rampal power plant.
25 September 2016

Pirojpur suffers outage for eight hours

Nearly 13,000 power consumers of West Zone Power Distribution Company Limited (WZPDCL) under Pirojpur Palli Bidyut Samity (PBS)
24 September 2016

UK minister lauds Dhaka's drive against terrorism

British Minister for Asia Alok Sharma lauds Bangladesh government for its drive against terrorism and extremism.
24 September 2016

JS goes into session tomorrow

The Jatiya Sangsad goes into its 12th session at 5:00pm tomorrow.
24 September 2016

Bangladesh becomes Chair of Delta Coalition

Bangladesh has become the Chair of the Delta Coalition as the Netherlands formally handed over the chairmanship to it. The chairmanship has been handed over to Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali by the Special Envoy for International Water Affairs of the Netherlands Henk Ovink at a simple ceremony at UNHQ in New York.
24 September 2016

Nazmul Quaunine new envoy to UK

The government decides to appoint Md Nazmul Quaunine as the next High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the United Kingdom.
24 September 2016

PM to inaugurate smart NID card distribution Oct 2

The Election Commission will start distribution of machine-readable smart national identity cards among 10 crore citizens on October 2, replacing the existing laminated cards.
23 September 2016

PM reaches Washington

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after wrapping her busy five-day schedule in New York reaches Washington by road.
23 September 2016

Russia, Bangladesh abolish visas for diplomats

Bangladesh and Russian sign an intergovernmental agreement on visa-free travel for diplomatic and service passports holders.
23 September 2016

Govt offices to remain open Saturday

Government offices will remain open on Saturday next as the public servants will have to compensate the one-day additional holiday they had enjoyed ahead of Eid -ul-Azha on September 11.
22 September 2016

PM urges world leaders to find common grounds for world peace

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges world leaders to find common grounds in the interest of mankind to end the ongoing global disorder to take forward the world towards peace and prosperity.
22 September 2016

KSA okays recruitment of Bangladeshi male domestics

Saudi Arabia’s Shoura Council approves the recruitment of male domestic workers from Bangladesh.
21 September 2016

Sheikh Hasina beacon of Bengali nation: Syed Ashraf

Awami League General Secretary and Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is not only a resource of the AL, but the beacon of whole Bengali nation.
21 September 2016

PM seeks enlarged space for women for better future

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the global leaders to continue to enlarge the space for women for building a sustainable future saying it is crucial to prevent violent extremism in anywhere in the world.
21 September 2016

Democratic space curbed in Bangladesh: EU

Bangladesh witnessed a diminishing democratic space and steady deterioration in civil and political rights in 2015, European Union’s annual human rights report says.
21 September 2016

Female MP's son arrested

Police arrested Rashed Sarwar Amin alias Rumon, youngest son of lawmaker Refat Amin, in two extortion cases and produced him before a Satkhira court on Monday seeking a five-day remand.
20 September 2016

Huge croplands lost to Teesta, Dharla

The Teesta and Dharla rivers devoured huge croplands in 12 villages under three upazilas of the district in the last one week.
20 September 2016

SC issues directives for easing fine payment process of the convicts

The Supreme Court issues directives for easing the process of paying fines of the convicts to be released from jail.
20 September 2016

Commonwealth seeks PM's support on new programmes

Commonwealth Secretary General Baroness Patricia Janet Scotland has sought support and leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Commonwealth's new programmes related to the women empowerment.
20 September 2016

Counter terrorism unit can carry out operation anywhere in the country

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) from now will be able to carry out its operation across the country.
19 September 2016