Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government has taken a step to formulate a  ‘National Smooth Transition Strategy’, aiming to make smooth the graduation of Bangladesh from Least Developed Country (LDC) group to a developing one. “To ensure smooth graduation to a developing country, process is on to formulate a National Smooth Transition Strategy. All kinds of…

Four more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till  Saturday morning, health authorities said. Fatalities from dengue remained unchanged at 105 as no new death was reported during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). It said 95 people died in Dhaka division alone, four in Mymensingh, two each in Chattogram, and Khulna and one each in Rajshahi and…

President M Abdul Hamid today has summoned 16th session (also the first session of 2022) of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on January 16. "The session will begin at 4 pm on January 16 (Sunday) at the Parliament Bhaban in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar here," said a JS media release here this afternoon. The President, also the head of the state, convened the session exercising the power bestowed upon him as per…

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has written a long letter to his US counterpart Antony J. Blinken on a number of issues including a call to "waive sanctions" on RAB, its current and former senior officials. "This is vitally important that we begin to work on a priority basis to find ways and means to waive sanctions," Dr Momen wrote in his letter sent on December 24 where he had referred the candid…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed her government’s keen interest to make the air force like developed countries, saying the ultra-modern fighter planes, air defence radar and missile were already inducted to the force to turn the desire into reality. “We have already incorporated ultra-modern fighter planes, air defence radar, missile and necessary equipment to Bangladesh Air…

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecast that  temperature may decrease from today (Saturday). According to Met office, the temperature will drop further from January 3 to 4. Meteorologist Shahnaz Sultana confirmed the information. The lowest temperature was recorded at 10 degree Celsius in Tetulia and Srimangal on Saturday, respectively. Dhaka recorded 15.5 degree Celsius temperature…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the 26th edition of Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) declaring ICT products and services as the “products of the year 2022”. The largest annual commercial and trade event of the country is being held at its permanent venue – “Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre '' – at Purbachal on the outskirts…

Houses and establishments caught fire in at least 10 places in capital Dhaka due to celebration of the 31st night on the New Year’s eve with firework. The places fire accident reported are Dhanmondi, Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Tejgaon, Khilgaon, Demra, Sutrapur, Lalbagh, Rayerbagh, and Keraniganj. Separate teams of Fire Service and Civil Defense are trying to douse the flame.Bangladesh celebrated…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called for ensuring easy transfer of available technologies to developing nations so that they can face the toughest challenges of the 4th industrial revolution (4IR) in keeping pace with the developed countries. Joining virtually the closing ceremony of a conference on the 4IR from her official Ganabhaban residence here, she said her government has been taking various…

Two Omicron cases were detected in the country, said Health minister Zahid Maleque.  Two women cricket players who came from Zimbabwe were detected with Omicron. BCB president Nazmul Hassan Papon told reporters that they were in isolation and asymptomatic .

The US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller was summoned by Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen Saturday to convey Dhaka’s discontent over the designated sanctions imposed on Friday by the US Departments of Treasury and of State on some of the present and former officials of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). Foreign Secretary Momen expressed Bangladesh’s disappointment that the decision…

Former state minister for information and broadcasting Murad Hasan – who had left Bangladesh on Thursday – has been denied entry into Canada by the country's border services agency. According to Notun Desh, a Toronto-based Bengali news portal, Murad was sent back to Dubai in a flight of the Emirates airlines from Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Friday. Earlier, Murad landed…

The country's per capita income has increased to USD 2554 (Tk 2,15,000) from USD 2,227. According to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the average per capita income of people of the country has stood at $ 2554 at the end of the outgoing fiscal year (2020-2021). The per capita income has increased by $ 327 in the four months of the current financial year.