A transgender person is going to present news on TV for the first time in Bangladesh. Tashnuva Anan Shishir will read news on Boishakhi TV on the International Women’s Day on Mar 8, the private TV station announced on Friday, reports bdnews24.com. Besides Shishir, another transgender individual, Nusrat Mou, will appear in an episode of the drama series “Chapabaj” at 8:40pm on that…

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Friday said that the Digital Security Act will be reformed within a few days. The minister made the announcement while talking to journalists at Akhaura Railway Junction in Brahmanbaria this morning. The minster also addressed locals outside the station in his first visit to Brahmanbaria since lockdown began due to coronavirus outbreak. Voices against the DSA have grown…

The first set of metro-train is likely to reach the country soon as a mother vessel carrying the coaches left Japan for Bangladesh on Thursday. The ship carrying the set of train has left Kobe port of Japan and the coaches will be offloaded at Mongla Port in the country, Dhaka Metrorail officials said. "A ship carrying the train set having six coaches departed Kobe port for Mongla sea port at…

A new Dash 8-400 aircraft named 'Shwetbalaka' of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Friday. The aircraft arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal Airportat 5:00pm from Canada. Earlier on Thursday, the Dash-8-400 model  aircraft manufactured by Canadian aircraft manufacturer De Havilland, left De Havilland Bombardier Aerospace in Canada for Bangladesh.…

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Friday announced to set up playground in every ward.  “We’ll acquire land if needed and set up playgrounds for our children,” he told reporters after enjoying a football match of the Inter-Ward Sports Competition-2021 at Karim Jute Mills ground in Ward 6 this afternoon. He said that although everyone wants…

Around 5,000 trucks loaded with goods are waiting to cross into Bangladesh at India's Petrapole land port,  on the other side of the Benapole border. While they have been stranded, trade between the two countries has been greatly affected. It has already had a major impact on revenue collection (import duties). These trade stoppages at Benapole-Petrapole are becoming increasingly frequent,…

The National Economic Council (NEC) today approved a Taka 1,97,643 crore Revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) for the current fiscal year (FY21) keeping highest priority to the transport sector. The approval came from a meeting of the NEC held at its conference room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. The Prime Minister chaired the meeting…

Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore has secured six-month bail in a case filed against him under Digital Security Act (DSA). The High Court bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman accepted his bail plea on Wednesday (March 3). Earlier on March 1, the HC bench set today for passing its order on the bail petition. Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua stood for Kishore while Deputy Attorney…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government is now prioritizing people’s livelihood, food, housing and vaccination in this Covid-19 pandemic time alongside the ongoing development agendas. “Our main thinking is that the people would not face any suffering for food, housing and medical treatment due to coronavirus, rather they (people) can continue their livelihood smoothly without…

A total of 2,260 Rohingyas have left Cox’s Bazar for Bhasan Char in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali district as part of the government’s move to relocate some 3,500 forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals to the island in the fifth phase. Six vessels of Bangladesh Navy carrying the Rogingyas left the Chattogram Boat Club around 10:00 am on Wednesday. Additional Refugee Relief and Repatriation…

A webinar entitled “Foreign Policy Visions of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman” was held on Monday, 01 March as part of Mujib Year celebration. Bangabandhu was ideologically very upright, yet essentially pragmatic to uphold the best interest of his country, speakers said. He, therefore, decided to pursue a neutral foreign policy based on universal values and principles,' said Foreign…

The nation is observing National Flag Hoisting Day today (March 2). On this day in 1971, the flag of a yet-to-be independent Bangladesh was raised at a massive students gathering on Dhaka University campus. A specially designed national flag, with a yellow map of Bangladesh inside a red disc in a green ambience, was hoisted amid tumultuous cheers from the spirited students. Their dream was of a new…

The government will provide US $10 million to support the improvement of water supply and distribution systems for Bangladeshi host communities and Rohingya communities at Teknaf Upazila in Cox’s Bazar district. An agreement to this effect was signed between Japan and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in Dhaka on Sunday by Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, ITO Naoki and UNHCR Bangladesh Assistant…