Dhaka Metropolitan Police have issued a guideline and a route map for going to the Central Shaheed Minar on February 21 to celebrate International Mother Language Day and Amar Ekushey. According to a release issued on the DMP's news portal, no outsiders except DU students, teachers and staff, an enter the Dhaka University campus area from 8:00pm till the first hour of February 21. The restriction…

The newly elected lawmakers to the seats reserved for women in parliament took oath on Wednesday morning. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath to the new MPs at the oath-taking room of the Jatiya Sangsad. Earlier on February 17, the Election Commission published an official gazette with the names of 49 elected candidates for the parliamentary seats reserved exclusively for women.…

Nearly 600,000 Rohingya refugees living in camps close to Cox’s Bazar are vulnerable to the coming cyclone season with only rotting bamboos and shredded plastic to protect them, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said yesterday. A survey by Red Cross Red Crescent found that 82 per cent of the 700,000 refugees urgently needed sturdier shelters to protect…

Consumers across large swathes of capital Dhaka will have to go without gas for 12 hours starting 6pm in the evening on Tuesday, report UNB. According to a press statement from Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd, which is responsible for distribution of gas in Dhaka city, the suspension will be the result of the need to redirect the gas pipeline, to facilitate work on the Dhaka Metro…

Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) yesterday signed four memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to promote relations between the two countries in the areas of investment, business and power sector. The instruments were inked after a meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and a 15-member UAE business delegation led by Minister for Economic Affairs Sultan al Monsuri, according to BSS report…

The gas supply to Azimpur, Dhanmondi and Mipur areas in Dhaka will be turned off for 24 hours as a gas line was snapped in Ashulia. The supply to CNG filling stations of those areas will also be turned off for repairs. The Titas Gas Transmission and Supply Company announced the outage would start on Saturday morning. A resident of the Mohammadpur area told bdnews24.com that the gas pressure was low…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here this morning for Germany in her maiden overseas tour in the third consecutive term in office which would take her to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as well during the return journey. During the six-day two-nation tour Sheikh Hasina will join an international security conference in Germany’s Munich, and attend a defense exhibition in UAE’s Abu Dhabi…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to leave home tomorrow for Germany in her maiden overseas tour in the third consecutive term in office which would take her to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as well during the return journey. A premier’s office spokesman said during the six-day two-nation tour Sheikh Hasina would join an international security conference in Germany’s Munich, and attend…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said she will live at her village in Tungipara after retirement from politics. “Whenever I will retire (from politics), I will go to my village and stay there – it’s my decision … I will stay in Tungipara, my ancestral village,” she said in her speech after a spectacular cultural show at Bangladesh Ansar and VDP Academy in Gazipur…

The High Court on Tuesday directed all media including the Daily Star to remain alert while publishing name, address and photo of a child in any under-trial criminal case. A HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil came up with the order after hearing of a rule on a writ petition filed by a Supreme Court lawyer, Barrister Sayedul Haque Sumon. Lawyer Sagufta Tabassum Ahmed…

The cabinet on Monday approved the draft Hajj Package, 2019, fixing the minimum cost for a pilgrim at Tk 3,44,000, up by Tk 24,645 from the previous year under package- 2 of the government management. Pilgrims have to pay Tk 4, 18,500 to avail package-1 under the government management, he said. Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam disclosed this at a press briefing at the Secretariat after a cabinet…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to have a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her forthcoming visit to Germany to attend the Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2019 scheduled for February 15-17. The Prime Minister, who also attended Munich Security Conference in 2017, is scheduled to leave here for Germany on Thursday, according to her primary programme schedule. The…

Bangladesh faced widespread international criticism over the conduct of recent elections, but the United States looks set for business as usual as it sees strong common interests with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. As the eighth most populous nation in the world, with a moderate Muslim population that largely welcomes cooperation with the West, Bangladesh has a warming relationship with the United…