Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the international community including Vietnam to keep up pressure on the Myanmar government to take back their forcibly displaced nationals from Bangladesh. “Myanmar must take back their nationals from Bangladesh and we want the global community to help their repatriation from here,” she said when visiting Special Envoy of the Vietnamese Prime…

Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has been re-elected as the Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad for the third term. Chaudhury, a lawmaker from Rangpur-6 constituency, was made Speaker at the beginning of the first session of the 11th parliament on Wednesday evening. She was the Speaker of the ninth parliament after speaker Abdul Hamid became president following the demise of President Zillur Rahman.  She re-elected…

The maiden session of the 11th parliament begins on Wednesday, within 31 days of the national election held on December 30 with participation of all the registered political parties. President Abdul Hamid convened the session on January 9 exercising his power bestowed upon him by article 72 (1) of the Constitution.  It was the first session of the New Year, which started at 3pm The five-year…

Chinese Ambassador Zhang Zuo yesterday said China was willing to play a constructive role to repatriate the displaced Rohingyas from Bangladesh to Myanmar. China will maintain close communication with Bangladesh and Myanmar to find a practical solution of the crisis, he said while paying a courtesy call on Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen at the foreign ministry, according to BSS report. During the…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited Jatiya Oikyafront senior leaders to exchange greetings at Ganabhaban over tea on February 2. Separate invitation cards were sent to all the steering committee members of the alliance from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) yesterday. "You're invited to exchange greetings over tea at Ganobhaban at 3:30pm on February 2," reads an invitation card…

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the government is very sincere to reach a ‘reasonable and realistic’ solution over the issue of Ninth Wage Board Award for journalists and employees working in newspapers and news agencies. “We want a reasonable and realistic solution through discussions,” he told reporters at the conference room of Information Ministry…

The command of the Bangladesh Navy has been handed over to Vice Admiral Abu Mozaffar Mohiuddin Mohammad Aurangzeb Chowdhury by outgoing navy chief Admiral Mohammad Nizamuddin Ahmed. The command handing/taking over ceremony was held at the Naval Headquarters in the capital on Saturday, said an Inter Service Public Relation press release. Vice Admiral Aurangzeb Chowdhury signed the command taking over…

Three members of a family died and a minor went missing as a boat capsized in the Buriganga River on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Motiur Rahman Moti, 55, his wife Rozina Begum, 42, and Momtaz Begum, 50. Abdur Razzak, officer-in-charge of Sadarghat River Police Station, said the boat, carrying four members of a family, sank in the river after being hit by a launch, ‘MV-Manik’,…

National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan has inaugurated International Customs Day 2019 at NBR Office on Saturday, Jan 26. The day is being observed in 182 other member countries of the World Customs Organization (WCO). Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan urged the officials of his department to work as servant of people and not to harass anyone. He also underscored the need of collecting…

US President Donald Trump congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her premiership for the fourth term. Greetings were conveyed through a congratulatory message, a foreign ministry source confirmed the matter on Friday (January 25). US President, in the message, stressed the importance of cooperation between the two nations. Sheikh Hasina is the president of ruling Awami League. AL-led grand…

More than 145,000 Rohingya children living in camps in south-east Bangladesh are now attending UNICEF-supported learning centres as a new school year begins. Following a huge effort from the humanitarian community to construct a network of around 1,600 Learning Centres throughout the camps – providing vital access to education for children who fled violence in Myanmar – attention is now…

The fourth death anniversary of Arafat Rahman Koko, the younger son of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman and current chairperson Khaleda Zia, is being observed today. BNP and its associate bodies have chalked out various programmes to mark the day. As part of the programmes, BNP will arrange a milad mahfil at its Nayapaltan central office at 11am, said BNP chairperson’s media wing member Sayrul Kabir…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged for collaboration and cooperation among neighbouring countries to minimise damages caused by natural calamities. “Collaboration and cooperation among nations, especially the neighbours, is very crucial in facing damages caused by natural disasters of greater magnitude,” she said. She came out with the comment while addressing the inaugural…