Garment workers again blocked the Uttara road in Abdullahpur area in Dhaka demanding a pay rise. Witnesses said the garment workers of different garments came out to the Uttara road around 9:30am on Monday. They also torched a bus of Ena Paribahan at 1:20pm. The police then, however, barred the workers from blocking the road. A chase-counter chase ensued them. Police then shot tear gas shells, witnesses…

Hundreds of readymade garment (RMG) workers in Ajampur and Jasimuddin road areas took position on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway calling for a raise in their wage and several other demands. The agitated workers of several garments factories in Uttara and Abdullahpur areas put barricades on the busy highway around 9am, halting vehicular movement, witnesses said. The block on the movement of vehicles has…

The Cabinet Division and Bangabhaban are preparing to administer oath tomorrow to as many as 60 ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers of the new cabinet of Awami League-led grand alliance government, government sources said. After getting instructions from the high-ups, the Cabinet Division has been busy since Friday preparing required files in cooperation with officials of Bangabhaban for…

Bashundhara Group, country’s largest business conglomerate, hosted a farewell party for outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla. The program was organized at city’s The Westin Dhaka hotel on Friday (January 4). Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan welcomed the Indian envoy and other dignitaries, including ministers, politicians, lawmakers, diplomats,…

Pakistan has welcomed Awami League-led newly elected government in Bangladesh. "We welcome the newly elected government in Bangladesh," saidDr Muhammad Faisal,spokesman at Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during a weekly briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, reports UNB. Pakistan interefered in Bangladesh's domestic affairs on several occasions in the past years with regard to trial…

Awami League Presidium member and Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam's body will be brought back home on Saturday. The mortal remains will be flown by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Bangkok at 4pm local time and the flight will reach Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka after 6pm. Earlier, he breathed his last at Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok…

Newly-elected members of parliament (MPs) of Awami League were sworn in on Thursday morning. Outgoing Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury first took oath herself as an MP and then administered the oath to other AL MPs at the Oath Room of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. Senior Secretary of Parliament Secretariat Dr Zafar Ahmed Khan conducted the oath-taking ceremony that began at 11am. The other elected…

Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina is set to be the prime minister for the fourth time as she was unanimously reelected the leader of the AL Parliamentary Party on Thursday. “The daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh Hasina, who is the celebrated leader of the mass people and a prominent politician in the international world, is going to be the prime…

Oath taking of cabinet likely SundayThe newly elected parliament members will be sworn in tomorrow and the new cabinet may take oath on Sunday. A number of ministers informed this to journalists yesterday. Talking to reporters during a dialogue with Bangladesh Secretariat Reporters Forum, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said the newly elected MPs would be sworn in tomorrow. The government would…

The Textbook Festival, marking the distribution of free textbooks among school and madrasah students, was kicked off across the country on Tuesday morning, reports UNB. Millions of schoolchildren have joined the festivity at schools and madrasas across the country to receive books free of cost for their new classes on the first day of the new year. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid began the handing…

The 2G, 3G and 4G mobile services resumed on Tuesday morning after suspension of about 37 hours centreing election. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has ordered to resume all mobile services. BRTC senior assistant director Md Jakir Hossain Khan said all operators have been asked to open the internet services around 10:30am. On December 30, the telecom regulator suspended the…

The United Nations has welcomed the participation of the opposition parties of Bangladesh in the just-held elections for the first time in 10 years. "We call on all sides to exercise restraint and ensure a peaceful post-electoral environment, where people can maintain their right to assembly and expression," said the UN spokesman on Monday.  Awami League has won the election with absolute…

Global leaders keep congratulating Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her party’s third consecutive win with absolute majority in 11the national election held on Sunday. They highly appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's “dynamic leadership” for the development of Bangladesh and hoped stronger ties with Bangladesh in the coming days. Hasina has said…