In a pioneering move, the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BGMEA) launched the two-day BGMEA Career Summit & Fest 2023 with fervor on Saturday. Held at the BGMEA Complex in Uttara, the event, supported by BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology (BUFT), aims to connect graduates with opportunities within the ready-made garment (RMG) industry. Faruque Hassan, BGMEA…

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Sunday said that the government, which is habituated with robbing votes, is actually scared and looking for an exit. "This vote-robbing government is looking for an exit. They are delirious and writhing in fear," he said. Rizvi said this in a virtual press conference in the afternoon. He said, "The government is now playing the voting game…

Australia will provide around $235 million to Bangladesh for dignified return of more than one million forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their motherland in Myanmar. The commitment came when outgoing Australian High Commissioner in Dhaka Jeremy Buer made a farewell call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her Ganabhaban residence Sunday morning, reports BSS. During the meeting, they discussed matters…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the 53rd Victory Day. She paid the homage by placing a wreath at the portrait of the Father of the Nation in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the capital city. After placing the wreath, the prime minister stood in solemn silence there for some time…

President Mohammed Shahabuddin and his wife Dr Rebecca Sultana, on Saturday hosted a reception programme at Bangabhaban, marking the country's 53rd Victory Day. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana joined the reception on the lush green lawn of the Bangabhaban, presidential palace, in the afternoon. Several hundred guests, including Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) Speaker Dr Shirin…

The United States has reiterated its desire to see free and fair elections in Bangladesh, saying that it does not want to speculate the outcome of the upcoming general election.  "I’m not going to speculate on the outcome of the elections," US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters during a regular media briefing on Monday. "I will say what we have said a number of…

Experts at a seminar in Dhaka on Monday highlighted the critical need for decentralisation to address the prevailing socio-economic inequalities in Bangladesh. The dominance of the ready-made garments (RMG) industry, centred mainly in Dhaka, has contributed to disparities in income, consumption, and social protection, they said emphasising the urgency of diversifying the industrial landscape beyond…

An agreement is scheduled to be inked Wednesday between the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) and the Red Sea Gateway Terminal International (RSGT), a Saudi company, to manage and operate the Patenga Container Terminal. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Saudi Investment Minister Khalid A Al-Falih will witness the signing ceremony scheduled to be held at the Prime Minister's Office. The Saudi Investment…

The US Senate on Thursday confirmed civil rights lawyer Nusrat Choudhury to the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, making her the first Bangladeshi-American and female Muslim federal judge in the United States. Choudhury, the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois, was confirmed on a 50-49 vote. She will also be the first Bangladeshi-American federal…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today returned home from Geneva, Switzerland after attending "World of Work Summit: Social Justice for All" held on June 14-15. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage members landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 01.55am. The Prime Minister exchanged pleasantries with the passengers in the flight and inquired…

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has exchanged views on different bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual interests and concerns with the cross-party Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Swedish Parliament Riksdag in Stockholm. The two sides, on June 16, also exchanged views on Swedish development cooperation support to Bangladesh, bilateral trade and…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has made it clear that the next national election will be held on time to uphold the continuation of the democratic trend in the country. "The election will be held on time, people will cast their vote, people will give the vote to whoever they want as the sole owner of their vote, who gets the people's vote will form the government. This is the democratic trend, and it…

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sent fresh seasonal mangoes as gift to Indian President Droupadi Murmu and Premier Narendra Modi. Sheikh Hasina also gifted mangoes to Sonia Gandhi, former president of Indian National Congress party and other Indian dignitaries, according to a press release of Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, received here today. As a gesture of goodwill, the Bangladesh…