Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to India in an official visit in the first half of April. Prime Minister's deputy press secretary M Nazrul Islam told the journalists after a meeting of Indian foreign secretary Dr S Jaishankar with the prime minister at the Parliament on Thursday. Nazrul Islam said, "Prime Minister is scheduled to visit India in the first half of April". Indian…

Kader remanded in MP Liton murder caseJatiya Party central vice chairman and former MP Abdul Kader Khan has been placed on a 10-day remand in Gaibandha Awami League MP Liton murder case. Gaibandha's additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Mainul Hasan Yusub passed the order on Wednesday. State counsel Shafiqur Rahman told media that the court granted 10 days' remand  for Kader sought by…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home from Munich via Abu Dhabi concluding her three-day visit to Germany to attend the 53rd Munich Security Conference (MSC).   An Etihad Airways flight (EY258) carrying the premier and her entourage members landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 8 pm. Taking up more than a six and a half hours’ stopover in the United Arab Emirates…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to reach Dhaka at 8:00 pm on Sunday night after completing her three day visit to Germany to attend the 53rd Munich Security Conference (MSC).  The Premier left Abu Dhabi airport this afternoon for home after making more than a six and a half hours’ stopover in the United Arab Emirates capital. An Etihad Airways flight (EY258) carrying the premier…

Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Assaduzzaman Mia on Sunday said four-tier security arrangements have been taken in and around the Central Shaheed Minar for smooth observance of Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day. The DMP commissioner came up with the information while talking to reporters at the Central Shaheed Minar in the city. Some 8,000 members of Detective Branch (DB)…

PM attends Munich Security ConferenceThe 53rd Munich Security Conference kicked off here on Friday where over 500 decision-makers from across the globe gathered for discussions on major international security challenges. The participants, including more than 25 heads of state and government, 80 foreign and defence ministers, and strong delegations from the new US administration and from Congress,…

The Bangladesh Army has made changes to some of its senior-level positions, including Chief of General Staff (CGS) and the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI). Inter-Services Public Relations director Lt Col Mohammed Rashidul Hasan has confirmed this to the Dhaka Tribune and said the Defense Ministry issued the order for changes on Thursday. Maj Gen Mohammad Nazimuddin, who earlier was…

Meat traders to sit with Tofail SundayMeat traders in the capital said they will respond to the call of commerce minister Tofail Ahmed by holding a meeting with him on Sunday to realise their various demands. Bangladesh Meat Traders Association (BMTA) secretary general Rabiul Alam at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters' Unity on Friday said, "We will not float fresh programmes. We hope…

President for more UK investment in BangladeshPresident Md Abdul Hamid on Wednesday urged the UK residents and Non-Resident Bangladeshis (NRB) to invest more here in different sectors, including trade and commerce. "Try to uphold the image of the country through highlighting the possibilities of country's overall development trend specially in business sector," the president made the…

1 shot in AL infighting in MP officeA young man was shot during a clash between two factions of Awami League at the political office of MP Golam Dastagir in the city's Purana Paltan area on Monday. Sources at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) said a meeting was conveyed at the office of Awami League MP from Rupganj of Narayanganj around 5pm to settle disputes between two party groups. At one…

Pahela Falgun, the first day of Spring in the Bengali month of Falgun, is being celebrated across the country on Monday in a colourful way with young girls and boys joining various functions wearing dazzling dresses.    Falgun is the eleventh month in the Bengali calendar and the first month of the season, Spring, the king of all the six seasons that brings back warm sunshine, budding flowers…

Joy took to Facebook to lash out at those raising the allegations after bdnews24.com reported  a Canadian court debunking graft allegations in the Padma Bridge case. The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) had earlier said it had found no truth to the allegations of graft in the Padma Bridge project . But the ACC had filed a case after reports of Canadian consultants SNC Lavalin's alleged bribery…

BNP out to make EC controversial : ObaidulRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said that the BNP was trying to make the newly constituted Election Commission controversial sensing its defeat in the upcoming national election. "The BNP is apprehending of another defeat in the upcoming national election like the Narayangang city polls. So, the party is out to make the EC controversial,"…