Dhaka August 30, 2025, 7:29 pm
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday put emphasis on planned development of villages shifting the focus from upazila areas, keeping in mind the country’s high density of population.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday gave financial assistance of Taka 1.40 billion to eight organisations.
The Rohingyas, who were forced out of their motherland and found shelter in Bangladesh on humanitarian ground, are increasingly becoming a security threat to their host country.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina today (Saturday) paid rich tributes to one of the political luminaries of the country and Bangladesh National Awami Party-NAP (Muzaffar) president Professor Muzaffar Ahmed.
The country is observing the 15th anniversary of the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in the city with a heavy heart.
Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar is now holding a bilateral meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen at state guesthouse Jamuna here.
Three more people have died of dengue and 1,460 others have been infected with the mosquito-borne disease, showing a significant fall in the number of dengue patients than Friday’s 1,719.
Bangladesh High Commission in Abuja, Nigeria observed the National Mourning Day with due respect on Thursday, marking 44th martyrdom of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Locally-raised cattle are reigning in the city’s makeshift cattle markets as huge numbers of sacrificial animals have already gathered from various districts across the country.
The 78th death anniversary of the Bard of Bengal, Rabindranath Tagore, is being observed on Tuesday.
Referring to the recent dengue outbreak in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also president of the the ruling Awami League, said apart from the administration, party workers have been involved in the cleaning operatio
Eid-ul-Azha, one of the major religious festivals of the Muslims, will be celebrated across Bangladesh on August 12 as the new moon of the Arabic month of Zilhaj was sighted in Bangladesh sky on Friday.
The month of mourning begins today (Thursday) for the nation to recall once again the most brutal assassination in its history and renew the pledge to safeguard perpetually the country’s independence and sovereignty.
An inter-ministerial meeting made on Tuesday an 11-point recommendation to bring milk production and supply chain under constant surveillance in order to ensure product quality.
Terming the Rohingya population in Bangladesh as a big burden, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated that Dhaka wants to resolve the protracted Rohingya crisis through discussions.
Bangladesh Railway has started selling advance train tickets in the city on Monday morning for homebound people on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono arrives here on Monday night on a two-day visit to discuss bilateral issues with special focus on Rohingya issue amid global efforts to expedite the repatriation process of the displaced pe
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in London on an official visit, has sent Bangladesh’s famous mangoes along with flowers to newly appointed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as a mark of her good wishes for Johnson.
Pressure built on hospitals, clinics and doctors in handling the ever-growing number of dengue patients in the city in recent days.
Dengue has taken a severe turn this year with official figures showing 7,766 people getting infected since January and six of them losing their lives.
