Category: Miscellaneous

Gas shortage hits many areas in capital city

Many areas of the capital city Dhaka city have been hit by a gas shortage causing problems for the consumers. The situation may worsen in the coming winter as no necessary measure is in sight to address the problem.

Haas meets CEC, hopes all sides will engage in dialogue without preconditions

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas today (October 31, 2023) hoped that all sides going forward will engage in a “dialogue” without preconditions to de-escalate tensions and find a path forward to free, fair and peaceful elections.

PM to address media on Belgium visit this afternoon

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference today to apprise the media of the outcome of her recent three-day official visit to Brussels, the capital of Belgium.

Bangabandhu Tunnel: Tk 7.1 lakh toll collected on 2nd day

The authorities collected Tk 7.1 lakh as toll on the second day as some 3200 vehicles went through the tunnel under the Karnaphuli River till 6 pm on Monday.

HC commutes sentences of 7 militants

The High Court (HC) today commuted death sentences of seven militants to imprisonment till natural death in a case filed over horrific militant attack in the capital's Holey Artisan Bakery in 2016, that claimed lives of 20 people, most of them foreigners.

PM to address media on Belgium visit tomorrow afternoon

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference tomorrow to apprise the media of the outcome of her recent three-day official visit to Brussels, the capital of Belgium.

PM to open 50 more model mosques tomorrow

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate 50 more model mosques and Islamic cultural centres in sixth phases and attend the national Imam council and prize giving ceremony at Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre at Rupganj of Narayanganj tomorrow.

BNP leaders can’t deny role in yesterday’s violence that left a policeman dead: Home Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said that BNP leaders cannot deny their role in the daylong violence yesterday that left a policeman dead.

Nationwide hartal underway to protest attack on opposition rallies

A countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal called by BNP protesting attack on its grand rally at Nayapaltan in the capital got underway on Sunday.

PM opens first ever underwater tunnel in Bangladesh

The port city today witnessed country's historic entry into a new era of connectivity as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina opened the much-anticipated nearly 3.315km underwater expressway tunnel, first of its kind in South Asia, beneath the River Karnaphuli here.

PM to open much-awaited Bangabandhu tunnel today

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the much-anticipated Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel constructed beneath the Karnaphuli River today. She will unveil a plaque on the west bank of river Karnaphuli at Patenga and after crossing the tunnel, she will unwrap another plaque at the s

Fifth batch of uranium for RNPP arrives in Rooppur amid tight security

The fifth consignment of uranium, the nuclear fuel for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, has arrived in Pabna’s Rooppur under special security arrangement.

Dhaka highrise fire death toll climbs to three

Two more victims of Thursday’s fire at highrise building Khwaja Tower in Mohakhali area of Bangladesh capital Dhaka were brought dead to Dhaka Mdical College Hospital early Friday, raising the death toll in the fire to three.

PM opens much-awaited Bangabandhu tunnel tomorrow

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the much-anticipated Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel constructed beneath the Karnaphuli River tomorrow.

Mozammel hands over Bangabandhu student scholarship

Liberation War Affairs Minister A K M Mozammel Huq today urged the recipients of 'Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Student Scholarship' to carry forward the valor and courage of their forefathers and contribute to further deepening Bangladesh-India relations.

PM leaves Brussels for home tonight

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here tonight for home after attending the "Global Gateway Forum" held on October 25-26.

Global Gateway Forum's invitation proves world leaders stand by PM: Hasan

Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud today said that the Global Gateway Forum's invitation to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina just two months before the election proves that the world leaders stay with her.

Bangladesh, US seek strengthened relations in addressing climate challenge

Bangladesh and the United States (US) are keen to deepen their bilateral relations in addressing the defining challenges of climate change.

PM Hasina highlights AL’s struggles to restore democracy

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina highlighted Bangladesh Awami League’s struggles to restore democracy in Bangladesh and creating a conducive environment for free and fair elections during a discussion with European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen.