The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) chairman Ghulam Rahman praised World Bank for banning Canadian engineering firm SNC-Lavalin and 100 of its subsidiaries from bidding on any of the bank’s development projects for the next decade.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) chairman Ghulam Rahman praised World Bank for banning Canadian engineering firm SNC-Lavalin and 100 of its subsidiaries from bidding on any of the bank’s development projects for the next decade.
Journalists will observe a token hunger strike on Monday protesting the arrest of Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman. Ruhul Amin Gazi, president of a faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists(BFUJ) announced the programme from a meeting jointly organised…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday assured ambassadors of the European Union (EU) of overcoming the existing political unrest within a month.
The United States will officially hand over a naval ship to Bangladesh on May 26 through a reflagging ceremony in California. Seventh Fleet commander vice admiral Scott H Swift on Sunday said the US Navy is trying to build a…
The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up two Bangladeshi nationals along Chanpur border in Tahirpur upazila on Thursday. The identities of the victims could not be known immediately.
A special envoy of Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will arrive here on March 25 to attend the celebration of the 42nd Independence and National Day of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh and Bhutan are likely to finalise the draft agreement on transit between the two South Asian economies during the two-day secretary-level meeting to be held in Dhaka from Wednesday.
The government has taken an initiative to send letters to 193 UN member states clearing the government’s position over the present political situation of the country.
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday firmly said his country is committed to implement all agreed decisions with Bangladesh.
A visiting Minister says human rights violators should be punished in a fair manner for their role in 1971 The United Kingdom wants to see human rights violators of 1971 punished through ‘fair judgments’, the country’s Senior Minister of State…
A cheque of $50 million was handed over to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by Indian External Affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday as the first instalment of the $200 million grant by India.
On a 9-day visit, the 5th and current reigning Dragon King (Druk Gyalpo) of the Kingdom of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck will arrive here on February 11. He along with his queen will visit Sundarbans and Cox’s Bazar on…
A commander level flag meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India was held at Nazirgamari Border under Patgram upazila of the district on Sunday morning. Lalmonirhat-31 BGB Patgram Camp Company Commander Subedar Abdul Khalek…
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom has made an official response to the first judgement reached by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal-2 and the death sentence handed down to former Jamaat-e-Islami member Abul Kalam Azad alias Bachchu. The…
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once termed Bangladesh “bottomless basket” around three decades ago. Terming the remark by Kissinger, he criticized his ‘insulting terming’ on Bangladesh. The US diplomat came up with the observation while addressing a workshop…
The Supreme Court adjourned the hearing till January 22 on an appeal filed against a High Court verdict that acquitted six former army personnel in the jail killing case. An Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice M Muzammel Hossain…
Canadian High Commissioner to Dhaka Heather Cruden visited Hili Land port on Monday morning. Authorities of Hakimpur upazila administration, Hili Customs and Hili Port gave him warm reception. Later they sat in a meeting at the conference hall of Panama-Hili…
Indian High Commissioner Pankaj Saran had separate meetings with leaders of ruling Awami League and main opposition BNP.
US ambassador to Dhaka Dan W Mozena paid a sudden visit at Jahangirnagar University campus on Friday morning to see migratory birds.
The US embassy in Dhaka launched a new initiative on Sunday exempting ‘certain qualified’ returning foreign visitors from another interview with a consular officer. According to a media release, the programme was designed to reduce waiting time for ‘qualified’ foreign…
US ambassador to Dhaka Dan W Mozena said he hates hartal. He made the comment in a programme organized by American Club in the city on Saturday. Dan W Mozena said that he hate hartal and there is no alternative…
banglanews24.com A bilateral air services agreement was signed between Bangladesh and United States of America recently. Chairman of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Air-Vice Marshal Mahmud Hussain and Brian J Hedberg, Senior Negotiator, Office of the Secretary, US Department…
U.S Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan Mozena said if his mother were in Ashulia during the tragic fire, first she would extend her most heartfelt condolences to those who lost loved ones in the fire and then search for the cloud’s…