Dhaka March 4, 2025, 12:37 pm
"She (PM Sheikh Hasina) would always say that my father (Pranab Mukherjee) was like a guardian to her family. Now in his absence, she (PM Hasina) is being the same for me," she tweeted after she met with Sheikh Hasina in New
Mr Sarma was responding to the media's questions on the Congress' 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' as part of which Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders will travel across 3,500 km, from Kashmir to Kanyakumari
The objective of IPAMS is to promote peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region through mutual understanding, dialogue, and friendship
The prime minister offered nafal prayers and munajat, seeking development, prosperity and welfare of the country, its people and the entire Muslim Ummah," PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said
CID Chief and Additional IGP Mohammad Ali Mia disclosed the information in a press briefing on Thursday following the arrest of 16 members of a gang who laundered around Tk 20.70 crore in the last four months
The government has endorsed a roadmap to phase out single-use plastic in coastal areas to protect the environment from the deadly pollution and ensure a clean coastal environment
India has also been providing free transit to Bangladesh for exporting its products to Nepal and Bhutan
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now visiting India, and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi expressed satisfaction at the "intensification" of bilateral defence ties
The prime minister was addressing a function at marking the distribution of Mujib Scholarship awards among the direct descendants of soldiers or officers of defence forces of India who had been martyred or critically wounded
The National Committee strongly demanded that the minimum fare of this state-run transport should be reduced by 50 percent to Tk 10 and the fare per kilometer should be reduced from Tk 5 to Tk 3
The areas that will see the 24-hour supply shutdown include Evercare Hospital, North South University and the US Embassy in the Bashundhara area
Although the service will be launched for English medium schools first, all schools will gradually be brought under this
As it (the tunnel) has two tubes, the first tube will be inaugurated in October and the other in November. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate both tubes of the tunnel
The speakers, both at the plenary and at the panel discussion, lauded Bangladesh’s leadership in promoting the notion of culture of peace for over two decades
With the help of Asaduzzaman, a former engineer for Bangladesh Railway, the state-run corporation was able to fix six of these trains again
It also observed that the state must not encourage such provision, because our past history dictates, giving indemnity to a certain group of people whatever manner or purpose it be, has brought nothing good to our nation
Notably, in interaction with ANI on the eve of the India visit, PM Sheikh Hasina terming the Rohingya issue as a ‘Big burden’ on Bangladesh, had called for India’s support in resolving the Rohingya refugee crisis
The meeting took place at Hotel ITC Maurya in Chanakyapuri
He was addressing a dialogue organised by Bangladesh Secretariat Reporters Forum (BSRF) in the capital on Tuesday
With the expansion of connectivity between the two countries, and the development of trade infrastructure on the border, Modi said the two economies will be able to connect more with each other, support each other