REPORT IN Dhaka Tribune, May 2, 2023Law Minister Anisul Huq said that there is no law to allow BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to go abroad for treatment. He said this at an exchange meeting with primary school teachers at Sirajul Haque School and College in Brahmanbaria on Monday afternoon. The minister said: “Khaleda became sick during the time of Covid so she was permitted to stay at home under two conditions. Doctors in Bangladesh have…
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by Rashidul Hasan in The Daily Star, Apr 27, 2023Even after offering a one-day “special opportunity” for hajj registration yesterday, this year’s hajj quota of 1.27 lakh people is yet to be fulfilled. Due to poor response from the intended hajis, the government earlier extended the deadline for hajj registration eight times since it started on February 8. Following a request from Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB), the Ministry of Religious Affairs gave the…
report in The Daily Star, Apr 25, 2023The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IASG) has adopted yesterday a resolution entitled “Resolution to Declare the Crimes Committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War as Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes”. The IASG resolution is an important recognition, in the international arena, of the atrocities committed during the Bangladesh Genocide of 1971, reads a press release. The government of Bangladesh has been making continuous efforts to…
by Arun Devnath in Bloomberg, Apr 18, 2023Bangladesh has agreed to pay Russia about $300 million in yuan currency to settle payment for building a nuclear power plant near the capital city Dhaka, according to two officials familiar with the matter. The payment mechanism was finalized at a meeting last week, the officials said, declining to be identified citing rules. Russia initially refused to accept the payment in yuan on concerns of potential currency conversion…
report in Prothom Alo Apr 17, 2023The leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have met the US ambassador to Dhaka, Peter Haas, at his residence. The party’s secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee member and international affairs committee chairman Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and organising secretary Shama Obaid were present at a two-hour meeting — from 11:00am to 12:50pm on Sunday– at the invitation of the US ambassador. According to the BNP, they…
REPORT IN DAHAKA TIBUNE, APR 12, 2023The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has approved the import of films made in the languages of Indian subcontinent on five conditions including export of films made by Bangladesh. An office order signed by Information and Broadcasting Ministry Deputy Secretary (Films) Saiful Islam was issued in this regard on Tuesday. However, maximum 10 movies will be allowed to be imported in the first year against export of 10 movies,…
Reuters report, Apr 6, 2023-Bangladesh drafts new energy and power master plan-As domestic gas output falls, liquid gas imports surge-Experts warn of risks of LNG and back renewables push Jobayer Ahmed’s textile business on the outskirts of Dhaka is going through a rough patch with the energy crisis in Bangladesh. Production costs at Shah Fatehullah Textile Mills Limited – which employs about 2,200 workers – have risen by 40 per cent in the last two…
Report in Prothom ALo, Apr 6 2023Bangladesh will face some major challenges related to its economy and the next general election in 2023, the UN said. These challenges were predicated in the “UN Country Team Results Report Bangladesh 2022” released on Tuesday. The UNCT report said, “The year 2023 brings major challenges and some opportunities. Against the backdrop of global recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, competing demands for development and humanitarian…
report in Prothom Alo, Apr 4, 2023Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Monday asserted that Bangladesh is mature enough and there is no need to take help from the United Nations in the national parliament election of Bangladesh. However, the minister also said that the government has no objection with foreign observers in the election. “There is no need for us to take any cooperation from the United Nations. We are mature enough. We have…
report in Daily Star, Apr 3, 2023Significantly more number of girls under the age of 18 were subjected to physical torture in March, when compared to February, found a report of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad. The findings of the report, based on incidents reported in news articles, were revealed to the public yesterday. Only in March, 28 girls (under 18) were reported to have been physically tortured and abused, whereas the number was just five in…
by Ahmed Humayun Kabir Topu in The Daily Star, mar 28, 2023Onion farmers in Pabna, the biggest producing district in Bangladesh, are not happy with the current market price for their crop while yields have also been unsatisfactory due to poor weather conditions. With harvests now in full swing, the production of local varieties of onion has fallen by 30 to 40 per cent while yields of hybrid varieties are lower as well, according to…