Bangladesh

Dhaka, May 25 (bdnews24.com)—Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged Bangladeshis to build a 'Sonar Bangla' free from oppression and poverty to fulfil the hopes of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam and Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.  

FROM LEFT…Ziaur Rahman, managing director, Bay Footwear; Nurul Islam, chairman, Noman Group; Saiduzzaman Khan of Janata Jute Mills; Andrew Tilke, CEO, HSBC Bangladesh; Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman; Asif Ashraf, director, Urmi Group; Finance ...  

KOLKATA: The audience at Shishir Mancha savoured every moment of Nazrul Jayanti organised by the Bangladesh deputy high commission and Agnibina on Friday to celebrate the 113th birth anniversary of Kazi Nazrul Islam. The event was attended by ...  

An order has been given from Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to accelerate the implementation of the on-going development projects in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Below is an article published by the Financial Express: Prime Minister (PM ...  

Saharasri Subrata Roy Sahara, Managing Worker & Chairman, Sahara India Pariwar in a meeting with Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina during his visit to Dhaka. Sahara India Pariwar, a major business conglomerate in India has on Friday announced its ...  

The approval came at the weekly cabinet meeting here chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. This was disclosed to the media by Cabinet Secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, the Daily Star reported.  

Dhaka, May 21 (bdnews24.com) – The foreign ministry has strongly protested opening fire by India's Border Security Force (BSF) and killing of two unarmed Bangladeshi nationals recently. Md Durul Islam (38) of Chapainawabganj received bullet wounds on May ...  

Therefore, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina took the opportunity of telling the outgoing Myanmar ambassador in Bangladesh U Min Lwin that she looks forward to a vibrant relationship with democratising Myanmar. She saw it as the stepping stone for building ...  

New Delhi, May 22 (PTI) Over 200 BSF troopers were injured in attacks along the Indo-Bangladesh border since 2011, the government said today. Two Border Security Force personnel were also killed at this frontier during the same period. While in 2011, 147 ...  

DHAKA, 15 MAY: Bangladesh’s High Court today banned the publication of a political novel by popular writer Humayun Ahmed for “distortion of historical facts” about the assassination of the country's founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along ...  

DHAKA  - Demonstrators torched vehicles and fought police in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka after a court Wednesday denied bail to 33 opposition figures over charges stemming from an anti-government protest last month. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) called a nationwide general strike for Thursday, saying the court decision was "politically motivated" aimed at crushing ...  

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Hundreds of opposition protesters are rallying in Bangladesh’s capital to demand that authorities release 33 activists and find a missing opposition leader. Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was leading Sunday’s protest in Dhaka.  

Your Excellency, let me introduce myself to you as a Saudi diplomat who visited Bangladesh before it became independent. I was dispatched in the 1960s by the Saudi government to Chittagong to issue Bangladeshi pilgrims Haj visas. In the 1980s I returned to ...  

Dutch-Bangla Bank is the first bank in Bangladesh to be fully automated and introduce Electronic Banking. The automation was completed in 2003, but further additions and features are continuously being added and upgraded. DBBL has adopted the ...  

BGB Director General Maj Gen Anwar Hussain said they have rescued around 70 women and children along the Indo-Bangla borders from human traffickers in the past three months. He said the girls were often trafficked into India in the guise of honeymooners.