Bangladesh government wants to create international standard education system: Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her government wants to create an international standard education system in the country.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's Awami League has released its poll manifesto where it vowed to continue cooperation with neighbouring countries, including India, in various areas like cross-border communication, transit, energy partnership and equitable water sharing, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Four killed in capital train coach fire
Dhaka/UNI: At least four people were killed after miscreants set three coaches of a train on fire in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka early Tuesday.
Bangladesh: Train derailment leaves 1 dead
One person was killed when seven compartments of a train were derailed on an overpass in Gazipur near the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Wednesday.
Bangladesh: BNP-police clash in Habiganj, 50 hurt
At least 50 people, including journalists, were injured during clashes between BNP and police over a human chain formed in Bangladesh's Habiganj region to mark International Human Rights Day.
Blast rocks residential building in Bangladesh, four injured
Four family members, including an elderly woman and a child, were injured after a blast rocked a residential building in Bangladesh's Munshiganj region on Saturday.
The Democracy Forum webinar participants discuss Jamaat's role in Bangladeshi political paradigm
The Democracy Forum (TDF) recently hosted a webinar named ‘Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh – the subcontinental Brotherhood? where speakers discussed whether the rise of Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh would take the country in a regressive direction.
130 factories shut in Bangladesh amid labour protest
Dhaka/IBNS/UNI: A total of 130 readymade garment (RMG) factories in two major industrial hubs, Savar and Ashulia, on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, have suspended operations for an indefinite period due to ongoing worker protests for higher wages.
Policeman killed in violence during opposition rally in Bangladesh, buses torched in Dhaka
Dhaka: A police constable was killed in a clash between law enforcers and BNP activists in Bangladesh’s capital city Dhaka on Saturday.
Death toll in Bangladesh train collision rises to 15
Dhaka/IBNS/UNI: At least 15 people were killed after two trains collided in Bangladesh's Kishoreganj district, some 117 km northeast of Dhaka, on Monday, the district's Additional Superintendent of Police Md Mostak Sarker told Xinhua.
The Democracy Forum hosts virtual seminar on growth of Bangladesh
Experts recently discussed the progress made by the South Asian nation while The Democracy Forum conducted a virtual seminar on ‘Bangladesh’s path of global growth’.
Bangladesh: Two Dhaka students attacked in Ramna Kali Mandir
Two Dhaka University students were attacked by unknown miscreants in Ramna Kali Mandir area on Sunday.
Bangladesh undertakes education and skill development initiatives during PM Sheikh Hasina's tenure
Bangladesh, under the astute leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has recognized that education and skill development are the cornerstones of a prosperous and forward-thinking society.
Geneva protest: Activists describe BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami as “collaborators of terrorism”
A group of Bangladeshi political activists, who are currently living in Europe, gathered near the ‘Broken Chair’ sculpture in front of the United Nations in Geneva to condemn the religious extremism and terrorism perpetrated by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami in the South Asian country.
Shun path of confrontation and work together for the SDGs, urges Bangladesh leader
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh on Friday appealed to world leaders gathered at the UN “to shun the path of war and confrontation, and to work collectively for enduring peace ... and economic prosperity for our people and future generations.”