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E-passport implementation to be completed by year-end: Home Adviser

News —6 January, 2025 17:58

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Mohammad Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said that electronic passports (e-passports) will be fully implemented across Bangladesh…

E-passport implementation to be completed by year-end: Home Adviser

Khaleda to go to London on Jan 7 for treatment: Fakhrul

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will travel to London on Tuesday…

Khaleda to go to London on Jan 7 for treatment: Fakhrul
Bangladesh debunks Indian journalist Palki Sharma's reports

Recent reports on Home Secretary Nasimul Ghani, produced by…

Bangladesh debunks Indian journalist Palki Sharma's reports

Saudi’s Aramco willing to build refinery in Bangladesh

Saudi’s Aramco willing to build refinery in Bangladesh

Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Essa Youssef Essa Al Duhailan on Sunday said Saudi Arabian oil company – Aramco – is willing to come to Bangladesh to build a refinery here…

Training for 50 judicial officials in India canceled

Training for 50 judicial officials in India canceled

The government today canceled a gazette allowing 50 judicial officials to take part in training courses in National Judicial Academy, Bhopal, and a state judicial academy in India.…

Canada halts parent-grandparent PR sponsorships: A blow to Bangladeshi families

Canada halts parent-grandparent PR sponsorships: A blow to Bangladeshi families

For decades, permanent residents in Canada have been able to sponsor their parents and grandparents for permanent residency (PR) under the Parent and Grandparent Sponsorship (PGP)…

Learn from downfall of autocratic rulers: Moyeen Khan

Learn from downfall of autocratic rulers: Moyeen Khan

BNP senior leader Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Saturday urged politicians to take lessons from the downfall of autocratic rulers like Sheikh Hasina and her subsequent escape. “The…

Experts suggest strategic engagement with Arakan Army

Experts suggest strategic engagement with Arakan Army

Noting the increasing control of the Arakan Army (AA) over Rakhine State in Myanmar, experts at a dialogue have stressed the importance of formulating a clear national strategy to…

S Korea in political crisis after president resists arrest

S Korea in political crisis after president resists arrest

South Korea's political leadership was in uncharted territory Saturday after the sitting president resisted arrest over a failed martial law decree days before the warrant expires.…

Govt extends tenure of 6 reform commissions

Govt extends tenure of 6 reform commissions

The government has extended the tenure of six reform commissions tasked with addressing major challenges and driving improvements across various sectors. The Cabinet Division issued…

Fakhrul calls for building beautiful Bangladesh by overcoming narrow mindsets

Fakhrul calls for building beautiful Bangladesh by overcoming narrow mindsets

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday called upon all concerned to make united efforts, shunning narrow mentality, to set a transparent…

Biting cold cripples parts of Bangladesh

Biting cold cripples parts of Bangladesh

Parts of the country have been grappling with a mild cold wave coupled with winds, causing public sufferings.   The low-income people, children, senior citizens are the worst…

5.0 magnitude earthquake jolts Dhaka, Sylhet

5.0 magnitude earthquake jolts Dhaka, Sylhet

A moderate category earthquake jolted different parts of the country including Dhaka and north-east part of Sylhet this morning.   The epicenter of the earthquake was neighboring…

Army chief meets Khaleda Zia

Army chief meets Khaleda Zia

 Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman met BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan residence Firoza tonight.   BNP chairperson’s…

BNP urges govt to disclose all contracts signed in power sector over 15 years

BNP urges govt to disclose all contracts signed in power sector over 15 years

The BNP on Thursday demanded that the interim government make public all the contracts signed in the power and energy sectors during the 15 years of Sheikh Hasina's rule.   "I…

Govt officially declares Kazi Nazrul Islam as Bangladesh's national poet

Govt officially declares Kazi Nazrul Islam as Bangladesh's national poet

The government officially recognised Kazi Nazrul Islam as the National Poet, issuing a gazette notification on December 24. The Ministry of Cultural Affairs made the announcement formalising…

EC publishes draft voter list, over 18.33 lakh new voters

EC publishes draft voter list, over 18.33 lakh new voters

The Election Commission (EC) today published the draft of the updated voter list revealing that 18, 33,352 have become new voters in the country.   Of the new voters, 11,85,516…