Bangladesh

A hacker group has put up about six million (60 lakh) curriculum vitae (CVs) of Bangladeshis for sale on the dark web, claiming that the data was collected from the database of Bangladeshi job portal BD Jobs. The group, identified as ‘Madrax’, has reportedly offered the database for $1,000 per buye

Newly Elected President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday (23 August) received his first ceremonial salute and held his first official engagements at Bangabhaban office after taking charge. A smart contingent of the horse-mounted team of Bangladesh Police welcomed the president on his arrival a

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has asked the members of the Navy and Air Force Selection Board to give priority to merit, competence, leadership qualities, discipline, integrity, loyalty and suitability for promotion of officers without being influenced by political ideology or personal preference.

Newly appointed LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan has said the local government election will be held in five phased. He said the BNP government will arrange local government elections by strictly following the constitutional rules. He said this on Sunday (23 August) while exchan

Newly appointed Information and Broadcasting Minister Barrister Andaleeve Rahman Partho has said that hands of the media was tight in the previous 17 years. He said the role of the media was not little during the July Uprising. The information minister said these while he has called upon the head

Modern medical equipment, an operation theatre and pathological laboratory facilities worth crores of taka are lying unused at Kashimpur Central Jail-2 in Gazipur due to a severe shortage of doctors, nurses and technicians. As a result, the 200-bed hospital has yet to become fully operational, near

Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry now has two state ministers: Shama Obaed Islam, MP from Faridpur-2, and Humayun Kabir, who previously served as the Prime Minister’s foreign affairs adviser. Humayun Kabir was given the new responsibility in the latest cabinet reshuffle, during which several new faces

The newly elected President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has paid tribute to the martyrs of the great War of Liberation by placing wreath at the National Memorial in Savar. The president placed the wreath at the memorial at 10:27 am on Saturday (22 August) morning. After laying the wreaths, he stoo

Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) Chairman and Bhola-1 MP Barrister Andaleeve Rahman has been given the responsibility of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. On Friday (August 21) night, the Cabinet Division issued a notification allocating and redistributing the portfolios of the new ministers.

Four new faces – BNP Standing Committee member and Narsingdi-2 lawmaker Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, BJP chairman and Bhola-1 MP Andaleeve Rahman Partho, Bandarban MP Saching Prue and State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Rashiduzzaman Millat-- were sworn in as new ministers on Friday. Besides, Pr

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has taken oath as the 23rd President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The oath-taking ceremony was held at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban at 7:30pm. Acting Speaker Barrister Kayser Kamal administered the oath. Upon his arrival at Bangabhaban, the president-elect

Release of International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan for Bangladesh remains stalled due to pending reforms in the financial sector, conditions to cut subsidies and climate resilience issues. The global lender has imposed nearly a dozen conditions, including reforms in the banking sector and banking la

A Dhaka court on Thursday rejected a petition seeking to file a case against former interim government Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus, former Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul, NCP leader and MP Hasnat Abdullah and 24 others over the vandalism of the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi-32 in th

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been elected as the country’s 23rd president. He won the election with 255 votes. Meanwhile, Col. (retd) Oli Ahmed, the candidate of the 11-party alliance led by Jamaat-e-Islami, received 88 votes. The result was announced by Election Officer A M M Nasir Uddin after