Bangladesh has joined 13 other countries in backing a Saudi-led plan to establish a multinational maritime defense alliance focused on protecting major shipping routes in the Red Sea region.
Bangladesh will introduce martial arts in Classes 4 and 5 at primary schools to strengthen children’s physical and mental development and teach self-defense, a government official said Friday.
Four senior Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders have emerged as leading contenders to become Bangladesh’s next president following Mohammed Shahabuddin’s resignation.
Ishraque Hossain is young. That is no excuse for being careless about the Constitution he serves under.
A torch procession led by Dhaka-6 lawmaker and state minister for liberation war affairs Ishraque Hossain was held Friday to protest what he called slander against senior political leaders, including Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.
Rapid Action Battalion officers detained four people and dismantled an alleged Yaba manufacturing operation during a raid on a factory in Keraniganj, authorities said.
A 19-year-old National Citizen Party activist has lost nearly all vision in his left eye after he was struck with an iron rod during an alleged attack in Habiganj, party leaders and relatives said.
National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Nasiruddin Patwary said Tarique Rahman had failed to demonstrate that he could lead Bangladesh and should not be given control of the country.
Bangladesh first lady Zubaida Rahman, a physician, called for greater public awareness, blood donation and early detection to support people living with Thalassemia.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Khokon Talukdar on Friday appeared to justify recent attacks on the National Citizen Party (NCP), telling its leaders they were facing resistance and protests because of their rhetoric.
