Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s foreign missions to be raised to 100: Minister
The number of Bangladesh’s foreign missions will be raised to 100 from 77 within 2021, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Sunday.
The minister said this while replying to a tabled starred question from Jatiya Party MP elected from Dhaka-4 Syed Abu Hossain in Parliament.
“The Foreign Ministry has planned to open foreign missions in diplomatically important countries gradually,” he said.
The minister said Bangladesh currently has 77 missions in 58 countries.
Minor boy drowns in bucket of water in city
An 11-month old boy drowned in a water-filled bucket in Dakkhin Madartek area in the city on Sunday morning.
PM for more translations of Bangla literature
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday stressed the need for more translations of Bangla literature as her government wants to spread it across the world.
SSC, equivalent exams begin Monday
This year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations under 10 education boards will begin across the country on Monday.
Those returned from Wuhan doing well: Health Minister
All the Bangladeshi citizens, brought back from China’s Wuhan on Saturday, are doing well, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday.
Appoint five executive magistrates for DoE: HC
The High Court on Sunday directed the Public Administration Ministry to appoint five executive magistrates for the Department of Environment (DoE) within one month for conducting mobile courts.
Zafar, Muhith Bangladesh’s new envoys to UAE, Austria
The government has appointed Md Abu Zafar, currently serving as Bangladesh Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to United Nations Offices in Vienna, as the next Bangladesh Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
PM opens Ekushey Book Fair 2020
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2020, a yearly event of booklovers and publishers.
Action if any movement harms people, warns Home Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday warned that action will be taken if any violence is carried out in the name of hartal, or people suffer for such activities.
BNP’s hartal ends peacefully with poor response
The dawn-to-dusk hartal (shutdown), enforced by BNP in the capital today (Sunday) in protest against ‘vote frauds’ in Saturday’s Dhaka city elections, ended peacefully with lukewarm public response.