BNP Standing Committee member and Prime Minister’s Political Adviser Mirza Abbas returned home tonight after undergoing treatment for more than five months in Singapore and Malaysia. A flight carrying Mirza Abbas landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 9:30pm, BNP Media Cell confirmed. A large number of BNP leaders and activists gathered at the airport to welcome the veteran BNP leader. According to party sources, Mirza Abbas returned home following the advice of the medical board formed to oversee his treatment. Earlier, on March 11, Mirza Abbas suddenly lost consciousness while drinking water during Iftar. As his condition did…
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(BSS/AFP) – Kuwait’s army said Thursday it was intercepting a missile and drone attack from Iran, as Tehran targeted US allies in the Middle East. Iran has targeted US bases in Kuwait, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region after extensive US bombardment on Tuesday of sites across the Islamic republic. “Kuwaiti air defenses are currently engaging hostile missile and drone attacks following the heinous Iranian aggression,” Kuwait’s army wrote on X. Iranian state TV confirmed Tehran was targeting US bases in Kuwait “in response to America’s crimes against the Iranian people”. Iran reacted with fury…
(BSS/AFP) – A US federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new executive order limiting who qualifies for birthright citizenship. The move thwarts President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to restrict the constitutional right, which comes after the US Supreme Court rejected his previous effort. US District Judge Deborah Boardman of Maryland issued a preliminary injunction following an appeal by rights groups who challenged Trump’s executive order from August 6 targeting what he termed “birth tourism.” “The Supreme Court has spoken: Children in the certified class are ‘citizens at birth’,” Boardman wrote in her 35-page ruling, adding…
(BSS/AFP) – Iran and the United States traded threats on Wednesday after some of the heaviest fighting in weeks engulfed the Middle East, deepening the foes’ stalemate six months into the war. President Donald Trump said US forces staged a “very heavy attack” on Iranian targets overnight and are “prepared to do another one any time we want”. Tehran’s security chief warned that Iran had adopted a “new strategy” in the war that began in late February with US-Israeli attacks on the Islamic Republic. “You will soon see that Iran’s new strategy on the battlefield, in diplomacy and in confronting…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today joined a programme to exchange greetings with prominent members of the Hindu community on the occasion of Janmashtami and to distribute honorariums among priests and sebaits. The Premier walked from his office at Bangladesh Secretariat to Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital to attend the Janmashtami programme as the chief guest at 10:00am today. The Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Hindu Religious Welfare Trust jointly organised the programme, which is being attended by leading representatives of the Hindu community, religious leaders, eminent citizens, and priests and sebaits from different parts of the country.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today said the government is implementing an integrated action plan to pull the country out of the ongoing energy crisis caused by inadequate gas exploration over the years and dependence on imports. “The energy sector was almost crippled by the plans adopted during the fascist government. The current energy crisis has resulted from years of inadequate domestic gas exploration and increasing dependence on imports,” he said. The Leader of the House made the remarks while responding to a supplementary question from lawmaker Selina Sultana during the question-answer session at the beginning of today’s parliament sitting. Tarique…
(BSS)- A court here today rejected a bail petition of Bidisha Hossain, former wife of late President Hussain Muhammad Ershad, in a flat sale fraud case. In the case she was sentenced to two years imprisonment for embezzling Taka 75 lakh from a person without handing over the flat, rather giving threat. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Shahjahan Kabir turned down the bail prayer when Bidish’s lawyer sought the bail on condition of filing an appeal against the conviction. Police arrested Bidisha from a restaurant in Gulshan 2 on August 25. The Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Aminul Islam Zunaid sent…
(BSS) – The Election Commission (EC) has kept voters’ transfer window open till September 7 next for the upcoming local government elections. The Commission issued a letter to this end on Wednesday. The letter said, “The Election Commission has set a detailed schedule for the submission, issuance and disposal of applications for voter transfer due to change of residence on the occasion of local government elections.” The last date for submission of applications for voter transfer due to change of residence is September 7. The last date for issuance of submitted applications is September 9, while the last date for…
Japan’s leading shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has expressed interest in investing in Bangladesh’s promising ship recycling sector and providing technological cooperation. The Japanese company also wants to develop a long-term partnership with Bangladesh in environmentally friendly ship recycling, technology transfer and skilled human resource development, said a press release. A high-level MOL delegation expressed the interest when it met with Industries, Commerce and Textiles and Jute Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir at the Ministry of Industries here today. During the meeting, the minister said ship recycling and shipbuilding could play an important role in Bangladesh’s industrialisation, employment generation and…
(BSS)- Iranian envoy in Bangladesh Jalil Rahimi Jahanabadi has said his country has no concern over any decision regarding possible joining of Bangladesh in the Makkah Peace Pact. “Tehran considers Dhaka’s foreign policy balanced and does not view the initiative as directed against Iran,” the ambassador told journalists after a courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir in the ministry today. “Regarding the foreign policy of the Bangladesh government, we are well aware that your government pursues a very balanced foreign policy. Therefore, any decision made by your government does not concern or worry us,” he said.…
