Archive | Dhaka Prokash

BNP to make mistake if fails to realise PM's global image: Hasan

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday said BNP would make mistake if they fail to realize the image of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the global arena and its huge support to her government.

Politics | 09 May 2023, 11:26 pm, Tuesday

136 Bangladeshi evacuees from Sudan arrive in Dhaka

A total of 136 Bangladeshi nationals, who were among those stranded in crisis-hit Sudan, arrived in Dhaka via Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Monday (May 08, 2023), according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

National | 08 May 2023, 07:11 pm, Monday

Turkey’s opposition denounces fairness of vote under Erdogan

As Turkey heads for presidential and parliamentary elections at the weekend that are shaping up to be the strongest challenge to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his 20 years as leader, complaints are growing about the fairness of the vote.

International | 08 May 2023, 06:48 pm, Monday

Pakistan, Afghan Taliban agree to boost trade, lower tension

Pakistan and Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed government have agreed to boost trade and lower tensions along their border amid a surge in militant attacks on security forces, officials said Monday, reports AP.

International | 08 May 2023, 06:46 pm, Monday

Ex-Gazipur mayor Jahangir's writ against decision to cancel his nomination dismissed

The High Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition challenging the legality of cancellation of Gazipur City Corporation’s (GCC) former mayor Jahangir Alam’s nomination paper for the mayoral post in the upcoming GCC election.

Law and Human Rights | 08 May 2023, 06:43 pm, Monday

Trump rejects last chance to testify at New York civil trial

Former American President Donald Trump rejected his last chance Sunday to testify at a civil trial where a longtime advice columnist has accused him of raping her in a luxury department store dressing room in 1996.

International | 08 May 2023, 12:30 pm, Monday

Two bikers killed after being hit by truck in city's Gendaria area

Two motorcyclists were killed and another was injured as a speeding truck knocked them down in Dholaikhal area of Dhaka's Gendaria early Monday.

National | 08 May 2023, 12:23 pm, Monday

At least 7 killed in car ramming outside Texas migrant center

At least seven people were killed Sunday in south Texas and several others injured when a car plowed through a group waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant aid center, police said.

International | 08 May 2023, 12:15 pm, Monday

Boat capsizes in southern India, at least 20 people dead

Twenty people, including women and children, died after a boat carrying more than 30 passengers capsized on Sunday night near a beach in India's southern state of Kerala, local media reported.

International | 08 May 2023, 12:09 pm, Monday

Trial against Dr Yunus to continue in labour court: Appellate Division

The Appellate Division on Monday rejected a petition to scrap the trial proceeding in the case filed against Nobel Laureate and Chairman of Grameen Communications Dr Muhammad Yunus for violating the Labour Law.

Law and Human Rights | 08 May 2023, 12:02 pm, Monday

Rabindranath Tagore's 162nd birth anniversary today

Today is the 162nd birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. He is one of the most revered poets and litterateurs in history, who towers above everyone else in the canon of Bangla. Tagore was a poet, visual artist, playwright, novelist, as well as a composer whose works reshaped Bangla literature and music as well as the arts of the Indian subcontinent with contextual modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Kabiguru Rabindranath, was born at Jorasanko in Kolkata on 25 Baishakh, 1268 (May 7, 1861). He became Asia's first Nobel laureate after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature for Gitanjali in 1913. The government will celebrate the Rabindra Jayanti in a befitting manner. private cultural organizations are scheduled to host cultural programs, discussions, and awards ceremonies across the country on Monday. The state event this year will be held at Patishar in Naogaon district. In addition to that, the poet Rabindranath Tagore's birth anniversary will be commemorated as part of the national event at the Shilaidah of Kushtia, the Shahjadpur of Sirajganj, the Dakshindehi and Pithavog of Khulna, and the Shilaidah of Kushtia. Chhayanaut, the country's leading cultural institution will commemorate the occasion with a two-day cultural festivity. The programs will commemorate the occasion with different programs and cultural presentations including song, poetry, and dance recitals. Besides, different cultural organizations including Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Bangla Academy, and others will celebrate the birth anniversary with various events.

Literature | 08 May 2023, 11:09 am, Monday

Dhaka's air unhealthy for sensitive groups this morning

Dhaka's air quality is unhealthy for sensitive people this morning (May 8, 2023).

Health | 08 May 2023, 10:00 am, Monday

BNP-Jamaat is an alliance of killers, don't vote for them: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has once again urged the people not to vote for BNP-Jamaat nexus in the next general election as they will just ruin the country.

National | 08 May 2023, 09:57 am, Monday

Blair calls on PM at Claridge's, offers help to attract investment

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has highly praised Bangladesh’s tremendous economic advancement under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

National | 07 May 2023, 09:17 pm, Sunday

EC 'very satisfied' over Azmat Ullah's explanation

Election commission (EC) has very 'satisfied' with the explanation of Azmat Ullah, the mayoral candidate of the ruling party Awami League in the Gazipur City Corporation elections on allegations of violating electoral code of conduct.

National | 07 May 2023, 08:39 pm, Sunday

IMF satisfied with recent macroeconomic developments

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed satisfaction with the recent macroeconomic developments of Bangladesh in line with the global lender's suggestions.

Economy | 07 May 2023, 07:52 pm, Sunday

Terrorists or militant groups in CHT won’t be spared: Home Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday warned that armed criminals and or militant groups in the hills of Chattogram will not be spared.

National | 07 May 2023, 07:42 pm, Sunday

PM urges Commonwealth to send diversified observers to see next polls

Prime Minister today urged the Commonwealth to send diversified election observers to oversee the next parliamentary polls in Bangladesh as Commonwealth Secretary General Baroness Patricia Scotland paid a courtesy call on her at her place of residence here.

National | 07 May 2023, 07:37 pm, Sunday

Tigresses T20 warm up game in Sri Lanka washed out

The only warm up game of the Bangladesh Women's team before their three-match T20 International series against Sri Lanka was washed out due to the rain at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) today.