Hasina swears in as PM for third consecutive term
Sheikh Hasina sworn in as Bangladesh’s Prime Minister for third consecutive term on Monday after victory of her party in December 30 parliamentary elections.
Apparel workers block Airport Road
Thousands of apparel workers from factories at Uttara, Abdullahpur, Azampur and the adjacent areas blockaded the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway from Airport to Abdullahpur in the capital for the second consecutive day on Monday to press the demand of wage hike.
New faces in, old faces out
Ruling Awami League president and prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a move to start anew has picked 31 new faces as her cabinet colleagues in her third consecutive term, dropping most of the seniors.
Ministers dropped from Bangladesh cabinet
Most of senior leaders of the Awami League and its allies, who were in the outgoing cabinet, were dropped from the new cabinet scheduled for today to be sworn in.
Apparel workers block road, demand wage hike
Thousands of apparel workers from factories at Uttara, Abdullahpur, Azampur and the adjacent areas blockaded the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway from Airport to Abdullahpur in the capital from Sunday morning to press the demand of wage hike.
47-member cabinet finalised, to take oath Monday
Forty-three members of parliament and three individuals will make room in the new cabinet to be formed on Monday after Awami League's landslide victory in Bangladesh's 11th Jatiya Sangsad elections.
Gono Forum changes tone on taking oath
Gono Forum, a component of opposition alliance Jatiya Oikya Front, on Sunday changed its tone about taking oath by its two lawmakers-elect in the 11th Jatiya Sangsad election as it said on Saturday the party was positive about taking the oath.
Court sends Nazmul Huda to jail in bribery case
A Dhaka court on Sunday sent former minister Nazmul Huda, president of Trinamool BNP, to jail in a graft case.
JOF team meets Noakhali gang-rape victim
A Jatiya Oikya Front delegation led by Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir met the Subarnachar gang-rape victim at Noakhali General Hospital on Saturday.
Gono Forum positive about joining JS: Kamal
The Gono Forum, a party in the main opposition alliance Jatiya Oikya Front in Bangladesh, on Saturday announced that the party was positive about its representation in the 11th parliament as its two candidates elected in the December 30 general election.
