After being absent from parliamentary sessions for over five months due to illness, Mirza Abbas, MP for Dhaka-8 constituency, joined the National Parliament on Thursday for the first time. Upon entering the parliament chamber in a wheelchair, he said, "I have returned to the people, to work for the people and for Bangladesh."
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister's Defence Adviser Brigadier General (Retd) Dr AKM Shamsul Islam at the latter's office at the Armed Forces Division in Dhaka Cantonment on Thursday, September 3, according to a press release from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) .
President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will visit his hometown of Thakurgaon on Sunday, September 6. This will be his first visit to his home district since assuming office as President.
The National Citizen Party (NCP) has decided to contest the upcoming local government elections independently, without being part of any alliance. The information was shared by the party's Chief Organiser (Northern Region) Sarjis Alam after a coordination meeting at the party office on Thursday, September 3.
President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called upon expatriate Bangladeshis to play a more active role in the country's economic development and progress. He also urged Bangladeshi businessmen living abroad to invest in the country and work to attract foreign investment.
Two members of a fraud ring have been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over allegations of siphoning nearly Tk 9 lakh from a bank account after taking control of a mobile phone through a phishing link, luring the victim with a software update offer.