Controversial author Taslima Nasreen said on Saturday that the Indian government has decided to grant her residential visa.

 She had met Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh earlier in the day and requested him that she be allowed to stay in India for a longer period, reports NDTV.

In a 20-minute meeting, Taslima requested the home minister to allow her to stay in India for a longer period, online edition of the newspaper reports quoting unnamed official sources.

Bangladesh is closely monitoring the evolving situation in conflict-torn Libya, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday. The ministry said in a press release that Dhaka is in close touch with its embassy in Tripoli. According to latest reports, it said, all Bangladesh nationals in Libya are safe and they have been advised to stay alert and avoid conflict zones. Many Bangladesh nationals have been moved to safer areas, said the press release. Bang...

Former cabinet minister engineer LK Siddiqi passed away today in Singapore. LK Siddiqi, also the ex-deputy speaker of Bangladesh parliament, breathed his last around 11:00AM. He was 76. LK Siddiqi was suffering from chronic lung disease for long time. His body will be brought to the country today, Saturday, 2 August. The first Namaz e Janaza will be held on Sunday at 9.30 AM at South Plaza of the National Parliament. Second Janaza will be held at Chittagong Jamiatul Falah Mosque after Duhr prayers. The third Janaza of late LK Siddiqu...

Holding that Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen has been hounded for her novel ‘Lajja’, Press Council of India chairperson Justice Markandey Katju today demanded that she be given a permanent visa to reside in India. In a statement released here, Katju said he had read in the newspapers that Nasreen’s visa has been extended by the Indian government by only 2 months. “In my opinion she should be given a permanent visa to reside in India,” Katju, a former judge of the Supreme Court said. “Several bigots and fanati...

Revenue from registration and certification of vehicles by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority in terms of target recovery has gradually been declining since 2009-10 financial year due to irregularities in the authorities, officials have said. Laxity in realising taxes from vehicle owners, enforcing rules for obtaining registration and driving licence renewal and fitness certificates due to corruption in the BRTA caused the decline in target recovery of revenue earning, they said. The target recovery in revenue earning of BRTA dropped to 70...

Rice from southern India to Tripura via Bangladesh is likely to reach here on Thursday, bringing to fruition a three-year-long diplomatic and strategical endeavour between New Delhi and Dhaka. “The first consignment of 5,000 tonnes of rice in small ships from Kakinada port in Andhra Pradesh reached on Saturday at Ashuganj river port in (eastern) Bangladesh via Kolkata port,” Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Bhanulal Saha told IANS here. He said, “The rice, meant for Public Distributi...