Bangladesh

Several political figures and activists, including former Jubo Dal central organising secretary Ishaq Sarker, content creator Nuruzzaman Kafi, social activist Mohiuddin Rony and Fersamin Haque Iqbal, granddaughter of Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq, joined the Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) on Friday. They formally joined the party at a ceremony held at the Institution of Diploma Engineers in the capital, where NCP ...

Bangladesh has called for urgent global efforts to address the growing financing gap for sustainable development and ensure a fairer international financial system, while also seeking a smooth transition from its Least Developed Country (LDC) status. The appeal was made by Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury during the general debate of the ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum 2026 held at the United ...

A mild to moderate heatwave is currently affecting several regions across the country and is expected to persist, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department. In its latest bulletin, the Met office said the heatwave is sweeping over Khulna division and districts including Dhaka, Faridpur, Madaripur, Rajshahi, Pabna, Sirajganj, Feni, Lakshmipur, Rangamati, Bandarban and Patuakhali. The forecast also indicates the possibility of ...

Thirteen years after the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar, near Dhaka, justice in the cases filed over one of the deadliest industrial disasters in history remains elusive. The building, which housed several garment factories, collapsed on April 24, 2013, killing 1,136 people and injuring around 1,500 others. Despite the magnitude of the tragedy, trials in five key cases are still ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Friday condemned what it described as a series of attacks on Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) leaders at Shahbagh Police Station, as well as assaults on activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir in Pabna and Cumilla. In a statement, Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar criticised the incidents, calling them “barbaric and cowardly” and accused members of Jatiyatabadi ...

Bangladesh has sent emergency medical supplies to Iran on the directive of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday (23 April) said that, in light of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East and in solidarity with the brotherly people of Iran, Dr Kabir M Ashraf Alam, Secretary General of the Bangladesh Red ...

The Election Commission (EC) has cancelled the nomination of Monira Sharmin, a candidate of the Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance and joint convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), for a reserved women’s seat in the 13th National Parliament. Officials announced the decision on Thursday after 12PM at the Election Building in Agargaon

The nomination papers of all 36 candidates submitted by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for the reserved women’s seats in the 13th National Parliament have been declared valid. The announcement was made on Thursday by the returning officer following the scrutiny of nomination papers at the Election Bhaban auditorium. The Returning Officer said that those whose nominations were cancelled would ...

The government will distribute jute-made bags and school uniforms among students of primary educational institutions in every upazila across the country. The decision was taken at a meeting, regarding the distribution of jute bags in schools, at the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Division office in the Bangladesh Secretariat on Wednesday morning with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in the chair. “Prime Minister ...

Bangladesh assumed a leading role at the 82nd session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific as Science and Technology Minister Faqir Mahbub Anam chaired a morning session in Bangkok. The session focused on high-level policy discussions and country interventions aimed at advancing inclusive and sustainable development across the Asia-Pacific region. On the sidelines, ...