Bangladesh

Opposition Leader and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has urged President to convene a special session of the Jatiya Sangsad to discuss the country’s worsening electricity and energy crisis, deteriorating law and order situation, and broader socioeconomic challenges. Shafiqur Rahman sent a letter to the President on Friday, calling for an immediate special session of Parliament to address the pressing issues ...

Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Friday that India has formally invited Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman for a bilateral visit. He made the disclosure while responding to a question at the ministry’s regular weekly briefing in New Delhi. “We have invited the Prime Minister of Bangladesh for a bilateral visit. In addition, an invitation has also ...

DHAKA, Aug 14, 2026 – The 82nd birthday of former BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister, late Begum Khaleda Zia, will be observed tomorrow. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced a series of programmes marking the birthday of its former chairperson. Doa and milad mahfils will be held at party offices and mosques across the country, a BNP press release ...

Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman returned home on Friday after completing a five-day official visit to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). During the visit, the Army chief inspected Bangladeshi contingents deployed in South Sudan, including an engineering company, an infantry battalion and the Bangladesh Navy’s Force Marine ...

Education Minister Dr ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon has said retired private-school teachers across Bangladesh are set to receive their long-awaited retirement and welfare benefits simultaneously on Saturday. The minister disclosed the information in a social media post on Friday. He said the government has decided to allocate Tk2,035.86 crore in a one-time payment, following instructions from Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, ...

Former Home Minister and BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has been given charge of the Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Ministry, while Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anny has been assigned the Home Ministry in a cabinet reshuffle. The decision was taken at a high-level government review meeting on Thursday afternoon, according to policy-making sources. Salahuddin replaces BNP Secretary ...

An 11-party alliance on Thursday submitted the nomination papers of their presidential candidate to the Election Commission (EC). A delegation led by alliance coordinator Dr Hamidur Rahman Azad submitted the papers at the EC office in Sher-e-Banglanagar in Dhaka in the morning. Mohammad Kamal Hossain, Abdul Baten, Nasiruddin Patwary, Engineer Rashed Pradhan and Mostafizur Rahman Iran, along with senior leaders ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday urged American businesses to invest in Bangladesh with confidence and for the long term, saying his government wants to build a durable economic partnership with the US based on investment, trade, technology and job creation. “Our objective is not simply to attract foreign direct investment but to build a durable and mutually beneficial economic ...

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has resigned as Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General and a member of its National Standing Committee following his nomination as the party’s candidate for president. BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi disclosed the decision to reporters on Thursday afternoon after a meeting of the party’s National Standing Committee held in front of the ...

Two young Bangladeshi leaders, Munia Islam Majumder and Shah Rafayat Chowdhury, have received the Queen Elizabeth II 100 Young Leaders Awards 2026. British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cook presented the awards to them on Wednesday (12 August). The awards are being given this year to recognise outstanding work by young leaders across Commonwealth countries and to mark the 100th ...