Bangladesh

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is set to become the third member of his family to address the United Nations General Assembly when he is expected to deliver his maiden speech at the 81st session in New York on 24 September. His father, Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman, was the first member of the family to address the UN General Assembly, doing ...

BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the country’s education system was “toyed with” over the past 17 years, undermining the quality of education and weakening the nation’s ability to compete in the modern world. “Education is one of the main foundations of a nation’s development. If its importance is ignored, no nation can survive in a ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Leader of the Opposition Dr Shafiqur Rahman has said the eight-point demands of the 11-party alliance represent the people, not any particular political party or group. “People have taken to the streets. The movement will succeed,” he said while addressing a roadside rally at Matidali Airport intersection in Bogura on Saturday (September 19) evening. He was ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed the authorities to bring training programmes run by different ministries under an integrated framework with a unified curriculum and certification system. He gave the directive while chairing the third meeting of the governing body of the National Skills Development Authority (NSDA) at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tejgaon on Saturday. The prime minister said ...

Government officials are custodians of public resources and must ensure responsible planning and effective implementation of development projects, Local Government Minister Dr Abdul Moeen Khan has said. He made the remarks as the chief guest at a discussion on the development activities of the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) at its Agargaon office in Dhaka on Saturday. The minister urged ...

Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay made a brief transit stop at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday (September 18) afternoon while en route to Germany. The Bhutanese premier landed at Shahjalal International Airport at 1:55 PM. Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan alongside State Minister for Foreign Affairs-1 Humayun Kabir received him upon his arrival ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer and MP ATM Azharul Islam has said his party will not accept any obstruction to its Dhaka-to-Rangpur long march scheduled for Saturday. “If any obstruction is created, we will not accept it. We will ignore the obstruction and move towards Rangpur,” he said at a press conference at the party office in Shapla Chattar, Rangpur city, on Friday. ...

Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman has said that Jamaat-e-Islami has accepted that its role and position during the 1971 Liberation War were not right. Asaduzzaman made the remarks on Friday at a book launch ceremony written by lawyer Barrister Abdur Razzaq at a hotel in Gulshan, Dhaka. The law minister said Barrister Razzaq’s proposal for Jamaat to apologise over its role ...

Bangladesh on Friday sought Bhutan’s support for revitalising SAARC for the collective benefit of the region and its people, as Bhutanese Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay made a brief transit stopover in Dhaka. Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir received the Bhutanese Prime Minister at Hazrat Shahjalal ...

India on Friday said New Delhi would take “all necessary actions to protect its interests” amid Bangladesh’s review of 101 bilateral agreements signed during the previous Awami League government. Addressing a weekly briefing, Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said New Delhi had seen media reports about the review but had received no official communication from Dhaka. “We ...