Bangladesh

UNFPA Executive Director Diene Keita has pledged to champion Bangladesh’s development initiatives globally, praising the country’s political commitment to demographic resilience, women’s empowerment, universal healthcare and inclusive social security system. The commitment came during a meeting with a Bangladesh delegation led by Adviser to the Prime Minister for Finance and Planning Dr Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir at UNFPA Headquarters in ...

Barrister Zaima Rahman has called for greater investment in Bangladesh’s young talents, urging society to provide stronger mentorship, equal opportunities and institutional support to help the next generation realise its full potential. In a Facebook post on Friday, Zaima said she had recently met several talented students from different parts of the country who have excelled in fields ranging from ...

Prime Minister’s Adviser and spokesperson at the Prime Minister’s Office Mahdi Amin held talks with a delegation led by International Organization for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission Laura Tom Bond, stressing the need to expand overseas employment opportunities for women through safe and dignified migration. The meeting, held at the Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday (16 July), focused on strengthening ...

The European Union (EU) and the Group of 77 and China (G77) have reaffirmed their support for Bangladesh’s efforts to ensure a smooth, sustainable and irreversible graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category. The assurances came during separate meetings at United Nations Headquarters between Minister of Commerce Khandakar Abdul Muktadir and Head of the European Union Delegation to the ...

Rear Admiral Khondaker Misbah-ul-Azeem has been appointed as the country’s new Navy Chief. He will be promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral on July 23 and will assume charge as the Chief of the Bangladesh Navy on the same day. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced this in a press release on Thursday (July 16). The ISPR said Rear ...

Dhaka, Bangladesh – 16 July 2026. Representatives from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) and the British High Commission Dhaka have concluded their first joint visit to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, highlighting the impact of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom’s growing humanitarian partnership in support of the Rohingya refugees. During the visit, the delegation met ...

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested retired Major Md Mozaffar Hossain, one of the key plotters behind the assassination of late President Ziaur Rahman. The fugitive was apprehended from the capital’s Banani DOHS area at midnight yesterday after evading justice for 45 years. Following primary legal procedures, he was handed over to the Bangladesh Army for a ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday named a senior international official from Bangladesh, Rabab Fatima, as the new head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA. A career diplomat who served in several capitals before representing her country at the United Nations, Fatima is currently the global body’s high representative for the least developed countries, landlocked developing ...

The country is observing Historic July Martyrs’ Day on Thursday (July 16), commemorating those who lost their lives during the 2024 quota reform movement, which later evolved into a nationwide mass uprising. On that day, at least six people were killed, including Abu Sayeed, a student of the Department of English at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, who was fatally ...

Two journalists were killed in a road accident early Thursday after a bus hit their motorcycle in the capital’s Uttara area while they were returning home after watching the Argentina-England FIFA World Cup semifinal. The accident occurred near the Jasim Uddin Bus Stand in Sector 3. The deceased were identified as Rabiul Alam Raju, a journalist of Praner Bangladesh, and ...