Bangladesh

The United Nations and its humanitarian partners have appealed for $710.5 million in international assistance to meet the urgent needs of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar camps and Bhasan Char, alongside support for Bangladeshi host communities affected by the prolonged crisis. The appeal, launched in coordination with the Bangladesh government, comes as growing global instability and mounting humanitarian pressures force ...

Opposition leader in parliament and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has expressed strong concern over what he described as the “demise” of an independent judicial secretariat, questioning the government’s commitment to judicial independence. In a post published on his verified Facebook page on Wednesday (20 May), Dr Rahman criticised what he alleged to be growing political influence over the ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday called upon the members of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP) to perform their duties with utmost discipline and strictly following the chain of command. “In any country, adherence to the ‘chain of command’ and ‘discipline’ is an essential and mandatory principle for every disciplined force. If there is even the slightest negligence ...

Prime Minister’s Advisor on Education and Primary and Mass Education, Mahdi Amin held a meeting with UK Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum Alex Norris MP at the British Home Office on Tuesday (19 May). Bangladesh’s Acting High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr M Nazrul Islam, and British Deputy High Commissioner in Dhaka James Goldman were also ...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam met Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates Nasser Bourita in Rabat on Tuesday and discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations and expand cooperation across multiple sectors. The two leaders highlighted the importance of sustained high-level exchanges in advancing political ties between Bangladesh and Morocco. During the meeting, the ...

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday held separate meetings with International Labour Organization (ILO) Country Director in Bangladesh Max Tunon and a delegation from China State Construction Engineering Corporation at the Secretariat. The meetings discussed expanding development cooperation in different sectors, including workers’ welfare, urban management and infrastructure development, said a press release. ...

A Bangladesh delegation, along with British Deputy High Commissioner to Bangladesh James Goldman, joined more than 150 ministers at the Education World Forum in London. The British High Commission in Dhaka shared the information in a Facebook post on Tuesday afternoon. Prime Minister’s Adviser and Spokesperson of the Prime Minister’s Office Mahdi Amin joined the delegation. The post further said ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah: The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Bangladesh has marked thirteen years since the Rana Plaza disaster with a meeting in the House of Commons focused on workers’ rights, labour protections and accountability in Bangladesh. Held on 18 May 2026 and hosted by Apsana Begum, Chair of the APPG on Bangladesh, the meeting brought together policymakers, academics, campaigners ...

Police have sought to show former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque arrested in another murder case filed over the July uprising. Jatrabari Police Station sub-inspector (SI) Md Ibrahim Khalil, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the application to the court on Saturday. A hearing on the plea is scheduled to be held on May 23 at the Dhaka ...

Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Fakir Mahbub Anam on Monday said the government is preparing to launch country’s second satellite in low Earth orbit (LEO) to ensure clearer images and faster data collection. He made the remarks while addressing a seminar titled “Satellite Drones and the Future of Space Technology in Bangladesh” at the Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB) ...