Bangladesh

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 ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday met Bangladeshi students who won medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) and the European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO). The courtesy meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Office at the Bangladesh Secretariat. During the meeting, the medal-winning students exchanged greetings with the Prime Minister and shared their experiences and achievements at the mathematics ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday submitted the nomination paper on behalf of its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for the presidential election. A BNP delegation led by its Standing Committee Member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan submitted the nomination paper to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin, the Chief Election Officer for the presidential election, at the Election ...