Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Bar Council member election 2026 has been postponed, meaning the scheduled voting on May 19 will no longer take place. The decision was taken unanimously at a meeting held on Wednesday night at the Bar Council building, according to an official press release. The statement said the postponement was made in view of the ongoing severe energy crisis ...

Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has been included in TIME magazine’s list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2026, according to a feature published on the publication’s website. In its profile, TIME described Tarique Rahman’s political journey as a dramatic rise from years of exile in London to national leadership in Bangladesh following the political changes of ...

Chief Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Md Nurul Islam on Wednesday said that two ships carrying a total of 200,000 metric tons (MT) of fuel oil anchored at the jetty. He said this is such a development that also deserved media attention alongside reports on the country’s only state-owned refinery, Eastern Refinery PLC in Chattogram. The Chief Whip noted ...

Ambassador of Türkiye to Bangladesh Ramis Şen on Wednesday paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman at the Army Headquarters in Dhaka. A delegation led by the ambassador attended the meeting, where they exchanged greetings and discussed different avenues of bilateral cooperation between Bangladesh and Türkiye, particularly in the fields of defence industry and training.

A Dhaka court on Wednesday set 17 June for further hearing on charge framing in a sedition case filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 285 others. Judge Moin Uddin Chowdhury of Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge-3 set the date, defence lawyer Latif Siddique said. On 27 March 2025, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police filed the case ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday sought a US$2 billion fund from development partners to meet Bangladesh’s immediate energy needs and safeguard its economic stability. “The situation before us demands urgency, solidarity, and decisive action. Immediate support for the most vulnerable countries must be at the top of our collective agenda,” he told the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Plus ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday told the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) that his government has specific plans to explore alternative labour market abroad in view of recent instability in the Middle East, including Iran. “Initiatives have been taken to sign bilateral agreements to expand alternative labour markets in different European countries such as Serbia, Greece, North Macedonia, Romania, Portugal, Brazil, ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday informed the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) that the five-year-term ‘Fifth Primary Education Development Programme’ is set to begin from 1 July. “The five-year-term ‘Fifth Primary Education Development Programme’ is going to begin from July 1 next. Under this programme, there is a plan to provide English training to the remaining teachers,” he said. The Leader ...

The primary scholarship examination for 2025 is set to commence across the country from today (15 April), according to the Directorate of Primary Education. According to an official circular, the examination will begin on 15 April, which will continue till 18 April. It says each test will be held from 10:00am to 12:30pm. According to the routine, Bangla will be ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday said the government has launched the Farmers’ Card scheme with the goal of making farmers self-reliant and prosperous. “The goal of the current elected government is to make farmers self-reliant and economically secure. That is why we have given this Farmers’ Card,” he said. The Prime Minister made the remarks after inaugurating the Farmers’ ...