Bangladesh

Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday expressed optimism about further strengthening bilateral relations with a focus on trade, investment and manpower export cooperation. Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates Abdullah Ali Khasif Al Humoudi paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Humayun Kabir at the Prime Minister’s Tejgaon office at noon. During the meeting, ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said that 37,814 female heads of low-income and vulnerable households have been brought under the Family Card programme to provide social protection. He said each of these households is receiving a monthly allowance of Tk2,500 to support marginal and low-income families. The Prime Minister made the remarks in response to a written question from ...

Bangladesh has called for accelerated global action on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, urging nuclear-weapon states to honour commitments under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Bangladesh made the call at the 11th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons held at United Nations Headquarters in New York yesterday, according to an official handout received here today. Speaking ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday inaugurated the National Legal Aid Day-2026 programmes at a function in the city. The premier launched the programmes at the Shaheed Abu Sayeed International Convention Center in the city’s Shahbagh area this noon. The Law and Justice Division has taken extensive programmes to observe the National Legal Aid Day with the theme “Sarkari Khoroche ...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said that the government has taken various initiatives to modernise the Coast Guard, highlighting its important role in ensuring security in the country’s coastal areas. He made the remarks on Tuesday while speaking at the 31st anniversary event of the Coast Guard in Agargaon, Dhaka. The minister said the government is committed to the overall ...

Former State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak was injured when a prison van carrying him to court met with an accident on Tuesday morning. Several others travelling with him in the vehicle were also reportedly injured, according to initial accounts. Sources said the accident occurred while he was being taken from jail to appear before International Crimes Tribunal-1, where ...

Bangladesh and Bhutan have expressed keen interest in deepening bilateral cooperation, particularly in renewable energy and trade, to unlock the untapped economic potential of the South Asian region. The matter came to the fore during a meeting between Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir and Bhutanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Dasho Karma Hamu Dorji at the Secretariat here on Tuesday, said a ...

Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The DG of the Russian state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom met the Prime Minister at his Cabinet Division office in the Bangladesh Secretariat here at 10am, said Prime Minister’s Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Ruman. They discussed in detail Bangladesh’s energy security and the ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman unveiled the foundation stone of the 500-bed Jashore Medical College Hospital at Harinar Beel in Chachra area in the town on Monday. A munajat (prayer) was offered on the occasion seeking eternal peace for the departed souls of BNP founder Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and former three-time Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and peace, progress and prosparity ...

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman on Monday said the present government wants to take legal aid services to the doorsteps of people. “Legal aid activities in Bangladesh began in 1994 under the initiative of then prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia. Later, through the initiative of incumbent Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, the ordinance of the interim government was ...