Bangladesh

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday reaffirmed that his government is committed to expanding women’s education, ensuring women empowerment and equal opportunities in education. “The current government is committed to expand women’s education and ensure empowerment and equal access to education for women…The government is positively considering the nationalisation of one women’s college in every upazila sadar to achieve this ...

The Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday passed the Bangladesh Haor and Wetland Conservation Bill, 2026, regarded as a landmark piece of legislation aimed at the protection, conservation, and sustainable development of the country’s unique haor ecosystems and wetlands. Water Resources Minister Md. Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee placed the bill in the House which was later passed by voice vote with Speaker Hafiz ...

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on Water Resources Minister Md Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee at the latter’s office at the Parliament Secretariat (Jatiya Sangsad). State Minister for Water Resources Farhad Hossain Azad was also present at the meeting, said a press release. Welcoming the Chinese envoy, the minister said Bangladesh and China are long-standing, ...

The Jamaat-e-Islami led 11-party opposition alliance on Tuesday announced four days of programmes to put pressure on the government to implement the constitutional reform measures endorsed in the February referendum result. The programmes include start of a countrywide citizen awareness raising campaign and street demonstrations in support of July Charter implementation, said Maulana Mamunul Haque, leader of alliance partner Bangladesh ...

The government has deferred the Independence Award giving ceremony by one week to 16 April, it said in a notification on Tuesday. Due to unavoidable circumstances, the award giving ceremony will be held on 16 April instead of the earlier announced 9 April, said the notification issued by the Cabinet Division. It will be held at 4pm at Osmani Memorial ...

A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered former Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury to be sent to jail in a case filed with Lalbagh Police Station over an attempted murder linked to the anti-discrimination movement. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana passed the order as police produced Chowdhury before the court and pleaded for a two-day remand in the case. The ...

Pakistan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Haider paid a courtesy call on Industries Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir at his office on Tuesday (7 April), where both sides discussed ways to expand bilateral trade and investment. During the meeting, they explored opportunities to enhance cooperation in the industrial sector and addressed various issues of mutual interest. The industries minister said there ...

BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and his wife Rahat Ara Begum left for Singapore on Monday night for medical check-ups. They departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 11:55pm on a Singapore Airlines flight. Shayrul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP’s media cell, said that the visit is for ...

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has detained former Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury from her Dhanmondi residence early today. According to sources, she was taken into DB custody at around 4:30am on Tuesday from her residence on Road 8/A in the Dhanmondi area of the capital. The DB has not yet issued any ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Monday approved five development projects with an estimated total cost of Tk483.43 crore. Of the total project cost, Tk390.84 crore will be financed from the government exchequer, while Tk92.59 crore will be sourced through project loans or grants. The approval came at the ninth ECNEC meeting of the 2025-26 fiscal ...