Bangladesh

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday called upon police personnel to try their best to ensure peace and security of the country’s people. “Ensuring peace and security of the country’s people depends largely on the role of the police. You should try your best to ensure the safety of lives and property of the people-this is what the government expects ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday inaugurated Police Week 2026 through the annual parade ceremony held at the Rajarbagh Police Lines ground in the capital. The four-day event began with the theme, “Amar Police, Amar Desh, Sobar Age Bangladesh” (My Police, My Country, Bangladesh First), and will continue until 13 May. The Prime Minister inspected the colourful and disciplined parade ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has said his recent visit to Japan focused on expanding development cooperation and strengthening bilateral investment, while reaffirming his party’s readiness to both support and challenge the government when necessary. Speaking to reporters at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday after a week-long tour, Dr Shafiqur said he held a series of ...

General students of Eden Mohila College took to the street in front of the campus late into Saturday, pledging to resist reported attempts to revive student politics there. Around 11pm at night, students from an under-construction dormitory also joined the protest as they tried to tear down multiple gates on campus, and set fire to political campaign materials near the ...

BNP Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has joined a views-exchange meeting with district-level leaders of the ruling BNP and its three associate bodies. The day-long meeting began at 10:45am on Saturday at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh (KIB) auditorium in the city’s Farmgate area with BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi in the chair. Tarique Rahman joined the ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday rode in a “smart car” built by specially-abled youth Wakimul Islam, encouraging the young innovator for his creative effort. Wakimul Islam met the Prime Minister at his office in Tejgaon on Saturday morning, where he showcased the small vehicle he had built. He later drove the battery-operated smart car carrying the Prime Minister. The ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin left Dhaka for London this morning for follow-up medical treatment and health check-up. “A regular commercial aircraft (flight BG-201) of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the President and his entourage members took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 7:45 am,” according to the Bangabhaban’s Press Wing. Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman, Dean of ...

Education and Primary and Mass Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon on Friday said education, not concrete or steel, would be the main foundation for building a stronger bridge between Bangladesh and China as the two countries deepen cooperation in higher education, governance and development. “Education will be the construction material to build a bridge between Bangladesh and China,” he ...

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Raza Naqvi arrived in Dhaka on a two-day official visit on Friday. He was received at the airport by Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam, Home Secretary Abu Nayeem, and Bangladesh Cricket Board CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury. This marks the first visit by a Pakistani minister to Bangladesh since the 13th National Parliamentary Election held on 12 ...

Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muqtadir has said there is no justification for increasing the prices of essential commodities by using higher fuel prices as an excuse. He made the remarks while speaking to journalists after visiting the Natural Park of the Sylhet Zila Parishad on Friday. The minister said any attempt to raise prices of daily necessities solely due to ...