Bangladesh

Zaima Rahman, the daughter of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, has passed the first-stage (MCQ) examination for enrollment as an advocate under the Bangladesh Bar Council. She confirmed the achievement through her verified Facebook account. The results were published on the Bar Council’s website late Friday night. A total of 9,201 candidates passed the first-stage examination. In a Facebook post, Zaima ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has strongly criticised the proposed national budget for the 2026–27 fiscal year, describing it as excessively loan-dependent, overly ambitious, unrealistic, and vulnerable to corruption and misuse of public funds. Speaking at a press conference at the party’s central office in Moghbazar on Friday, the party’s Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar presented the party’s formal response to the budget. ...

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has unveiled an ambitious tourism roadmap centred on culture, heritage and the creative economy, arguing that Bangladesh can unlock significant economic opportunities by transforming its artistic and cultural assets into tourism products. Speaking at a post-budget press conference at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium on Friday, the finance minister said the government intends to position ...

India’s newly appointed High Commissioner to Dhaka Dinesh Trivedi arrived in Bangladesh on Friday morning (June 12), marking the formal start of his diplomatic assignment in the country. He entered Bangladesh through the Benapole-Petrapole border point by road, according to sources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Trivedi succeeds career diplomat Pranay Verma, who served as India’s High Commissioner to ...

Border Security Force (BSF) of India and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have agreed to strengthen joint efforts against trans-border crimes and enhance cooperation to maintain peace and stability along the Bangladesh-India border. The commitment came at the 57th Director General-level Border Coordination Conference held at BSF Headquarters in New Delhi from 8-11 June. BSF Director General Shri Praveen Kumar led ...

A flag return ceremony and press conference were held at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Friday to honour Bangladeshi female mountaineer Nurunnahar Nimni following her successful ascent of Mount Everest. The programme took place at the Zahur Hossain Chowdhury Hall of the National Press Club at 10:30am. Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Nepal in Bangladesh ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami today, Thursday staged a protest rally in the capital immediately after the presentation of the proposed national budget for the 2026-27 fiscal, describing it as “anti-people but loot-friendly,” and expressing their dissatisfaction with the additional tax burdens it imposes on citizens. Speaking at a rally before the procession, Jamaat Assistant Secretary General and former MP AHM Hamidur Rahman ...

The Denmark government is eager to see the full and comprehensive implementation of the July National Charter with a view to promoting lasting democratic reforms in Bangladesh, said Danish Ambassador Christian Brix Møller on Thursday. During a meeting with Opposition Leader and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman, the Danish envoy also expressed hopes to further strengthening bilateral ties based on shared ...

Bangladesh has called for stronger support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to bolster climate resilience, improve access to international climate finance and ensure a smooth graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category. Speaking at the annual session of the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative ...

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has cautiously welcomed the government’s decision not to include any provision for legalising undisclosed wealth, commonly known as black money, in the proposed national budget for fiscal year 2026-27. However, the anti-corruption watchdog has urged the government to make asset declarations mandatory for public servants as a condition for receiving benefits under the proposed new pay ...