Bangladesh

A red carpet was rolled out as Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived in China on Monday night from Kuala Lumpur, concluding his two-day official visit to Malaysia. A special Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the prime minister and his spouse Zubaida Rahman landed at Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport at 11:05pm local time, PM’s Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Ruman said. ...

The government on Monday deployed Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel to five districts in the country to counter a potential security threat ahead of the founding anniversary of the banned Awami League. BGB personnel will remain active till 30 June in Cox’s Bazar, Madaripur, Sherpur, Gazipur and Moulvibazar, said the force’s Public Relations Officer Md Shariful Islam. Additional BGB force ...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam discussed Bangladesh-Turkiye bilateral issues with Turkish Red Crescent President Fatma Meriç Yılmaz during a meeting on Monday. Recalling the visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to Bangladesh during 4-6 June and his meetings with Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Bangladesh during the visit, the State Minister emphasised potential stronger cooperation ...

Opposition Leader and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman offered a surprise at the National Parliament on Monday as he provided 10-kilogram mangoes as gifts to everyone from lawmakers to fourth-grade employees. The equitable distribution was the prime focus of the surprise gift. Traditionally lawmakers and influential leaders get gifts at the Parliament, while the low-grade workers miss out. But, Shafiqur changed ...

The government is moving to make national statistical data more accessible to researchers, academics and policymakers as part of a broader effort to restore public confidence in official information and strengthen evidence-based decision-making. The initiative was highlighted on Monday at a stakeholder sensitisation workshop on the newly established Microdata Analysis Lab of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), held at ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has requested Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to recruit more Bangladeshi workers and reopen its labour market as soon as possible. During a joint press conference following a one-on-one meeting between the two premiers on Monday, Tarique raised the issues of regularising undocumented Bangladeshi workers and repatriating detained Bangladeshis, where possible, according to an official document. ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim accorded a warm red-carpet welcome to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday. Around 8:30 am (local time), Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and his spouse Zubaida Rahman left the Shangri-La Hotel in a motorcade and arrived at the Malaysian Prime Minister’s Office, Perdana Putra, in Putrajaya at 9:00am. Upon arrival, they were warmly received by Malaysian ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has called upon Bangladeshi expatriates to make united efforts to contribute to the country. “Let us all think about what we can do for the country so that we can all prosper together. Alongside our own demands and expectations, we should now think about what we can do for the country,” he said. The Prime Minister ...

Hasnat Abdullah, MP for Cumilla-4, has reportedly become involved in a police inquiry during his visit to the United Kingdom following an alleged altercation in Cambridge. According to sources, Hasnat visited Cambridge on Friday at the invitation of National Citizen Party (NCP) leaders. While he and his associates travelled by car, a Bangladeshi delivery driver allegedly took photographs of their ...

The government has withdrawn 23,865 “politically motivated” cases out of a total of 1,42,983 cases filed against BNP leaders and activists between 2007 and 11 January 2025. Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman shared this information in parliament on Sunday, responding to a starred question from BNP’s reserved seat MP, Nilofer Chowdhury Moni. The minister explained that since ...