Bangladesh

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said Sheikh Hasina formed the new government at an unprecedented speed by issuing the gazette and swearing in hastily. “As an unknown fear has gripped Sheikh Hasina, she has hastily formed the cabinet before the expiry of the tenure of her previous government,” he said while addressing a press conference at ...

In the wake of a serious turmoil in Jatiya Party (JaPa) since its debacle in the 12th Jatiya Sangsad election, two senior leaders have been expelled from the party. JaPa co-chairman Kazi Firoz Rashid and presidium member Sunil Shuva Roy have been relieved of all posts of the party on charge of breaking the party discipline. The party stated it ...

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud has said all the ambassadors and high commissioners in Dhaka, including those from the US, UK and the European Union (EU), congratulated the newly elected government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her taking office for the fourth consecutive term. He made the remarks after laying wreaths on the portrait of Father of the Nation ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday paid homage to the martyrs of the Liberation War, a day after taking oath to form the government for a record fifth term and fourth in a row. Sheikh Hasina as the Prime Minister first paid glowing tributes to the martyrs by placing a wreath at the altar of the National Memorial at Savar, ...

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina and her new cabinet colleagues paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Friday, a day after taking oath to form the government for a record fifth term and fourth in a row. Sheikh Hasina first paid tributes to Bangabandhu as the Prime Minister by placing a wreath at his portrait ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has appointed her six advisers, a cabinet division notification said. The advisors are Salman F Rahman, Gowher Rizvi, Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Mashiur Rahman, Major General Tarique Ahmed Siddique. and Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury, the former principal secretary to PM, was appointed as an adviser this time. Meanwhile, Sajeeb Wazed Joy resigned as the prime minister’s ICT adviser ...

      Bangla Mirror Desk:   On January 10, 1972, the undisputed leader of the Bengali nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of the nation, was freed from Pakistan’s prison and returned to the independent Bangladesh of his dream. On the occasion of Bangabandhu’s historic homecoming day on January 10, 2024, Bangladesh High Commission organized a commemorative event ...

As a new cabinet swears in on Thursday, the Sheikh Hasina-led government has distributed ministries among its members. The new cabinet will be comprised of 37 members this time, Cabinet Secretary Mahbub Hossain told the media. There will be 25 ministers and 11 state ministers in this cabinet along with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Among them, there will be two ...

Twenty-five ministers and 11 state ministers took oath as members of the new cabinet on Thursday. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to the ministers held at Bangabhaban at 7pm, reports UNB. The ministers are AKM Mozammel Haque, Obaidul Quader, Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Dr. Dipu Moni, Tajul Islam, Farooq Khan, Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali, Advocate Anisul ...

Sheikh Hasina has taken oath as the prime minister for the fifth consecutive term. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered oath to the prime minister. Through the oath taking, Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has made history by taking the charge as the head of the government. Then, President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered oath to the new cabinet ministers and state ministers. Cabinet ...