Bangladesh

The Council of Advisers at its weekly meeting today gave approval to six ordinances, three proposals and a policy. Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus chaired the meeting at his office in the city’s Tejgaon area this morning. Later, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam briefed the media at the Foreign Service Academy here this afternoon, saying the advisory council discussed ...

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has pledged waiving agricultural loans up to Tk 10,000 and interest if the party comes to power in coming election. “The measure aims to provide immediate financial relief to farmers and strengthen the rural economy,” he said while speaking in an election rally at Rajshahi Madrasa Ground here today. Tarique Rahman also announced other plans to ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman on Thursday said the party’s leaders did not leave the BNP-led coalition government of 2001-2006 to save at least three ministries from “corruption that plagued the rest of the administration.” Jamaat’s late leaders Matiur Rahman Nizami and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid led the three ministries. Both during their terms and afterwards none, including their strongest critics ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday urged voters to vote for “sheaf of paddy” in the upcoming national elections, saying that all should utilise the opportunity that has come before them. “In the 2001 elections, you – mothers and sisters – made garlands with the money you saved by selling eggs, chickens and vegetables. I have not ...

The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Thursday submitted formal charges against eight individuals, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, over an alleged staged law-enforcement raid that resulted in the deaths of nine people. Other high-profile accused include former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former inspector general of police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque, former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said that the repatriation of more than one million Rohingya refugees to their homeland in Myanmar’s Rakhine State remains the only viable and sustainable solution to the crisis. He urged the UN refugee agency to continue its active engagement to facilitate their safe return. The Chief Adviser made the remarks late Wednesday when the ...

US Ambassador in Dhaka Brent T Christensen paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Thursday morning. The courtesy meeting between Jamaat Ameer and US Ambassador was held at 8:00am at the party’s Bashundhara office in Dhaka. The meeting was held in a highly cordial and warm atmosphere. The US ambassador was accompanied by senior officials ...

In an exclusive profile published on Wednesday, TIME magazine identified Tarique Rahman, the newly appointed Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), as the “clear front runner” for the upcoming national elections on February 12. The feature, titled ‘Bangladesh’s Prodigal Son’, marks Rahman’s first major international interview since his return to Dhaka on December 25, 2025, following 17 years in ...

Saudi ambassador in Dhaka Dr Abdullah ibn Dhafer ibn Ubayya on Wednesday called on religious affairs adviser Dr AFM Khalid Hossain and discussed matters related to Hajj management, particularly the house rent issues. “Hajj-related activities are progressing in line with a roadmap, and we are relentlessly working to complete house rent contracts in time,” a religious affairs ministry spokesman quoted ...

An activist of Jamaat-e-Islami has succumbed to his injuries after his partymen engaged in a violent clash with BNP members at Jhenaigati upazila in Sherpur on Wednesday. At least 50 political activists from both sides were injured in the clash, with Jamaat claiming at least half of the victims were its men. The deceased has been identified as Rezaul Karim, ...