Bangladesh

Jamaat-e-Islami has alleged that the government’s “fascist efforts” to ensure the ruling party’s control over the nation has been contributing to the rise in violence and lawlessness across the country. Jamaat Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar outlined the party’s allegations at an emergency briefing held at the party’s central office in Moghbazar, Dhaka, on Monday. Mia Golam Porwar said the ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved a case against former Beximco Group chairman Salman F Rahman, his son Sayan Fazlur Rahman and 23 others over an alleged Tk 604.69 crore embezzlement through a fictitious company and abuse of power. ACC Secretary Md Saidur Rahman Khan confirmed the decision at the commission’s headquarters on Sunday (September 27). He said Salman allegedly ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and Ambassador of United Arab Emirates to Bangladesh Abdulla Ali Abdulla AlHmoudi held a meeting at the former’s office in the Secretariat on Monday. During the meeting, both sides discussed expanding trade and investment, increasing employment for Bangladesh’s skilled manpower, and strengthening cooperation in sectors including energy, infrastructure, aviation, ICT, railways and logistics, said a press ...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir said on Monday that Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s participation in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) has raised Bangladesh’s confidence, honour and dignity on the global stage. Briefing journalists on the Bangladesh delegation’s participation in the 81st session of the UNGA, Humaiun said the visit carried particular significance as it was the new government’s ...

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday urged Bangladeshi businesses and entrepreneurs to tap the vast opportunities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, particularly in skilled manpower export, healthcare, education and infrastructure development. The president made the call when a seven-member delegation of the Saudi Arabia-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, led by its President Ashraful Haque Chowdhury, paid a ...

A delegation led by Australian Deputy Chief of Army Major General Chris Smith paid a courtesy call on Chief of Army Staff General Waqar-uz-Zaman at Army Headquarters in the capital on Sunday. During the meeting, they exchanged greetings and discussed the existing friendly relations between Bangladesh and Australia as well as ways to further strengthen mutual cooperation and professional relations ...

A referendum will be needed to endorse fundamental changes to the constitution, said Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed at a briefing held at the Parliament complex in the capital on Sunday. As per the committee’s proposals, changes to the Preamble, four key Articles and the articles concerning the caretaker government system will require a referendum on top of the parliamentary majority, ...

Police have released 249 of the 278 people detained during a raid on the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Jasad) headquarters in Dhaka, while the identities of the remaining 29 are being verified. Dhaka Metropolitan Police Motijheel Division Assistant Commissioner Shakibul Alam Bhuiyan told the media on Sunday afternoon that the 249 people were released after their identities were verified using lists ...

A press conference on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s participation in the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will be held on Monday (September 28), according to the Foreign Ministry. The press conference will begin at 3PM at Conference Room 701 of the Foreign Ministry’s new building, the ministry’s Public Relations Officer Mahmudul Hasan said on Sunday (September ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived in Dhaka on Sunday morning (September 27) after concluding his five-day official visit to New York, where he attended the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Emirates flight EK-582, carrying the Prime Minister and his entourage, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 8:21 AM. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman departed New York ...