Bangladesh

  Bangla Mirror Desk:   21 May 2026, Dhaka: British High Commission Dhaka hosted a special send-off reception in honour of the Bangladesh Women’s National Cricket Team as they prepare to depart for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, scheduled to be held in England and Wales this June. The reception, hosted by British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke, celebrated the team’s achievements ...

Army personnel are gradually returning to their barracks after completing duties assigned during a critical period for the country, Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman said on Thursday (21 Thursday). Speaking as chief guest at the closing and prize-giving ceremony of the Bangladesh Army Firing Competition-2026 at Cumilla Cantonment, the army chief said the military had carried out responsibilities in the field ...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam has said Bangladesh considers UN peacekeeping not merely an obligation, but a responsibility to humanity under the leadership of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. She made the remarks while addressing the Second Ministerial Conference on Peacekeeping in a Francophone Environment held in Rabat on Wednesday, said a foreign ministry’s press release this morning ...

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman has instructed the Commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to submit an investigation report within one week over the brutal rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in the capital’s Pallabi area. The minister said on Thursday (21 May) that appropriate steps would be taken to ensure the trial of the ...

A total of 73,182 Bangladeshi pilgrims have reached Saudi Arabia on 189 Hajj flights so far, ahead of the holy Hajj scheduled for 26 May. A total of 18 pilgrims have died so far. The information was disclosed on Thursday (21 May) through the daily bulletin of the IT Helpdesk on the Hajj portal of the Ministry of Religious Affairs. ...

Australia has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Rohingya refugees and vulnerable host communities in Bangladesh amid what it described as the largest protracted refugee crisis in the region. Earlier this week, Australia’s Humanitarian Coordinator Steve Scott and Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Susan Ryle visited refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar as part of a high-level delegation organised by the World ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of the National Disaster Management Research and Training Institute (NDMRTI) building in the Sataish Chourasta area of Dharpara in the city. The premier laid the foundation stone around 2pm. Disaster Management and Relief Minister Asadul Habib Dulu, State Minister M Iqbal Hossain, Secretary Md Saidur Rahman Khan and other senior ...

A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced Bidisha Ershad, former wife of late president Hussain Muhammad Ershad, to two years of rigorous imprisonment in a fraud case over the sale of a residential flat. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jamshed Alam delivered the verdict and also fined her Tk10,000. The court said she would have to serve an additional month in jail if ...

The United Nations and its humanitarian partners have appealed for $710.5 million in international assistance to meet the urgent needs of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar camps and Bhasan Char, alongside support for Bangladeshi host communities affected by the prolonged crisis. The appeal, launched in coordination with the Bangladesh government, comes as growing global instability and mounting humanitarian pressures force ...

Opposition leader in parliament and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has expressed strong concern over what he described as the “demise” of an independent judicial secretariat, questioning the government’s commitment to judicial independence. In a post published on his verified Facebook page on Wednesday (20 May), Dr Rahman criticised what he alleged to be growing political influence over the ...