Bangladesh

Government activities at the Secretariat resumed in full swing after a seven-day Eid holidays, with offices bustling from Tuesday morning on the first working day. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman began a busy schedule, arriving at the Secretariat at 9AM. Officials reported that he immediately engaged in a series of important meetings. At the begginning, Krishna Srinivasan, Director of the Asia ...

BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas is showing gradual improvement while undergoing treatment at Singapore General Hospital, according to Social Welfare Minister Prof Dr AZM Zahid Hossain. Speaking on Monday, Zahid said physicians attending Abbas have observed encouraging clinical indicators. “I spoke with the doctors and they confirmed that several parameters are improving. His condition is getting better,” he said, ...

The seven-day government holiday on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr ends on Monday. After this long break, offices, courts, banks, insurance institutions and the stock market will reopen from Tuesday (March 24). Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslim community, was celebrated in the country on March 21.

Thirty-three Bangladeshis have returned home through Benapole check post after serving three years in jail in India. They were handed over to Bangladesh immigration authorities at Benapole on Sunday evening. Officer in-charge of Benapole Immigration Police Syed Mortaza, said they went to India without valid documents in search of jobs with the help of local brokers three years back. Kolkata ...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Sunday said no structures will be kept on the sand dunes of Cox’s Bazar beach that have been built illegally. He said this while visiting the Sugandha Point of the Cox’s Bazar sea beach this afternoon. He said eviction drives against floating shops and other illegal structures have already begun. Gradually, such eviction operations will ...

Dr Zubaida Rahman, spouse of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, departed Dhaka for London on Sunday morning to take part in a professional medical training programme, according to BNP sources. Airport officials confirmed that she left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport aboard Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG 201. The flight is expected to arrive at Heathrow Airport at 9:00 pm local time. ...

Agriculture, Livestock and Food Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid has declared to introduce of automatic signal systems at railway crossings passing over highways in the wake of the horrific bus-train collision in the Paduarbazar Bishwa Road area of the district. “Multiple investigation committees have been formed to properly investigate the incident and necessary measures will be taken to uncover the ...

At least 12 bus passengers were killed and around 20 others injured when a train rammed into a bus in Cumilla’s Sadar South upazila early today (22 March), prompting the authorities to form three separate committees to probe the accident. The accident occurred at around 2:45am in the Padua Bazar Bishwaroad area when a mail train coming from Chattogram collided ...

Bangladesh has signed its Fifth Country Programme Framework (CPF) with the International Atomic Energy Agency for the period 2026–2032, marking a significant step in strengthening technical cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear technology. According to an official release issued today, the agreement was signed on March 18 in Vienna, Austria. Md. Anwar Hossain, Secretary of the Ministry of Science ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman exchanged Eid-ul-Fitr greetings with the former chief adviser of the interim government, Prof Muhammad Yunus, at the state guesthouse Jamuna in Dhaka on Saturday. “Prof Muhammad Yunus met the prime minister and exchanged Eid greetings,” said Prime Minister’s Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Ruman. He said Tarique Rahman’s wife, Zubaida Rahman, and other family members were ...