Bangladesh

Prime Minister’s Adviser and Prime Minister’s Office spokesperson Mahdi Amin has urged graduates to remember their parents’ love, sacrifice and perseverance behind their achievements, while using their knowledge and skills to bring meaningful changes to society. Addressing the 38th convocation of the Islamic University of Technology (IUT) as the convocation speaker on Sunday, he called on graduates to become responsible ...

BNP Acting Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has stressed the need to restructure the banking and financial sectors to address the ongoing crisis in the country’s textile and readymade garment industries. He said the country’s banking sector had suffered extensive damage under the previous government. Despite limited resources, the banking and financial sectors must be restructured to ensure the ...

Humanitarian actors in Bangladesh have called for at least 25 per cent direct funding for local non-governmental organisations (NGOs), equitable partnerships and effective implementation of localization commitments under the Grand Bargain, expressing concern over the limited role of local organisations in the Rohingya response. The concerns were raised at an online seminar titled “Grand Bargain beyond 2026: Locals’ Perspective”, organised ...

A parliamentary committee has said Bangladesh is failing to generate electricity according to demand despite sufficient capacity, citing fuel shortages, unpaid bills and other factors. The parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources made the observation at its first meeting at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Saturday, chaired by Mia Nuruddin Ahmed Apu. The meeting ...

Health State Minister Dr M A Muhith has said the government is taking coordinated measures to control dengue, with early preparations in place to tackle a possible rise in cases. He made the remarks after attending a health programme review workshop organised by the Rajshahi Divisional Health Directorate on Saturday. Muhith said dengue cases and deaths were higher in 2019, ...

The holy month of Ramadan in 2027 is expected to begin on Monday, February 8, with 121 days remaining as of October 10, according to astronomical calculations. Ibrahim Al Jarwan, chairman of the board of the Emirates Astronomical Society and a member of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences, said the new moon would form at around 7:50pm ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:   9 October 2026,The UK parliamentary delegation, led by UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Bangladesh Chair Apsana Begum MP, and President of People’s Republic of Bangladesh Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, on October 8. The delegation of the British All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Bangladesh has this week held a number of high-level meetings with political and ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : The funeral prayer of media personality Toufique Imroz Khalidi was held at the Brick Lane Jame Mosque in East London. Bangladeshi journalist and media personality Toufique Imrose Khalidi died in London. He died in London on October 2, 2026. His funeral prayer was held at Bricklane Jama Masjid in East London after the Zuhr prayers on ...

Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom has pledged to ensure the earliest possible experimental connection of electricity from the first unit of Bangladesh’s Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant to the national grid. The commitment was made by Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev during a high-level bilateral meeting with Bangladesh’s Science and Technology Minister Faqir Mahbub Anam in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, ...

BNP acting secretary general and Prime Minister’s Political Adviser Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed on Friday described threats to halt remittances sent by expatriate Bangladeshis as extremely anti-national and inhumane. He said such a move would threaten the livelihoods of millions of families and harm the national economy. He made the remarks while addressing a prize-giving ceremony, discussion and cultural programme ...