Bangladesh

The nation is solemnly observing Genocide Day on Wednesday (March 25) various programmes commemorating the brutal crackdown by Pakistani occupation forces and their local collaborators on unarmed Bengalis during the night of March 25, 1971, as part of Operation Searchlight. The Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) unanimously adopted a resolution on March 11, 2017, to observe March 25 as Ganohatya Dibas (Genocide ...

Prime Minister (PM) Tarique Rahman has ordered the introduction of a loan facility to assist Bangladeshi students planning to pursue higher education overseas, aiming to ease financial barriers such as bank guarantees and solvency requirements. State Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Nurul Hoque Nur shared the development with reporters on Tuesday following a meeting with the Prime Minister ...

A ceremonial parade and fly-past will be held at the National Parade Square at 9AM on March 26 marking the Great Independence and National Day 2026. President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman are expected to be present on the occasion. The programme will be open to the public. Designated entry gates for spectators are 2, 3, 4, 10 ...

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday morning at the Secretariat on the first working day after the Eid holidays, the minister explained that the situation arose due to a mismatch between demand and supply. ”A gap has developed between demand and supply. Demand has increased. We have been supplying at the same rate, and that supply is continuing. When demand rises, ...

Director of the Asia and Pacific Department (APD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Krishna Srinivasan has paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The IMF official met the premier at Cabinet Division in the Bangladesh Secretariat on Tuesday morning, said Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Saleh Shibly.

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 ...