Bangladesh

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said that the Constitution does not recognize the existence of a ‘Reform Council,’ adding that, the matter is currently under judicial review in the High Court. Speaking to reporters before entering the Parliament on Sunday morning, the minister emphasized that the President had convened a session of the National Parliament, not a constitutional reform council. ...

Mirza Abbas, political adviser to prime minister Tarique Rahman and MP for Dhaka-8, has been taken to Singapore for advanced treatment. A air ambulance, carrying Abbas, his wife Afroza Abbas and their elder son Mirza Yasir Abbas, left Dhaka at 11:20AM on Sunday. Family sough dua to the countrymen for Abbas’s recovery. Mirza Abbas, a standing committee member of the ...

The 18-day Amar Ekushey Book Fair comes to an end on Sunday (March 15), amid widespread discussions, criticism and dissatisfaction among publishers over book sales. The fair will start at 2PM and will continue till 9PM. Bangla Academy Director General Prof Mohammad Azam will deliver the welcome address at the closing ceremony at 3PM. A special program has been organized ...

The first session of 13th National Parliament resumed on Sunday at 11AM for the second day. The day’s proceedings began with the recitation from the Holy Quran, with Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Bir Bikram, in the chair. The new parliament began its journey on Thursday (March 12).

Bangladesh and Turkiye on Saturday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the strategic partnership between the two countries as their foreign ministers held bilateral talks in Ankara. The meeting took place at the office of Hakan Fidan in Ankara with Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman. Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humayun Kabir was also present, according to a press release from ...

The decision was taken at the first meeting of Parliamentary Business Advisory Committee, chaired by Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, at the Cabinet Room of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Saturday, according to a press release from Jatiya Sangsad Secretariat. Prime Minister and Leader of the House Tarique Rahman attended the meeting. Among others present were Leader of the Opposition Md. Shafiqur ...

Journalist Anis Alamgir was released from Kashimpur Central Jail-2 in Gazipur on Saturday after securing bail in two separate cases. Senior Jail Superintendent Al Mamun said the approval for Alamgir’s release reached the jail around midnight on Friday. He was freed after authorities verified the necessary documents. On Wednesday, a Dhaka court granted bail to Alamgir in two cases filed ...

Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman left Dhaka on Saturday morning for the United States to attend a series of engagements in support of Bangladesh’s campaign for the Presidency of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). On his way to New York, the foreign minister will make a brief stopover in Türkiye, where he is scheduled to ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said that the government has already begun implementing the promises made to the people prior to the national election. Speaking at the inauguration of the monthly honorarium programme for imams, muezzins, and religious leaders of various faiths at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka on Saturday, he said the government has acted promptly after being ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday inaugurated a programme to provide monthly allowances to imams, muazzins and other religious leaders, fulfilling one of the key electoral pledges of BNP. The programme was inaugurated at a ceremony held at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the morning, according to BNP media cell. The government also launched similar allowance programmes for priests and temple ...