Bangladesh

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman attended office at the Secretariat and continued his official work on Tuesday, despite the start of the Eid holidays. The Prime Minister arrived at his office at around 11AM, said his Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Rumon. “The Prime Minister came to his office at 11am. The Eid holidays have started but he is continuing his ...

Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman and UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan have discussed global economic risks stemming from the ongoing Middle East conflict, warning of adverse impacts on trade, energy markets and developing economies. The discussion was taken place when Grynspan called on the foreign minister at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York on Monday, ...

Bangladesh and France on Monday discussed ways to expand cooperation across multiple sectors, including trade and investment, climate action, culture, women’s empowerment, sustainable development, education and skills development, connectivity, migration and global peace and security. The discussions also covered regional and global developments, highlighting the importance of dialogue, mutual respect, restraint and adherence to international law to maintain peace and ...

Abdur Rahman Sani has been appointed as representative of Dhaka-17 parliamentary constituency on behalf of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The appointment aims to facilitate the daily affairs and needs of the constituents, as Prime Minister Tarique Rahman now holds office as the head of the Government of Bangladesh. The announcement was made Monday afternoon through a letter published on Facebook ...

Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Monday said that the central goal of his party’s politics is to improve the living standards of ordinary people by increasing their income and expanding development programmes across the country. Tarique Rahman made the remarks while addressing a public rally on the bank of the Sahapara Canal in Balrampur on Monday afternoon ...

Ahsan Habib Palash, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Chattogram Range, has been appointed Director General (DG) of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). The information was confirmed through a notification signed by Toufique Ahmed, Deputy Secretary of the Police Branch-1 of the ministry. There have also been changes in the leadership of the police’s Special Branch (SB), and the Criminal Investigation ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and opposition leader Shafiqur Rahman has welcomed the government’s canal excavation programme, stressing the importance of restoring the navigability of the country’s rivers to ensure long-term environmental and economic benefits. In a Facebook post, he said Bangladesh was once widely known as a riverine country, where rivers played a vital role in transportation, trade, agriculture, fisheries and ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman inaugurated the nationwide programme to excavate and re-excavate rivers, canals and water bodies on Monday in Dinajpur aimed at improving irrigation, boosting agricultural production and strengthening water management. The premier opened the excavation of 53 canals across the country by initiating the excavation of the 12-kilometer Sahapara Canal in the Balrampur area in Kaharole upazila of ...

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam has claimed there has been no evidence in the past seven days of transport operators charging fares higher than the government-fixed rates. He made the remarks while visiting the Mohakhali Bus Terminal in the capital on Monday morning. The minister said many transport owners were charging less than the government-fixed fares in ...

The Supreme Court has observed that although the non-party caretaker government (NPCG) system has been automatically restored in the constitution, it will not come into effect during the tenure of the current 13th parliament. According to the full text of the verdict uploaded on the Supreme Court’s website yesterday (15 March), the restored provisions will remain dormant until the constitutional ...