Bangladesh

Md Ahsan Habib Palash has taken charge as the 12th Director General (DG) of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), holding the rank of Additional Inspector General of Police. He officially assumed office on Saturday. Palash joined Bangladesh Police in 1995 as an Assistant Superintendent of Police through the 15th BCS batch. He completed his foundational training at Bangladesh Police Academy. During ...

Professor Dilara Hafiz, a distinguished academician and wife of Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, passed away on Saturday while undergoing treatment in Singapore. She was 78. She breathed her last at Singapore General Hospital at around 1:30 PM local time, according to confirmation from BNP media cell officials. A respected figure in Bangladesh’s education sector, Prof Hafiz built a ...

Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman has said Bangladesh has embraced multilateralism as a cornerstone of its foreign policy since joining the United Nations, reaffirming its commitment to global peace, security and cooperation. The remarks came as the Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the United Nations hosted a reception in New York on Thursday to celebrate the country’s 56th Independence and National ...

The government has deployed Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel at key fuel depots and appointed “tag officers” at filling stations to ensure smooth supply and prevent hoarding amid global market uncertainty. Since March 25, BGB officials have been stationed at 19 depots across nine districts, including Dhaka, Rangpur, Rajshahi, Sylhet and Cumilla, under directives from the Ministry of Home Affairs. ...

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has underscored the transformative power of ideas, stressing that when properly supported and scaled, they can play a decisive role in addressing pressing global challenges. Speaking at the Yunus Global Forum 2026 held on Thursday at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Yunus highlighted the necessity of collective action and innovation-driven solutions. The ...

India has reaffirmed its support for Bangladesh’s pursuit of justice regarding the 1971 genocide, while condemning Pakistan’s continued denial of mass atrocities committed during Operation Searchlight. Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal addressed the issue during a regular press briefing in New Delhi on Friday, highlighting the systematic violence perpetrated against Bangladeshi civilians more than five decades ago. ...

The Fire Service has launched its third day of rescue operations following the sinking of a bus at the Daulatdia No. 3 Ferry Ghat in Rajbari. The search operation began at 8:30AM on Friday, according to Sohel Rana, deputy assistant director of the Rajbari Fire Service. Efforts had been temporarily suspended at 6PM on Thursday. Fire Service diving squad, Coast ...

Mahbuba Rahman, the singer who featured in Bangladesh’s first full-length film ‘Mukh O Mukhosh’, has passed away at the age of 91. She breathed her last at about 6:15PM on Thursday while undergoing treatment at LabAid Hospital in the capital, according to singer Rumana Islam. She adde, “Mahbuba Rahman had been suffering from old age complications for a long time. ...

Three-time former Member of Parliament from Bogura-2 (Shibganj) constituency and district president of the Jatiya Party Shariful Islam Jinnah has been arrested by the District Detective Branch (DB). Shariful Islam Jinnah, 76, was apprehended in a special drive early Friday from Dhaka’s Ramna area. DB Bogura Officer in-Charge Md Iqbal Bahar confirmed the matter. According to law enforcement officials, Shariful ...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has reaffirmed the organisation’s unwavering support and solidarity with Bangladesh during a meeting with Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman in New York. During the meeting at UN Headquarters, the secretary-general extended his congratulations to the newly formed government and highly commended the country for its “humanitarian leadership and generosity in sheltering forcibly displaced Rohingya people”, the ...