Bangladesh

Road Transport and Bridges, Railways and Shipping Minister Sheikh Robiul Alam has said that Eid travel this year will be more comfortable and safer than at any other time. He said the ministries concerned have been given necessary directives to take all kinds of preparations to ensure smooth Eid journeys. The minister made the remarks on Saturday morning while visiting ...

A Narayanganj court has ordered police to keep behind bars Shirin Hayat Ivy, an Awami League leader and former mayor of Narayanganj city, in a case over July Uprising killings. Ivy secured bails in multiple other cases on Thursday, but the new order has dashed her prospects of release from prison. Ivy has been shown arrested in a case filed ...

Former Youth and Sports Advisor Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan on Friday dismissed recent corruption allegations against senior all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan as “ridiculous” and clarified his stance. “As far as I know, there is no case; some allegations have been made to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Today (on Friday), I also saw in the media that some fans of a ...

Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon on Friday said teachers must obtain prior permission from the appropriate authorities before engaging in any profession outside their teaching duties, warning that action will be taken against those found violating the rule. “If any teacher is involved in another profession without prior approval, allegations will be investigated and necessary action will be taken,” ...

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said the new government is working to make state institutions, long rendered ineffective, functional and properly institutionalised once again. He also confirmed that local government elections will be held on schedule. Mirza Fakhrul, also the BNP Secretary General, made the remarks while responding to journalists after laying ...

Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman held a series of bilateral meetings with key counterparts on the sidelines of the OIC Executive Meeting on Palestine in Jeddah, reaffirming Bangladesh’s stance on Palestine and boosting diplomatic engagement. The Foreign Minister met Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar of Pakistan, Vice Foreign Minister Waleed A. Elkhreiji of Saudi Arabia, ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said that the state honors distinguished and knowledgeable people for its own necessity. ”A nation becomes more enlightened in prosperity and moral standards as the number of accomplished individuals in society continues to grow.” PM Tarique Rahman made the remarks while addressing the Ekushey Padak-2026 distribution ceremony at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium on Thursday morning. ...

The High Court on Thursday granted six-month ad-interim bail to former Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) mayor Selina Hayat Ivy in five cases filed with Fatullah and Narayanganj Sadar Model police stations. The order was issued by a bench of Justice KM Zahid Sarwar and Justice Sheikh Abu Taher. Four of the cases relate to the killings of Abul Hossain Miji, ...

  Muhammed Shahed Rahman: A seminar on Bangladesh’s elections and relations with its neighbors, including India, was recently held in London. On Tuesday (February 24, 2026) evening, a seminar titled ‘Post-election Bangladesh’s Relations with India and its Neighbors’ was held at a hall in St. James’s Park, Central London, organized by the ‘Link India’ think tank (charity). The participants of ...

A Dhaka court here on Thursday ordered issuance of a Red Notice through Interpol to arrest Tulip Siddiq, niece of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in a case filed over allegedly taking a flat illegally from a private developer in the capital’s Gulshan-2 area. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz passed the order, allowing a petition filed by ...