Bangladesh

A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued arrest warrants against two people, including British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, niece of deposed former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged flat fraud in the capital’s Gulshan area. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Sabbir Faiz passed the order after taking cognisance of the charge sheet submitted ...

Commerce, Industries, and Textiles and Jute Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir has said the government has begun working to seek a three-year extension of Bangladesh’s graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category. Speaking to reporters at the Secretariat on Wednesday, his first working day in office, the minister said the process to pursue the deferral had already been initiated. State ...

Newly appointed Education ANM Minister Ehsanul Hoque Milon has said that the country’s education sector requires ‘big leaps’ to ensure stability and dynamism. While talking to journalist on the first working day on Wednesday, the minister noted that after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) came to power in 2001, measures were taken to curb cheating in public examinations and stop ...

Shafiqul Alam, former press secretary, and Azad Majumder, former deputy press secretary to the former chief adviser, join a new English newspaper, The Daily Waadaa, as the chief adviser’s office ends its operation. They both announced separately through posts in their verified Facebook profiles today (18 February). According to their Facebook posts, Shafiqul Alam joined the daily as its Editor ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and the opposition leader Shafiqur Rahman has warned that no concessions will be given if the July Charter is not implemented. The spirit of July, which led to the 2026 national election, must be upheld through active participation in Parliament, he said to reporters after ending the cleaning drive in Mirpur. ”Jamaat will continue to raise its voice ...

Retired secretary ABM Abdus Sattar has been appointed as principal secretary to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. It said Sattar will serve a one-year term from the date of joining and he must relinquish any existing professional, business or employment ties with any government, semi-government or private entity in order to take up the role. He was appointed private secretary to ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday paid tribute to the martyrs of the Liberation War at the National Martyrs’ Memorial in Savar on the first working day of his government. At 11:00am, the Prime Minister laid a wreath at the memorial. Then he was given a guard of honur. After that, Tarique Rahman, accompanied by members of the cabinet, honouring ...

Twenty-four leaders were sworn in as state ministers in the cabinet of BNP-led government on Tuesday afternoon. The oath-taking ceremony was held at 4:28 PM at South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. The program was conducted by Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Gani, while President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to 24 state ministers. Those who took oath as state ministers are ...

Twenty-five members of new cabinet, formed under the leadership of BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, were officially sworn in on Tuesday afternoon. The oath-taking ceremony was administered by President Mohammed Shahabuddin at South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. The ceremony, held shortly after 4:00 PM on Tuesday, was attended by newly elected Members of Parliament, representatives of interim government, invited guests ...

Tarique Rahman took oath on Tuesday (February 17) afternoon as Prime Minister of Bangladesh. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered him the oath at about 4:15PM at the South Plaza of the National Parliament. Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Gani conducted the oath-taking ceremony.