Bangladesh

Palestine has withdrawn its candidate for the presidency of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly. Following the withdrawal of the Palestinian candidature, Bangladesh will now compete with Cyprus, a diplomatic source told UNB on Thursday. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has nominated Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman for the position, said the source. Bangladesh floated her candidature ahead of ...

A cabinet meeting was held in the conference room of the Cabinet Division in the Bangladesh Secretariat here on Thursday. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman chaired the meeting, said Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Saleh Shibly. According to relevant sources, the first cabinet meeting was held on 18 February, a day after the swearing-in ceremony on 17 February. However, as it was ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has conferred the country’s second-highest civilian award “Ekushey Padak-2026”. The award giving ceremony began at 11:00am on Thursday at the capital’s Osmani Memorial Auditorium. Nine distinguished individuals and one institution have been honoured with this prestigious award this year in recognition of their outstanding and notable contributions in various fields. The award recipients are: Farida Akhtar ...

The process to appoint new governor for the Bangladesh Bank, replacing Dr Ahsan H Mansur, is currently underway. According to the sources, the Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance has submitted a proposal regarding the appointment to Finance Minister Ameer Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, who has reportedly approved it. Once the Prime Minister gives his consent, the proposal will ...

The government has fixed the minimum Fitra at Tk110 per person while the maximum Fitra at Tk2,805. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Fitra Determination Committee held on Wednesday morning at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque conference hall, said a press release on Wednesday. Committee’s president and khatib of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Mufti Muhammad Abdul ...

President Mohammad Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman paid tribute to the martyrs of the Pilkhana killings on Wednesday morning. They laid wreaths at the graves of the fallen officers at the Banani Military Cemetery around 10:00am, marking the anniversary of the tragic killings at the then BDR headquarters in Pilkhana. Among those present were Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, Chief ...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said that no new investigation commission will be formed regarding the Pilkhana massacre. He made the remarks while addressing a ceremony held at the Banani military cemetery to mark National Martyred Army Day. The home minister said, “The interim government had already formed an appropriate commission. The recommendations of the commission and the cases ...

Ali Hossain Fakir, the newly appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP), officially assumed his duties on Wednesday morning. He took over the responsibility at Police Headquarters succeeding his predecessor. Earlier, the government appointed Ali Hossain Fakir as the inspector general of police (IGP). He was promoted from the rank of additional IGP, according to a notification issued by the Ministry ...

The Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Abida Islam, has described the country’s recent national parliamentary election as a definitive milestone in its democratic history. Speaking at a panel titled “Bangladesh Election: What Next?”, she emphasized that the government, led by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, is firmly committed to upholding democracy, the rule of law, and human rights through ...

The newly appointed administrators of six city corporations formally assumed office on Tuesday after meeting Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at the Secretariat. The administrators are Abdus Salam for Dhaka South City Corporation, Shafiqul Islam Khan for Dhaka North City Corporation, Nazrul Islam Monju for Khulna City Corporation, Abdul Qayyum Chowdhury for Sylhet City ...