Bangladesh

The government is prepared to extend any necessary security support to BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the core committee on law and order at Secretariat, the adviser noted that the issue of Tarique Rahman’s possible return had not been discussed ...

European Union (EU) Ambassador Michael Miller on Tuesday said the EU is preparing to send a very big election observer mission to Bangladesh to monitor what he described as the biggest democratic exercise anywhere in the world in 2026. ”This is a sign of our confidence in the election process and our support for elections in this wonderfully diverse country.” ...

The interim government has declared three-time former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, as Very Very Important Person (VVIP). Planning Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud announced the decision at a press briefing after a meeting at the State Guest House Jamuna on Tuesday. He said, “The meeting decided to declare Begum Khaleda Zia a Very Very Important Person (VVIP) ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia can ‘maintain’ treatment, said her personal physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain, a member of the BNP National Standing Committee. He urged people not to spread misleading information. While speaking to reporters in front of Evercare Hospital around 12:30pm on Tuesday, Dr Zahid said, ”Khaleda Zia is responding to treatment or we can say, she can maintain ...

Remarkable support of countrymen is the source of strength and inspiration for our family, said BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, he wrote, “I want to take a moment, on behalf of the Zia family and BNP, to give our most profound thanks for the remarkable outpouring of support for Begum Khaleda Zia’s recovery.” ”The ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) President Chang Won-sam held a high-level discussion in Dhaka on Monday, focusing on strengthening development partnerships, expanding investment opportunities, and enhancing human capital to support Bangladesh’s transition from Least Developed Country (LDC) status. The meeting took place at the State Guest House Jamuna, where Chang conveyed warm greetings from ...

The government has officially declared BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia as a Very Important Person and approved the deployment of the Special Security Force for her protection. The Chief Adviser Office issued the gazette notification on Monday (December 1). The notification was signed by Mohammad Abdul Wadud Chowdhury, Director General (Administration) of the Chief Adviser’s Office, on ...

A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the British MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail after a judge ruled she was complicit in corrupt land deals with her aunt, the country’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina. In a ruling on Monday, a judge found Siddiq, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate, guilty of misusing her “special influence” as ...

The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) has cleared 18 major development projects involving a combined investment of Tk 16,0032.77 crore. The approvals came during an ECNEC meeting held Monday at the NEC Conference Room in Dhaka, presided over by Chief Adviser and ECNEC Chairperson Professor Muhammad Yunus. According to the Planning Ministry, the government will provide Tk 10,101.10 ...

Reza Kibria, son of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria, has formally joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He intends to contest the upcoming Jatiya Sangsad election from the Habiganj-1 constituency (Ajmiriganj – Bahubal) under BNP’s electoral symbol ‘paddy sheaf’. The programme was held at BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office om Monday where BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was ...