Bangladesh

The ruling Awami League (AL) is going to form a new government for the fourth consecutive time. The new cabinet led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be sworn in at 7pm on Thursday at Bangabhaban. Besides, the Prime Minister, the list of 36 members of the new cabinet has been published. Among them, 25 are ministers and 11 are ...

Members of the new cabinet will be sworn in on Thursday evening at Bangabhaban in the capital. The names of those who are invited to take oath have already been announced. The cabinet secretary announced the names at a press briefing on Wednesday night. Twenty-five ministers and 11 state ministers are going to get portfolios in the new cabinet. However, ...

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said no one can hinder the advancement of Bangladesh towards prosperity since her party is voted to power again. “I firmly believe none can impede the advancement of Bangladesh as the Awami League is voted to power again,” she said. She also said the absolute victory of the AL ...

The new cabinet comprises 36 members – 25 ministers and 11 state ministers – with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the leadership. The Cabinet Division on Wednesday published the list of the ministers and state ministers but respective offices were not distributed to them. Current Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, Industries ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Wednesday invited Awami League President Sheikh Hasina to form the new government as her party AL achieved a landslide majority in the 12th parliamentary election held on January 7. During a meeting, the President, in line with the Constitution of Bangladesh, invited Sheikh Hasina, the current Prime Minister of the 11th Parliament, to form the cabinet ...

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has been elected as Leader of the House for the fourth consecutive time. After the oath-taking ceremony on Wednesday, the Awami League Parliamentary Party held their first meeting at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban and elected Sheikh Hasina as the Leader of the House. Meanwhile, Matia Chowdhury became the deputy leader of the House, while Noor-e-Alam ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been denied bail in a case filed over attack on Chief Justice’s official residence. An High Court bench of Justice Md Salim and Justice Shahed Nuruddin on Wednesday rejected Fakhrul’s bail dismissing a rule after holding hearing today. Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Barrister Kaysar Kamal were present in the court on ...

The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the greatest Bangalee of all times, is being observed on Wednesday across the country in a befitting manner. Bangabandhu, the undisputed leader of the nation and supreme commander of the country’s Liberation War, returned to the sacred soil of independent Bangladesh via London and New Delhi on ...

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday released a commemorative postage stamp, a first-day cover and a data card, marking the historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. She released the stamp of Taka 10, the first-day cover of Taka 10 and the data card of Taka 5 at her official residence ...

The 11th Jatiya Sangsad’s Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Choudhury administered oath of newly-elected Awami League MPs Newly-elected 222 members of parliament (MPs) belong to Awami League took oath on Wednesday (January 10) morning. They were sworn-in at 10:15am at the oath room on Level 1 of the East Block of Jatiya Sangsad building. The 11th Jatiya Sangsad’s Speaker Dr Shirin ...