Bangladesh

Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said that strict steps will be taken to prevent entering any kind of weapons in the country, not only during the election period, but also at other times. Jahangir Alam, also the adviser of the ministry of agriculture, made the remark while responding to reporters’ queries after visiting the Bangladesh ...

Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon for a two-day official visit. He landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka via a special flight, where he was received by Foreign Ministry Secretary Asad Al Siam. During his visit, Ishaq Dar is scheduled to meet with Bangladesh’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Tawhid Hossain, ...

BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said that democracy cannot flourish without political democracy, economic democracy and freedom of expression. ”Forming a government simply by voting will not create democracy.” He said their party will form a commission to ensure free and transparent journalism if it returns to power. Speaking at a seminar at Dhaka Reporters Unity ...

An autopsy conducted on the body of journalist Bibhuranjan Sarkar has revealed no signs of external or internal injuries, leading to new questions about the circumstances of his death. The post-mortem was conducted at Munshiganj General Hospital on Saturday around 11:30 AM in the presence of police and family members. Dr Sheikh Md Ehsanul Islam, residential medical officer (RMO) of ...

Shariful M Khan has become the first Bangladeshi-origin officer to rise to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States military. He was promoted to the rank at a ceremony at the Pentagon on August 20, according to M Osman Siddique, the first Muslim to serve as a US ambassador. The oath was administered by Gen Sean Bratton, vice ...

An eight-member delegation from the National Citizens Party (NCP) is set to visit China next week, continuing a series of high-level diplomatic engagements by Bangladeshi political parties with Chinese leadership. Led by NCP Convener Nahid Islam, the delegation will depart for China on Tuesday, 26 August 2025, following a brief official trip to Malaysia from 22 to 24 August. In ...

Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, met with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his office on Thursday. During the meeting, Andrews praised Professor Yunus for his leadership in keeping the Rohingya crisis at forefront of international concern. He specifically commended the Chief Adviser’s initiative in convening the upcoming UN International Conference on ...

The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has canceled the flat allocation for its officials and employees, following an investigation into allegations of illegal construction and allocation within an under-construction housing project. The decision was made at the 115th board meeting of the BBA, held Thursday at the Bridge Division’s conference room. The meeting endorsed the recommendations of the investigation committee, which ...

The Advisory Council of the interim government has given its approval to a draft agreement that will allow reciprocal visa exemptions for diplomatic and official passport holders from Bangladesh and Pakistan. Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam shared the details during a press conference at the Foreign Service Academy after the meeting of the Advisory Council, which took place at the Chief ...

The Council of Advisers, chaired by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, approved the draft of ‘Revenue Policy and Revenue Management (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025’ at its 39th meeting held on Thursday at Chief Adviser’s Office (CAO). During the meeting, the council also gave its nod to the proposed Agreement between the Government of Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Government of ...