Bangladesh

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday joined a roadside rally at Lakshmipur Bazar ground in Barura upazila of Cumilla while travelling to Chandpur on his first official visit to the district as head of government. The Prime Minister reached the rally venue at around 1:20pm. Leaders and activists greeted him with thunderous applause and cheers as he stepped onto the ...

A total of 58,347 Bangladeshi pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year as of 2:59am on Friday, according to the latest Hajj bulletin. The IT Help Desk published the information in its 28th-day bulletin on Hajj operations. The pilgrims travelled on 150 flights operated under both government and private management arrangements. Meanwhile, 15 Bangladeshi pilgrims have ...

Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humayun Kabir paid a courtesy call on Celso Amorim, the chief foreign affairs adviser to the President of Brazil. The meeting was held at the Brazilian Presidential Palace on Friday, May 15. During the meeting, the two sides held fruitful discussions on various issues of mutual interest. Both parties stressed the importance of further strengthening ...

Mizanur Rahman Sinha, former state minister for health and convener of Munshiganj BNP, died at a hospital in Singapore in the early hours of today. He was 82. “Sinha, who was undergoing treatment at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital in Singapore for a long time, breathed his last at about 2.47 am today,” his daughter Tasnim Sinha confirmed on social media. ...

Bangladesh and the United States (US) have formalised a new framework for collaboration in the energy sector, signing a memorandum of understanding in Washington aimed at strengthening Dhaka’s long term energy security. The agreement was signed on Thursday at the US Department of Energy in Washington, DC, according to a message received on Friday. Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman represented ...

State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Sultan Salauddin Tuku has said the Bangladesh National Zoo is one of the country’s important centres for recreation and education. He made the remarks while paying a surprise visit to the National Zoo in the capital’s Mirpur on Friday. During the visit, the state minister inspected different facilities of the zoo and exchanged views ...

BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives (LGRD) Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the then Awami League government allowed India to operate the Farakka Barrage on an experimental basis ignoring biodiversity and environmental risks, and that the project has now turned into a “death trap” for Bangladesh. He made these remarks in a message ...

The BNP-backed Jatiotabadi Ainjibi Oikya panel (Blue Panel) has secured a thumping victory in the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections for the 2026-2027 term, bagging 13 out of 14 executive posts. Retired justice Miftah Uddin Choudhury, the convenor of the election sub-committee, announced the results late Thursday night. AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Mohammad Ali emerged victorious as president ...

The Australian High Commission in Bangladesh co-hosted a networking event this week bringing together alumni of two of Australia’s flagship development initiatives — the South Asia Regional Infrastructure Connectivity (SARIC) programme and Australia Awards. According to a Facebook post on Friday by the Australian High Commission in Bangladesh, the event provided alumni with an opportunity to reconnect, exchange ideas and ...

The long-awaited third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport will, once fully operational, nearly double the airport’s current passenger handling capacity, according to the Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), Air Vice Marshal Mostafa Mahmud Siddiq. He shared this expectation during a courtesy meeting with the members of the Bangladesh Aviation and Tourism Journalists Association (BATJA) at ...