Bangladesh

The European Union (EU) and its partners have launched the broadened Team Europe Initiative on Climate and Energy in Bangladesh, pledging over €3.7 billion (around Tk 525 billion) to support the country’s transition toward sustainable energy and climate resilience. Announcing the initiative at a high-level event in Dhaka on October 9, EU Ambassador Michael Miller called on Bangladesh to mainstream ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has urged young people across the globe to have their own dream of the kind of world they want, rather than merely trying to fit themselves into the existing system. “Young people must be courageous enough to transform their dreams into reality. They have the power to create society,” Professor Yunus said during a meeting ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus left Dhaka today for Rome to attend the flagship event of the annual World Food Forum (WFF), organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying Prof Yunus and his delegation departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at around 11:30 am, confirmed Shafiqul Alam, Press ...

The Bangladesh Army has issued alerts across all land, air, and sea ports to apprehend former CTIB Director Major General Kabir Ahmed, accused in two cases of crimes against humanity linked to enforced disappearances during the previous Awami League government. At a press briefing in Dhaka Cantonment on Saturday, Adjutant General Major General Md Hakimuzzaman said Kabir Ahmed has been ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin on Saturday announced that Presiding Officers will serve as “Chief Election Officers” at their respective polling centres, with full legal authority to ensure fair and lawful elections. Speaking at a training workshop for polling officials at RPADC auditorium in Chattogram, the CEC said, “Presiding Officers will be fully empowered under the law. If ...

People from all walks of life on Saturday paid their last tribute to eminent writer, essayist, and Emeritus Prof of the English Department at Dhaka University Syed Manzoorul Islam at Aparajeyo Bangla of Dhaka University and the Central Shaheed Minar. The body of Manzoorul Islam was taken to Aparajeyo Bangla of Dhaka University at around 10:30AM and then it was ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is set to leave for Rome, Italy on Sunday to attend the flagship event of World Food Forum, hosted by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. According to Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary, Shafiqul Alam, Professor Yunus and his delegation will depart from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:30 AM aboard a Biman ...

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Saturday emphasized the urgent need for legal protection and institutional safeguards for environmental human rights defenders in Bangladesh, noting that such individuals are increasingly targeted with violence and even death globally. Speaking at National Consultation on the Draft National Human Rights Commission Ordinance, 2025, held at a Dhaka hotel, Rizwana said the proposed ordinance ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said his party’s vision for Bangladesh is one where every girl has the same freedom, opportunity and safety that any parent would wish for their own child. In a post on his Facebook page marking the International Day of the Girl Child on Saturday, Tarique said, “Let’s celebrate every girl’s right to dream, to ...

Renowned Bangladeshi photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam returned home early Saturday (October 11) after being released by Israeli authorities. A flight of Turkish Airlines carrying Shahidul Alam landed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 4:55AM. Earlier on Friday, he landed in Istanbul around 2:30PM (local time), where he was received by Bangladesh Consul General Mohammad Mizanur Rahman. ...