Bangladesh

Thirteen years after the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar, near Dhaka, justice in the cases filed over one of the deadliest industrial disasters in history remains elusive. The building, which housed several garment factories, collapsed on April 24, 2013, killing 1,136 people and injuring around 1,500 others. Despite the magnitude of the tragedy, trials in five key cases are still ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Friday condemned what it described as a series of attacks on Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) leaders at Shahbagh Police Station, as well as assaults on activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir in Pabna and Cumilla. In a statement, Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar criticised the incidents, calling them “barbaric and cowardly” and accused members of Jatiyatabadi ...

Bangladesh has sent emergency medical supplies to Iran on the directive of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday (23 April) said that, in light of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East and in solidarity with the brotherly people of Iran, Dr Kabir M Ashraf Alam, Secretary General of the Bangladesh Red ...

The Election Commission (EC) has cancelled the nomination of Monira Sharmin, a candidate of the Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance and joint convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), for a reserved women’s seat in the 13th National Parliament. Officials announced the decision on Thursday after 12PM at the Election Building in Agargaon

The nomination papers of all 36 candidates submitted by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for the reserved women’s seats in the 13th National Parliament have been declared valid. The announcement was made on Thursday by the returning officer following the scrutiny of nomination papers at the Election Bhaban auditorium. The Returning Officer said that those whose nominations were cancelled would ...

The government will distribute jute-made bags and school uniforms among students of primary educational institutions in every upazila across the country. The decision was taken at a meeting, regarding the distribution of jute bags in schools, at the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Division office in the Bangladesh Secretariat on Wednesday morning with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in the chair. “Prime Minister ...

Bangladesh assumed a leading role at the 82nd session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific as Science and Technology Minister Faqir Mahbub Anam chaired a morning session in Bangkok. The session focused on high-level policy discussions and country interventions aimed at advancing inclusive and sustainable development across the Asia-Pacific region. On the sidelines, ...

Bangladesh has expressed strong interest in diversifying its energy sources through cooperation with Canada’s Saskatchewan province, focusing on conventional energy, clean technologies and emerging areas such as small modular reactors (SMRs) High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Canada Md Jashim Uddin made the remarks during a series of high-level meetings in the province as part of his official visit, according to ...

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T. Christensen has completed his first 100 days in office, expressing optimism about the future of bilateral relations, expanding economic cooperation and growing strategic ties between the two countries. In a video message released on Wednesday (22 April), Ambassador Christensen highlighted what he called a “historic” trade agreement between the United States and Bangladesh. “My ...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam held a series of bilateral meetings in Dakar, Senegal underscoring Bangladesh’s efforts to deepen engagement with African nations through expanded trade, investment and multilateral cooperation. The meetings took place on the sidelines of the Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in the Senegalese capital Dakar, said a foreign ministry’s press release ...