Bangladesh

Prime Minister Tarek Rahman has said the government is implementing a multi-pronged and coordinated plan to overcome the country’s energy crisis and build a self-reliant and sustainable energy system. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday in response to questions from lawmakers, he said strengthening energy security, increasing the use of renewable energy and reducing dependence on imports were among the government’s ...

The country will not face the kind of power crisis experienced in August next summer as the government is taking a series of measures to improve electricity and fuel supply, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Anindya Islam Amit has said. He made the remarks in Parliament on Wednesday in reply to a question from Chapainawabganj-3 MP Nurul ...

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has urged the United States to review and ease its existing visa bond system for Bangladeshi businesspeople and genuine tourists travelling to the country. He made the call when US Ambassador Brent T Christensen paid a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban on Wednesday morning. During the meeting, the President recalled US investment and cooperation ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an investigation into allegations of irregularities and corruption in recruitment, transfers and procurement at the Ministry of Youth and Sports against former adviser Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan and three others. A senior ACC official confirmed the development to media on Wednesday. The commission has already formed a four-member investigation team to look into the ...

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir visited the hospital to inquire about the health of BNP Standing Committee Member and Power and Energy Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku. The President visited Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital in the capital at around 9:30am on Wednesday (2 September). During the visit, he spoke with the doctors and received detailed updates on the Energy Minister’s condition. ...

DHAKA, Sept 1, 2026 : US President Donald Trump has expressed his expectation of meeting Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in the ‘not too distant future’ and conveyed his warmest regards and love to the people of Bangladesh. “I look forward to meeting you in the not too distant future,” Trump said in a letter sent to the Prime Minister today, ...

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday called on the members of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP (Village Defence Party) to play more effective role in maintaining law and order at the grassroots level as well as in constructive nation-building activities. The president made the call when Bangladesh Ansar and VDP Director General (DG) Maj Gen Abdul Motaleb Sazzad Mahmud paid ...

BNP acting secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Tuesday that BNP is a party that keeps its promises and commitments to the people. He made the remarks while talking to journalists after paying tribute to the graves of the party’s founder, late President Ziaur Rahman, and former prime minister Khaleda Zia on Tuesday on the occasion of the BNP’s ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday paid tribute at the graves of late President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, marking the 48th founding anniversary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). At around 9:30am, the prime minister led BNP acting Secretary General and other central leaders, as well as top leaders of the party’s associate and affiliated ...

September 1 marks the 48th founding anniversary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The BNP was founded on September 1, 1978, by then-president Ziaur Rahman at Ramna Park in Dhaka. Following his death in 1981, Khaleda Zia led the party from 1983. Tarique Rahman became the party’s acting chairman in 2018 and its chairman in January 2026. The BNP returned ...