Bangladesh

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will not attend the BRICS summit scheduled to be held in India next week, said State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humayun Kabir on Thursday. He said Dhaka was not satisfied with the way the invitation had been extended to the prime minister. Speaking to reporters at the Foreign Service Academy, Kabir said the Premier had been ...

Any candidate who meets the legal requirements will be allowed to contest local government elections, regardless of political affiliation, as the polls will not be held on a party basis, said State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam on Thursday.He made the remarks while speaking to reporters at the Secretariat after a meeting with British ...

Former Begum Rokeya University vice-chancellor Prof Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah was shown arrested on Thursday in a murder case filed with Kafrul Police Station over the July 2024 uprising. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Didarul Alam passed the order following a petition by the investigation officer. During the hearing, defence lawyer Mohsin Reza said Kalimullah had never been involved in politics and was ...

The Election Commission (EC) has announced the schedule for the by-election to the Thakurgaon-1 parliamentary constituency, which fell vacant after President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir resigned from the seat. Voting in the constituency will be held on October 29, the EC said. EC Secretary Akhter Ahmed confirmed this to media on Thursday (September 10). The nominations will be scrutinised on ...

Saima Wazed, daughter of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has resigned as the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Director for South-East Asia amid investigations by the WHO and Bangladeshi authorities into allegations of corruption. Wazed resigned on Wednesday (September 9), according to an exclusive report by Reuters. She took office as WHO’s regional director at the beginning of 2024 for ...

Bangladesh and Hong Kong have signed an Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (IPPA) to strengthen bilateral investment and protect investors and capital. The agreement was signed on Wednesday at the opening session of the 11th Belt and Road Summit 2026 in Hong Kong. Bangladesh’s Industry, Commerce and Textiles and Jute Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir signed the agreement on behalf of ...

Bangladesh has sought Indonesia’s support for its bid to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and expressed readiness to pursue a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) to deepen bilateral trade ties. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humayun Kobir made the requests when Indonesian Ambassador to Bangladesh Listyowati paid a courtesy call on him at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin on Wednesday said the law and order situation is now better than it was before the 13th parliamentary election, expressing confidence that the upcoming local government elections can also be held fairly. “If we could hold the 13th national parliamentary election fairly under that situation, we will be able to do so again,” ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday directed law enforcement agencies to take tougher actions to stop the indiscriminate use of polythene and plastic. He gave the directive while presiding over a review meeting on environmental pollution control held at the Bangladesh Secretariat this morning, said his Assistant Press Secretary Gazi Shahriar Pamir. The Prime Minister also directed the concerned ministries, ...

Bangladesh and India have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral defence cooperation and working together on shared security interests during a meeting held today. The meeting was held between Prime Minister’s Defence Adviser Brigadier General (retd) Dr AKM Shamsul Islam and Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi at the Defence Adviser’s office at the Armed Forces Division in Dhaka ...