Bangladesh

Education and Primary and Mass Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon said on Wednesday that the Zia family had faced the highest level of persecution and repression in the history of Bangladesh. “We lost President Ziaur Rahman and Arafat Rahman Koko. Our national leader Begum Khaleda Zia faced the worst levels of torture,” he said. The minister made the remarks ...

Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, paid a courtesy meeting with US First Lady Melania Trump at an event held in New York on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly. The courtesy meeting took place on Tuesday (22 September) at The St Regis New York in Manhattan, where Zubaida Rahman attended an ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman held separate meetings with Bhutan premier Dasho Tshering Tobgay, and Maldives Vice-President Hussain Mohamed Latheef at the UN Headquarters on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly. During the meetings, they discussed ways to further strengthen the existing friendly and cordial relations between Bangladesh and the two countries, as well ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and World Bank Group President Ajay Banga have held a meeting on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly in New York. During the meeting, both parties discussed Bangladesh’s development priorities, economic growth and other mutual issues. Tarique and Ajay also exchanged views on strengthening WB’s assistance for Bangladesh’s development activities and expanding areas of mutual ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday joined the opening of the high-level General Debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York. Earlier, the Prime Minister and his wife, Dr Zubaida Rahman, attended a welcome breakfast hosted by UN Secretary-General António Guterres for world leaders and their spouses attending the 81st ...

A Dhaka court has granted six days’ remand for former Chattogram-3 MP Mahfuzur Rahman Mita and five days for his driver Golam Mawla Selim in an Anti-Terrorism Act case. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Joshita Islam passed the order on Tuesday after a hearing. DB police Inspector Md Masudur Rahman, also the investigation officer of the case, produced the two accused ...

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has assured support to resolve problems facing the textile sector, praising its contribution to the economy, employment and foreign exchange earnings. He gave the assurance when a 22-member Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) delegation, led by its president Shawkat Aziz Russell, met him at Bangabhaban on Monday. The president said the textile sector plays a ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s visit to US to attend the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is focused on advancing Bangladesh’s interests and working for its people, rather than ceremonial pomp or a display of power, Prime Minister’s Adviser and his office spokesperson Mahdi Amin said Monday. “Not ceremonial pomp; work for people. Not a display of ...

The Election Commission will take action in accordance with the law regarding Satkhira-4 MP Gazi Mohammad Nazrul Islam if it receives a letter from the Speaker, EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said on Monday. He made the remarks while responding to questions from journalists at the Election Building in Agargaon. Akhtar said Jamaat-e-Islami had already informed the commission that Nazrul ...

A Dhaka court on Monday (September 21) granted a four-day remand for Satkhira-4 MP Gazi Nazrul Islam and a one-day remand for his first wife Maksuda Islam in an abetment to suicide case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ehsanul Islam issued the remand order following a hearing on a police petition, confirmed DMP Prosecution Division Sub-Inspector Rafiqul Islam. Police recovered the body ...