Bangladesh

A petition has been filed with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seeking an investigation into possible irregularities and corruption in the procurement of vaccines for measles and other diseases. Supreme Court lawyers Biplob Kumar Das and Barrister Sanaullah Noor-e-Sagar submitted the application to the ACC Chairman on Monday. In their petition, the lawyers expressed deep concern over recent reports of child ...

India is set to resume visa services for Bangladeshi nationals, including medical and business visas, from next week, according to the Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humayun Kabir. Speaking to journalists at the Secretariat on Monday (13 April) after a meeting, Humayun Kabir said the decision has been agreed upon by New Delhi, marking a positive development in bilateral relations. ...

Telenor Group President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Benedicte Schilbred Fasmer on Monday met Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Division office in the Bangladesh Secretariat here this morning, Prime Minister’s Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Ruman said.

Former law minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Sunday. He was 89. Shafique breathed his last around 5:30pm while undergoing treatment at Bangladesh Medical College Hospital, Supreme Court senior lawyer ABM Altaf Hossain told the media. He was admitted to the hospital on Saturday, Altaf added. The former minister is survived by two sons ...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said the government has set a “unique precedent” in parliamentary democracy by disposing of 133 ordinances within a short time during the first session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad. He made the remarks at a press briefing held at the Ministry of Home Affairs conference room at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Sunday, focusing on the ...

Former speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has been released from the Kashimpur Women’s Central Jail in Gazipur. The bail documents of the former speaker reached the prison on Sunday afternoon, Senior Jail Superintendent Kawalin Nahar told the media. After verification, she was released from jail around 6:30pm, Nahar added. Earlier in the day, a Dhaka court granted bail to Shirin Sharmin ...

The Ambassador of Palestine to Bangladesh, Yousef Ramadan, paid a courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam on Sunday. The state minister warmly welcomed the ambassador and conveyed gratitude to the Palestinian leadership for their felicitations to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on its victory in the 13th National Parliamentary Election and the formation of the ...

India has transferred its High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma, appointing him as the next Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union. The development was confirmed through an official notification issued by India’s Ministry of External Affairs on Friday (10 April). Pranay, who assumed charge as high commissioner in Dhaka in August 2022, has played a key role in managing ...

An Australian parliamentary delegation led by Speaker of the House of Representatives Milton Dick visited Bangladesh last week to strengthen bilateral parliamentary ties and support democratic governance following the country’s February 2026 national elections. During the visit, the delegation met Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed. ...

Two newly elected Members of Parliament (MPs) from Sherpur and Bogura on Sunday took oath as members of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) in presence of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Bir Bikram, administered the oath to the newly elected MPs Mahmudul Haque Rubel from Sherpur-3 and Rezaul Karim Badsha from Bogura-6 constituencies at his ...