Bangladesh

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday expressed its willingness to extend full cooperation to Bangladesh in its overall reform process, including legal and judicial reforms and constitutional amendments. The UNDP has shown the keenness when its Resident Representative Stephen Rodriques paid a courtesy call on the Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed at his ministry office in Bangladesh Secretariat in ...

Denmark’s support will play an effective role in addressing Dhaka’s growing demand for safe drinking water and tackling the capital’s water crisis, Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan has said. He said Denmark could become an important partner of Bangladesh in water supply, waste management and development assistance, including investment in infrastructure projects. The minister ...

Jamaat-e-Islami will hold a long march from Dhaka’s Shapla Chattar to Chattogram’s Laldighi Maidan on 5 September, with roadside rallies at several points along the route, the party’s Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar said on Tuesday. Speaking at a briefing at the party’s central office, Parwar said the march would begin at 7:00 AM from Shapla Chattar and is expected ...

NCP Chairman and lawmaker Hasnat Abdullah has accused State Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Humayun Kabir of dodging a question with regard to renunciation of his British citizenship. In an open letter on Facebook posted late Monday evening, Hasnat opined that the answer should be straightforward either yes or no and if Kabir had indeed renounced his citizenship he ...

Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury paid a courtesy call on President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at Bangabhaban on Monday afternoon. During the meeting, the chief justice congratulated Fakhrul on assuming office as president and briefed him on the Supreme Court’s activities, court operations and challenges facing the judiciary, according to President’s Press Secretary Md Sarwar Alam. The chief justice highlighted ...

The government has introduced new rules governing the entry, stay, visa renewal and investment-related privileges of foreign nationals in Bangladesh under the “New Visa Policy 2026.” Under the new policy, foreigners who illegally remain in Bangladesh after their visas expire will face fines of up to Tk 3,000 per day. Sponsoring organisations may also be fined up to Tk 200,000 ...

A Dhaka court on Monday granted bail to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s private industry and investment adviser Salman F Rahman in a case filed over the alleged assault, intimidation and forced resignation of a former CEO of Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited (BIFFL). Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbub Alam granted the bail after a hearing, directing Salman to furnish a Tk500 ...

The High Court on Monday upheld the death sentence of two convicts, commuted four others to life imprisonment and acquitted 10 in the sensational Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case. Justice Bhishmadeb Chakraborty and Justice KM Rasheduzzaman Raja of a High Court bench delivered the verdict after hearing the death reference and appeals filed by the convicts. According to case statements, ...

India and Bangladesh should strengthen their economic and trade ties despite differences in political relations, said Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi on Monday. Trivedi made the remarks after paying a courtesy call on Bangladesh Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir at the Secretariat on Monday. ”Let us move forward with our business relationship; politics will continue in its own way,” Trivedi ...

The government has allocated separate portfolios to State Minister for Foreign Affairs-1 Humayun Kabir and State Minister for Foreign Affairs-2 Shama Obayed Islam, according to a circular issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday. Under the allocation, Humayun Kabir will assist the Foreign Minister in handling bilateral and multilateral affairs, matters concerning non-resident Bangladeshis, and any other issues ...