Bangladesh

Bangladesh has called for a more adaptive, technology-driven and future-ready United Nations Police capable of responding effectively to increasingly complex global security challenges. Speaking at the 5th United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit 2026 at the UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday (8 July), Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said, “Tomorrow’s security challenges cannot be addressed with yesterday’s capabilities.” He ...

The government has appointed Abul Hasan Mridha as Bangladesh’s new ambassador to Indonesia, according to an office order issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The appointment was announced in an office order issued on Monday (6 July) and published on the ministry’s website yesterday. According to the order, Mridha has been instructed to assume his new posting at the ...

Japan’s Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shimada, paid an official visit to Bangladesh on Wednesday, during which he met Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman and attended several key bilateral events. According to a statement posted by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on its official Facebook page, the visiting Japanese minister held separate meetings with Prime Minister ...

Six top office-bearers of the Inqilab Cultural Centre platform, including Chairman Abdullah Al Jaber and Vice-President Fatima Tasnim Zuma, have stepped down from the organisation. They announced the decision on their respective Facebook accounts on Wednesday night. The others who resigned are the center’s President Salahuddin Shuvo, acting Executive Director Fahim Abdullah, Financial Management Director Md Raihan, and Deputy Executive ...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon today expressed that Bangladesh is interested in working with the Netherlands in the field of media and communication. He made the remark when Dutch Ambassador to Bangladesh Joris van Bommel met him at his Secretariat office here. During the meeting, the minister said the incumbent government has been trying to bring about qualitative ...

Bangladesh and Vietnam have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening bilateral security cooperation, with a strong focus on combating human trafficking, irregular migration and transnational crime, during a high-level bilateral meeting held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The meeting, held on July 7 in a cordial atmosphere, was led by Bangladesh Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed and Vietnam’s Deputy ...

A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered former Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque to be shown arrested in a case filed with Banani Police Station under charges of attempted murder and the Explosives Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Arifur Rahman passed the order following a virtual hearing. Police had applied on July 2 to show Khairul Haque arrested in the case. The ...

Home Affairs Minister Salahuddin Ahmed held a bilateral meeting with Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control Syed Mohsin Naqvi at the United Nations Headquarters, where the two sides discussed strengthening cooperation in counter-narcotics and other issues of mutual interest. During the meeting, the minister underscored the importance of enhancing collaboration in counter-narcotics and broader law enforcement cooperation. He ...

Heavy to very heavy rainfall has triggered landslides, flash floods and waterlogging across Cox’s Bazar and parts of Chattogram, affecting nearly 16,000 Rohingya refugees, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday. According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), heavy rainfall is expected to continue for the next 48 hours. Local cautionary signal No. 3 remains in force for the ...

Additional Inspector General (Additional IGP) of police Faruk Ahmed took charge as the chief of Highway Police. According to a press release issued by Police Headquarters on Tuesday, born on July 29, 1971 in Bogura district, Faruk Ahmed graduated in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) and joined Bangladesh Police as an assistant superintendent ...