Bangladesh

The BNP government is set to present today its first national budget since returning to power following its landslide victory in the 13th national parliamentary elections held on 12 February this year. The total outlay of the budget is likely to be set at Tk9.38 lakh crore, the largest national budget in the country’s history. It will also mark the ...

The 11-party opposition alliance, led by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, on Wednesday announced a series of nationwide protests to condemn alleged push-ins from India and continued killings along the Bangladesh-India border. Addressing a press conference in Dhaka, Jamaat Assistant Secretary General and coordinator of the alliance’s liaison committee, Hamidur Rahman Azad, said demonstrations would be held in all border districts and key ...

Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman held a meeting with Director General of Rosatom Alexey Likhachev in Moscow on Tuesday. During the meeting, they discussed about the nuclear energy cooperation between Bangladesh and Russia, said a press release. Mentioning the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) as one of the most significant elements in our bilateral relationship, the foreign minister emphasised its ...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapan on Wednesday inaugurated the 5th China Media Group (CMG) Forum in China’s Chongqing, alongside a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party and the country’s vice minister of information. The theme of this year’s CMG Forum is :Upholding and Reshaping: The Media’s Mission in the Intelligent Era.” The conference is being ...

  Prime Minister Tarique Rahman praised the sacrifices, professionalism, and contributions of Bangladeshi peacekeepers to global peace. The PM said that the sacrifices made by peacekeepers who lost their lives while serving under the UN flag would remain examples in the pursuit of world peace. He was attending a programme held marking International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers at Dhaka ...

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Wednesday said Bangladesh has established itself as a recognised and trusted name in the international arena through its contributions to global peacekeeping efforts. He made the remarks at a discussion marking the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers at Senakunja in Dhaka. The army chief expressed optimism that the Bangladesh Army would continue ...

To mark the 45th death anniversary of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman, the Ziaur Rahman Foundation (ZRF) has launched a month-long tree plantation campaign along with the “Future Scientists Hunt Science Fair 2026.” The initiatives were inaugurated on Wednesday morning at Curzon Hall premises of the University of Dhaka by Dr Zubaida Rahman, Vice President of ZRF and a noted cardiologist. ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said that a total of 175 Bangladeshi peacekeepers have been martyred while serving under United Nations peacekeeping missions since 1988. Speaking as the chief guest at a programme marking the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers at Senakunja in Dhaka Cantonment on Wednesday morning (10 June), the Prime Minister paid tribute to peacekeepers who made ...

Mahdi Amin, adviser to the Prime Minister , held a courtesy meeting and bilateral discussion with a high-level delegation led by Dutch Ambassador Joris van Bommel on Tuesday. Other members of the Dutch delegation included Dominique Kuhling, Amber Oortman, Cor Stouten, and Lubain Chowdhury Masum. The meeting featured detailed discussions on expanding the existing friendly relations between Bangladesh and the ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved eight development projects with an estimated cost of Tk2,266.41 crore. The approval came from the 12th ECNEC meeting of the current fiscal year (FY26) held at the Cabinet Division Conference Room at Bangladesh Secretariat here with ECNEC Chairperson and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in the chair. Of the total ...