Bangladesh

Elections to Union Parishads will begin on January 21 and be held in five phases. Election Commissioner Brigadier General Abul Fazal Mohammad Sanaullah announced the schedule on Monday (October 12). According to the election commissioner, voting will take place in five phases: first phase on January 21, second on February 4, third on April 29, fourth on May 13 and ...

Bangladesh has sought long-term cooperation from Saudi Arabia to ensure the country’s energy security, with discussions also covering floating LNG terminals and onshore and offshore gas exploration. Saudi Arabia has assured Bangladesh of cooperation in these areas, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources on Monday morning. The discussions took place on ...

  Dhaka, 8 October 2026 – The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Government of the United Kingdom have agreed a new framework to strengthen cooperation in tackling organised immigration crime and protecting citizens from criminal networks that exploit vulnerable people through fraudulent migration schemes. The framework establishes a mechanism for cooperation between the UK and Bangladesh. ...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said Bangladesh’s efforts alone are insufficient to ensure the sustainable repatriation of forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, stressing the need for a coordinated regional alliance involving China, ASEAN, the United Nations, Japan and other stakeholders. He made the remarks as the chief guest at a seminar on the Rohingya crisis organised by the Foundation for Strategic ...

Two Bangladeshi nationals were killed and four others injured in an attack by Houthi rebels on Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. The four injured Bangladeshis are receiving treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) of King Khalid Hospital in Saudi Arabia, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam confirmed this to reporters on Sunday afternoon. “We ...

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said further improvements in the quality of healthcare services in Bangladesh could help reduce the tendency among patients to seek treatment abroad. He made the remarks as a seven-member delegation of the Hepatology Society Dhaka, Bangladesh, led by its President Professor Dr. Md. Shahinul Alam, met him at Bangabhaban, President’s Press Secretary Md. Sarwar ...

DHAKA, Oct 11, 2026 : Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today invited Japanese business conglomerate Marubeni Corporation to invest in Bangladesh’s information technology (IT), fertiliser and energy sectors, highlighting his government’s moves to harness the country’s economic potential and attract domestic and foreign investment. The Premier made the invitation when a high-level delegation led by Marubeni Corporation President and CEO Masayuki ...

Prime Minister’s Adviser and Prime Minister’s Office spokesperson Mahdi Amin has urged graduates to remember their parents’ love, sacrifice and perseverance behind their achievements, while using their knowledge and skills to bring meaningful changes to society. Addressing the 38th convocation of the Islamic University of Technology (IUT) as the convocation speaker on Sunday, he called on graduates to become responsible ...

BNP Acting Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has stressed the need to restructure the banking and financial sectors to address the ongoing crisis in the country’s textile and readymade garment industries. He said the country’s banking sector had suffered extensive damage under the previous government. Despite limited resources, the banking and financial sectors must be restructured to ensure the ...

Humanitarian actors in Bangladesh have called for at least 25 per cent direct funding for local non-governmental organisations (NGOs), equitable partnerships and effective implementation of localization commitments under the Grand Bargain, expressing concern over the limited role of local organisations in the Rohingya response. The concerns were raised at an online seminar titled “Grand Bargain beyond 2026: Locals’ Perspective”, organised ...