Bangladesh

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 ...

European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh Michael Miller on Tuesday met with Chief Whip of the Opposition and Convener of the National Citizen Party Nahid Islam in Dhaka. The meeting focused on a wide range of issues, including ongoing reform initiatives, the upcoming national budget, preparations for local government elections, and the role of youth and women in different sectors of ...

Bangladesh and the Netherlands have discussed a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues, including the Bangladesh-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the country’s graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category, migration cooperation and the Rohingya crisis. The discussions took place when Ambassador of the Netherlands to Bangladesh, Joris van Bommel, paid a courtesy call on State Minister ...

The Bangladesh government and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a loan agreement for the “Emergency Support Loan for Enhancing Economic Resilience and Stable Energy Supply” on Tuesday, marking a significant step toward strengthening the country’s economic stability and energy security amid evolving global and regional challenges. Under the agreement, JICA will provide a Development Policy Loan of JPY ...

Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Faqir Mahbub Anam has said that work is underway to revise the development project proposal for the second phase of the initiative to establish more digital labs in educational institutions. Under the plan, computer labs will be set up in 1,000 educational institutions across the country in the next fiscal year, he said. The ...

Chief Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad Md Nurul Islam has said that personal assistants to Members of Parliament (MPs) play an important role in strengthening democracy at the grassroots level and making the parliamentary system more effective and vibrant. He made the remarks while addressing an orientation programme for personal assistants to MPs as the chief guest at the 3D ...

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T Christensen has held a courtesy meeting with Opposition Leader and Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Dr Shafiqur Rahman. The meeting was held at the Opposition Leader’s office in the National Parliament Building on Tuesday (9 June) at 11:30am. The ambassador was accompanied by Political and Economic Counselor Eric Geelan and Political Officer Hermanoschy Bernard. The ...