Bangladesh

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said that the government has taken various initiatives to modernise the Coast Guard, highlighting its important role in ensuring security in the country’s coastal areas. He made the remarks on Tuesday while speaking at the 31st anniversary event of the Coast Guard in Agargaon, Dhaka. The minister said the government is committed to the overall ...

Former State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak was injured when a prison van carrying him to court met with an accident on Tuesday morning. Several others travelling with him in the vehicle were also reportedly injured, according to initial accounts. Sources said the accident occurred while he was being taken from jail to appear before International Crimes Tribunal-1, where ...

Bangladesh and Bhutan have expressed keen interest in deepening bilateral cooperation, particularly in renewable energy and trade, to unlock the untapped economic potential of the South Asian region. The matter came to the fore during a meeting between Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir and Bhutanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Dasho Karma Hamu Dorji at the Secretariat here on Tuesday, said a ...

Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The DG of the Russian state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom met the Prime Minister at his Cabinet Division office in the Bangladesh Secretariat here at 10am, said Prime Minister’s Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Ruman. They discussed in detail Bangladesh’s energy security and the ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman unveiled the foundation stone of the 500-bed Jashore Medical College Hospital at Harinar Beel in Chachra area in the town on Monday. A munajat (prayer) was offered on the occasion seeking eternal peace for the departed souls of BNP founder Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and former three-time Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and peace, progress and prosparity ...

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman on Monday said the present government wants to take legal aid services to the doorsteps of people. “Legal aid activities in Bangladesh began in 1994 under the initiative of then prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia. Later, through the initiative of incumbent Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, the ordinance of the interim government was ...

BNP Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan and Senior Joint Secretary General and Prime Minister’s Political Adviser Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, along with the leaders and activists of the party and its associated bodies, on Monday paid homage to Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq on his 64th death anniversary. The BNP leaders paid rich tributes to Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq by placing ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has announced that the government would introduce LPG gas cards for women and mothers to help ease household energy difficulties, referring to ongoing gas supply problems. He added that every promise made to the people will be fulfilled in full as long as his government remains in office. He made the remarks on Monday while addressing ...

Prosecutors revealed new evidence in the killing of the Florida doctoral student whose body was found on a Tampa Bay bridge, including a timeline of events surrounding the killing of Zamil Limon and the disappearance of his friend Nahida Bristy. Limon, a University of South Florida doctoral student from Bangladesh, was killed by “multiple sharp force injuries,” according to court ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has inaugurated the re-excavation of the Ulshi Canal in Jashore’s Sharsha upazila as part of the government’s nationwide initiative to restore rivers, canals, water bodies, and reservoirs. The programme is one of the current government’s key election pledges aimed at protecting the environment and strengthening climate resilience across Bangladesh. The formal inauguration took place at around ...