Bangladesh

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today asked the members of the Navy and Air Force Selection Board to give priority to merit, competence, leadership qualities, discipline, integrity, loyalty and suitability for promotion of officers without being influenced by political ideology or personal preference. “Bangladesh Navy and Air Force, alongside safeguarding the country’s independence and sovereignty, have been making crucial contributions to ...

Food Minister Afroza Khanam has stressed transparency and accountability in food management to ensure government food programmes benefit genuine recipients. She made the remarks at a meeting with senior officials of the Food Ministry and its agencies at the ministry’s conference room on Sunday. Officials briefed the newly appointed minister on the ministry’s overall activities, ongoing programmes, foodgrain procurement, storage ...

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Minister Dr Abdul Moin Khan has said the BNP government will hold local government elections on schedule, strictly following all constitutional procedures and rules. He made the remarks during a meeting with the officials of his ministry at the Secretariat on Sunday. Dr Moin Khan described the LGRD Ministry as a unique ministry, ...

Newly appointed Information and Broadcasting Minister Andaleeve Rahman Partha said the ministry’s duty is to focus on regulating rules and responsibilities, without taking controlling stance. Such remarks were made during an exchange of views with the officials and employees of the ministry at the Secretariat on Sunday (August 23). “We must never forget that we will regulate the responsibilities of ...

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir arrived at Bangabhaban on Sunday and started his first working day there. Upon his arrival, a smartly turned-out President Guard Regiment (PGR) contingent extended him a guard of honour. A combined military band comprising the Army, Navy and Air Force played a welcome tune. After receiving the guard of honour, Mirza Fakhrul proceeded to the ...

Newly appointed State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humayun Kabir has said Bangladesh will visit India at an appropriate time after making progress in discussions and ensuring that the country’s national interests are upheld. “We want to maintain a positive and effective relationship with India. But we cannot move forward with any country by compromising Bangladesh’s national interests,” he said. The ...

Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat has declared his parliamentary seat vacant in accordance with the Constitution as Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the Member of Parliament elected from the Thakurgaon-1 constituency in the 13th National Parliament, has assumed office as the new President of Bangladesh. The information was disclosed in a gazette notification issued on Saturday (August 22), signed by Barrister Md Golam ...

Newly-appointed ministers and state ministers have paid tribute to the martyrs of Liberation War at the National Martyrs’ Memorial in Savar. They laid wreaths at the memorial around Saturday noon, paying homage to those who sacrificed their lives during the 1971 Liberation War. Earlier in the morning, newly-elected President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir also visited the National Memorial and paid ...

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will move into Bangabhaban, the official presidential residence, on Sunday, according to the President’s Office. The president will leave his government residence on Minto Road for Bangabhaban at 10:50am, marking the beginning of his formal stay at the presidential residence. Mirza Fakhrul took the oath as the country’s 23rd president at the Darbar Hall of ...

Newly-elected President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has paid tribute to the martyrs of the Liberation War at the National Martyrs’ Memorial in Savar. The president entered the memorial premises at around 10:22AM and laid a wreath at the altar in honour of the martyrs. He then stood in silence for a while, paying deep respect to those who sacrificed their ...