Bangladesh

Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury on Saturday said artificial intelligence should not be used to write court judgments, stressing that judges must rely on facts, law and their own conscience. Speaking as the chief guest at the opening of the ‘AI Governance Summer School 2026’ at the Asiatic Society Bangladesh auditorium in the capital, he said using AI to write ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday handed over appointment letters to 74 people from families of victims of enforced disappearances, murders and the July mass uprising. At a ceremony held at the Karabi Hall of the Prime Minister’s Office in Tejgaon, the Prime Minister personally handed appointment letters to 10 of the recipients. Prime Minister’s Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman ...

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport’s Third Terminal construction work is almost 99.91% completed, but the government is now proposing Tk 902 crore more funding with a one-year extension till June 2027. Originally sanctioned in 2017 at Tk 13,610 crore, the project will cost now Tk 22,267.67 crore, which is Tk 8,657.19 crore above the initial cost. Though the terminal already had ...

A special police unit is being formed to recover illegal and looted firearms, said Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said on Saturday. He made the announcement while briefing reporters after a quarterly crime review meeting at the Rajarbagh Police Auditorium. ”Police would launch a dedicated drive to recover illegal and looted weapons.” To encourage people to assist in the recovery of ...

The BNP government is gradually moving towards failure but does not want to acknowledge it, said National Citizen Party (NCP) chief organiser for the northern region Sarjis Alam on Friday. He made the remarks while speaking to journalists after a coordination meeting of the Laxmipur district NCP at Sonar Bangla Chinese Restaurant in the district town. On the upcoming local ...

Water Resources Minister Md Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee on Friday called upon the opposition party to extend cooperation to the government for carrying out the country’s development activities. “Cooperation from the opposition party is necessary for the development of the country and for building a new Bangladesh,” he said. The minister was addressing as the chief guest at a views-exchange meeting ...

BNP acting secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Thursday stressed the need to ensure merit-based evaluation to take Bangladesh forward, saying a system driven by public pressure and influence must not be allowed to replace meritocracy. “Bangladesh must also ensure meritocracy or merit-based evaluation to move forward. Mobocracy, or a system driven by public pressure and influence instead of merit, ...

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman has urged young lawyers to focus on developing professional skills rather than running after money to succeed in the legal profession. “Instead of trying to become rich quickly through corruption or shortcuts, you should build yourselves as ideal lawyers through merit, honesty, morality and hard work,” he said. The minister was addressing ...

Bangladesh and China have stressed the importance of strengthening their joint partnership in education, technical training and skills development, with Prime Minister’s Education Adviser Mahdi Amin saying deeper cooperation could take diplomatic relations between the two countries to a new height. Speaking at the China-Bangladesh Education Exchange Conference at Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University on Friday, Mahdi Amin said ...

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday called upon officials and employees of Bangabhaban to discharge their duties with sincerity, integrity and professionalism. Addressing a special durbar at Bangabhaban, the President said he has resigned from all political positions before assuming the office of the President and has now become a completely non-partisan person. “You know that I resigned from ...