Bangladesh

High Commissioner of the United Kingdom (UK) Sarah Cooke paid a courtesy call on chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Masud Karim in the city on Thursday. The meeting underscored the importance of strengthening bilateral cooperation in counter-terrorism, intelligence sharing, capacity building and joint initiatives, according to a press release. Both parties ...

Zaima Rahman, granddaughter of late BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, received the Independence Award on behalf of the former prime minister at the official ceremony held at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital on Thursday afternoon. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, Khaleda’s eldest son and Zaima’s father, handed over the award in recognition of Khaleda’s contributions for the country’s independence struggle, democratic ...

Freedom or the country’s prosperity is quite impossible without democracy, Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Bir Bikram, has said. “The parliament formed through free and fair elections will take Bangladesh forward,” he said while talking to reporters at Barishal Circuit House here on Thursday (16 April). The Speaker said it’s only possible to achieve economic progress by establishing a firm and ...

State Minister for Public Administration Md Abdul Bari on Thursday informed the National Parliament (Jatiya Sangsad) that the government has initiated investigations into allegations of corruption and partisan influence in the recruitment of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) cadres during the tenure of the Awami League government. Speaking during the question-and-answer session on the 15th day of the first sitting of ...

Bangladesh is seeking to ‘maximise its diplomatic gains’ through a series of high-level engagements at Antalya Diplomacy Forum 2026 (ADF2026) with Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman’s presence at this key global diplomatic gathering in Türkiye’s resort city Antalya, officials said. The country aims to build support for its candidature for the UN General Assembly Presidency while advancing bilateral relations, a ...

Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman has said that the government is highly aware of cases filed during the previous Awami League government with the intent of political harassment and has already taken effective steps. Responding to a question from MP Md Monowar Hossain on Thursday, the minister stated that two committees have been formed to review and recommend the withdrawal of ...

The Bangladesh Bar Council member election 2026 has been postponed, meaning the scheduled voting on May 19 will no longer take place. The decision was taken unanimously at a meeting held on Wednesday night at the Bar Council building, according to an official press release. The statement said the postponement was made in view of the ongoing severe energy crisis ...

Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has been included in TIME magazine’s list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2026, according to a feature published on the publication’s website. In its profile, TIME described Tarique Rahman’s political journey as a dramatic rise from years of exile in London to national leadership in Bangladesh following the political changes of ...

Chief Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Md Nurul Islam on Wednesday said that two ships carrying a total of 200,000 metric tons (MT) of fuel oil anchored at the jetty. He said this is such a development that also deserved media attention alongside reports on the country’s only state-owned refinery, Eastern Refinery PLC in Chattogram. The Chief Whip noted ...

Ambassador of Türkiye to Bangladesh Ramis Şen on Wednesday paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman at the Army Headquarters in Dhaka. A delegation led by the ambassador attended the meeting, where they exchanged greetings and discussed different avenues of bilateral cooperation between Bangladesh and Türkiye, particularly in the fields of defence industry and training.