The government is working to simplify the business startup process and reduce bureaucratic hurdles, with a target of enabling businesses to be launched within 14 days. Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir made the remarks on Monday while speaking as chief guest at a briefing session titled “Aligning Investment, Trade and Decent Work Agenda for Resilient and Inclusive Supply Chains” at ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has requested Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to recruit more Bangladeshi workers and reopen its labour market as soon as possible. During a joint press conference following a one-on-one meeting between the two premiers on Monday, Tarique raised the issues of regularising undocumented Bangladeshi workers and repatriating detained Bangladeshis, where possible, according to an official document. ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim accorded a warm red-carpet welcome to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday. Around 8:30 am (local time), Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and his spouse Zubaida Rahman left the Shangri-La Hotel in a motorcade and arrived at the Malaysian Prime Minister’s Office, Perdana Putra, in Putrajaya at 9:00am. Upon arrival, they were warmly received by Malaysian ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has called upon Bangladeshi expatriates to make united efforts to contribute to the country. “Let us all think about what we can do for the country so that we can all prosper together. Alongside our own demands and expectations, we should now think about what we can do for the country,” he said. The Prime Minister ...

Lamine Yamal made a goalscoring return for Spain as the European champions got their World Cup campaign back on track with a 4-0 drubbing of Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Yamal, 18, opened the scoring after just 10 minutes of the Group H game in Atlanta to put La Roja on course for a comfortable victory against an outclassed Saudi team. ...

Hasnat Abdullah, MP for Cumilla-4, has reportedly become involved in a police inquiry during his visit to the United Kingdom following an alleged altercation in Cambridge. According to sources, Hasnat visited Cambridge on Friday at the invitation of National Citizen Party (NCP) leaders. While he and his associates travelled by car, a Bangladeshi delivery driver allegedly took photographs of their ...

The government has withdrawn 23,865 “politically motivated” cases out of a total of 1,42,983 cases filed against BNP leaders and activists between 2007 and 11 January 2025. Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman shared this information in parliament on Sunday, responding to a starred question from BNP’s reserved seat MP, Nilofer Chowdhury Moni. The minister explained that since ...

The ‘Mirzapore Tea Estate’, owned by Bangladesh’s heritage company Ispahani Tea Limited, has once again won the ‘National Tea Award’ in the Best Tea Estate category based on worker welfare. In addition, Jasmine Akter, a tea worker from Neptune Tea Estate, also owned by Ispahani has received the award for the third time in the Best Tea Leaf Plucker category. ...

Bangladesh recorded 1,001 new suspected measles cases and three more deaths in the past 24 hours, the country’s health authorities said on Sunday. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) bulletin, 62 cases of measles were confirmed between 8am Saturday and 8am Sunday, with no confirmed deaths during the same period. The DGHS said that since 15 March, ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia at 8:45pm local time on Sunday on a two-day official visit. A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the prime minister and his entourage, departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 2:45pm (BST), Prime Minister’s Additional Press Secretary Atiqur Rahman Ruman told BSS. “This is a ...