Bangladesh

The government is considering a plan to construct an eight-lane road around Dhaka to improve connectivity and address the capital’s environmental and waterlogging problems, State Minister for Local Government, Rural […]

Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain has said a large number of hospitals have mushroomed across the country over the past 17 years, creating serious problems in the healthcare sector. […]

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Chairman Dr. Col. (retd.) Oli Ahmed Bir Bikram has congratulated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on being elected the 23rd president of Bangladesh. The congratulatory message was […]

Former BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was Bangladesh’s 23rd president on Thursday in a directly contested election held for the first time in 35 years at the Jatiya […]

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said the next presidential election will be held after Article 70 of the Constitution is amended. He made the remarks while speaking to journalists on […]

Bangladesh is facing a growing mismatch between its electricity generation capacity and the fuel needed to operate it, with more than 6,300MW of gas-fired generation capacity currently sitting idle or […]

Rohingya refugees are increasingly becoming involved in drug smuggling, environmental degradation and other criminal activities, creating additional challenges for Bangladesh, Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman has said. He also […]

Acting President Major (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed Bir Bikram left Bangabhaban on Thursday, as the country prepared to elect a new president after 35 years. He left the presidential palace at […]

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said members of parliament will vote in line with their respective party decisions in the presidential election, as the Constitution has yet to be amended. […]

BNP Secretary General and the party’s presidential candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed hope that a happy, prosperous and welfare-oriented Bangladesh will emerge under the leadership of BNP Chairman […]