Prime Minister Tarique Rahman directed authorities Tuesday to complete a comprehensive and transparent national farmer database by December to ensure government assistance reaches genuine beneficiaries.
Bangladesh has asked India to prevent former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and members of her banned Awami League from conducting political activities from Indian territory, according to details of a meeting between officials from the two countries.
Bangladesh’s Cabinet has granted in-principle and final approval to a draft law that would make enforced disappearance a distinct criminal offense and impose penalties of up to death or life imprisonment.
Bangladesh’s proposed Padma Barrage could increase the country’s gross domestic product by 0.5% to 1%, prime minister’s adviser Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir said at a roundtable in Dhaka.
Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Mia Golam Porwar accused the government of focusing on political rivals while failing to address rising commodity prices and worsening gas and electricity shortages.
Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to address a virtual event in New Delhi on Wednesday, her first major public appearance since her government was toppled two years ago.
At least 17 people were killed and 51 injured in mob violence across Bangladesh in July, while political clashes left six dead and 164 injured, according to a Human Rights Support Society report released Monday.
Malnutrition is cutting Bangladesh’s economic growth by 8% annually as the country faces undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies and rising obesity, experts said.
Bangladesh has placed law enforcement and security agencies on high alert ahead of the second anniversary of the July Uprising, which ended Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule on Aug. 5, 2024.
Bangladesh ranks 91st among 103 countries for mobile internet speed and 93rd among 141 for fixed broadband, according to a World Bank report citing the February 2026 Speedtest Global Index.
