Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman used his return address to blend faith, history, and politics, presenting his comeback as a moment of divine mercy and popular will while outlining a vision centered on democracy, unity, justice, and restraint amid warnings of conspiracies and unrest.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman urged patience and restraint Wednesday, warning that “agents of various dominant powers are still engaged in conspiracies,” as he addressed a reception in Dhaka after arriving in his homeland from the United Kingdom following nearly two decades in exile.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman is set to return to Bangladesh on Wednesday with his wife and daughter after 17 years in exile.
Home adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury should resign to protect public confidence in Bangladesh’s security institutions and the country’s election path after the killing of Inqilab Moncho convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi and the violence that followed. If he will not step aside, interim chief adviser Muhammad Yunus should remove him.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said defeated “fascist forces” are trying to derail Bangladesh’s upcoming national election while another force is sowing divisions using religion.
At least six Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed and eight others injured in an attack on a United Nations base in Sudan, the Bangladesh Army said Saturday.
Four crude bombs exploded in different parts of Dhaka on Saturday, leaving one person injured, police said.
The richest households in Bangladesh hold a majority of the country’s wealth, with the top 10 percent controlling 58 percent, according to the World Inequality Report 2026. The Paris-based World Inequality Lab said the top one percent alone hold about 24 percent of all assets, while the bottom 50 percent own just 4.7 percent. The […]
Bangladesh’s major political parties welcomed the election schedule announced for February 12, saying it ended uncertainty over the 13th national vote. Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin said a referendum on political reforms would be held the same day. “The announcement has reassured us,” said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. […]
Robin Khuda, the Bangladesh-born founder of Australian data centre company AirTrunk, has been named to Forbes Asia’s 2025 Heroes of Philanthropy list after making a record donation to support education and gender equality in technology.
