Bangladesh foreign minister Khalilur Rahman was sworn in Tuesday as president of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, returning Bangladesh to the post for the first time in nearly four decades.
A Bangladesh lawmaker on Tuesday demanded government action after actress Azmeri Haque Badhon alleged she was physically and verbally assaulted in Italy by pro-Awami League activists.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Mia Golam Porwar accused prime minister Tarique Rahman’s government of failing farmers through what he called shortsighted agricultural policies and mismanagement as a nationwide fertilizer shortage threatens aman rice and other crops.
United Nations (UN) high commissioner for human rights Volker Türk called Monday for a strong, independent national body to oversee Bangladesh’s law enforcement agencies, renewing a recommendation tied to accountability and institutional reform.
Bangladesh’s Cabinet on Monday approved six-month tax and customs exemptions for machinery and equipment imported to build renewable solar power plants, a move aimed at accelerating installations and easing electricity shortages.
Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina has refused to accept personal responsibility or apologize to the families of people killed during the violent suppression of the July-August 2024 uprising, arguing that police acted independently under established procedures.
Police arrested a madrasa teacher accused of sexually abusing six children at an institution in Narail Municipality.
Farmers blocked Lalmonirhat-Burimari highway in Bangladesh’s Lalmonirhat district, protesting an alleged fertilizer shortage during peak Aman season and accusing dealers of creating an artificial crisis.
Bangladesh is moving forward with a Tk 45,504 crore (approximately $3.70 billion) Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line-5 southern route, with the project expected to go before the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) next week.
Protesters formed a human chain in Jashore demanding arrests and prosecutions over the death of legendary movie star Salman Shah, rejecting claims that the actor died by suicide and alleging that he was murdered.
