Prime Minister Tarique Rahman officially opened the Bangladesh Innovation Fair 2026 in Dhaka on Saturday, pledging that his government would take steps to help achieve the goals presented by innovators and calling for their cooperation and involvement in building the country.
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.
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.
Bangladesh prime minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday directed authorities to accelerate efforts to curb river pollution, remove waste, restore navigability, and improve waterways around Dhaka.
Bangladesh’s home minister Salahuddin Ahmed said Thursday that the country’s law and order situation has improved by every measure compared with 2025, rejecting suggestions that crime has worsened.
Liberation War Affairs Minister Ahmed Azam Khan said Saturday that the government is working to build a Bangladesh free from enforced disappearances, killings, oppression, and torture.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmakers raised complaints over rural power cuts, weak policing, and fertilizer distribution at a parliamentary party meeting chaired by prime minister Tarique Rahman.
An 11-party opposition alliance in Bangladesh, including Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party (NCP), walked out of parliament Thursday, protesting the government’s handling of constitutional reforms and implementation of a referendum verdict.
Bangladesh’s Election Commission (EC) is preparing to begin local government elections in November, a month later than initially expected, EC member Abdur Rahmanel Masud said Tuesday.
Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) has condemned continued detention of three senior Bangladeshi journalists accused in a crimes against humanity case linked to July 2024 Uprising.
