A feasibility study is underway to upgrade key sections of the 159-kilometer Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway to six lanes, following a June announcement by prime minister Tarique Rahman.
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.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman expressed deep shock and sorrow over deaths caused by devastating flash floods in Nepal, offering condolences to Nepal’s government and people.
Bangladesh has offered Nepal all possible assistance after devastating flash floods and landslides, foreign minister Khalilur Rahman said Thursday.
Chinese ambassador Yao Wen said major infrastructure projects, including Mongla Port and the Teesta River project, remain priorities in China-Bangladesh cooperation, alongside education and people-to-people exchanges.
Bangladesh’s cabinet on Monday approved a draft law that would give Armed Police Battalions (APBn) authority to investigate criminal offenses and expand its role against terrorism, drug trafficking, human trafficking, rape, enforced disappearance, cybercrime, kidnapping, and crimes against humanity.
Human Rights Watch called on Bangladesh authorities Monday to end prolonged pretrial detention of politicians and others linked to deposed Awami League government, saying hundreds remain jailed without charge after mass arrests following Sheikh Hasina’s ouster in August 2024.
Bangladesh’s National Citizen Party (NCP) on Monday accused the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government of failing to deliver on key promises during its first 180 days, citing problems in the economy, energy, law and order, healthcare, and state institutions.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has carried out his first cabinet reshuffle, targeting performance and coordination problems while signaling that ministers will remain under review, The Daily Star reported Sunday.
