Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the 23rd President of Bangladesh, will be sworn in on Friday evening at Bangabhaban’s Durbar Hall. Before the swearing-in event, he paid his respects at the tombs of former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia and former President Shaheed Ziaur Rahman at Zia Udyan Continue Reading
The government headed by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is getting four new members. According to cabinet sources on Friday, the newly elected President will administer the oath of office to the incoming ministers tonight in Bangabhaban’s Darbar Hall. The BNP Standing Committee member Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan, MP; Jatiya Party Chairman Barrister Andaleeve Rahman Partha, Continue Reading
Work on a Tk 4,062.22 crore joint Bangladesh-China water treatment project in Godagari, Rajshahi, is progressing visibly, bringing relief to local residents. Once completed, the project is expected to nearly double Rajshahi WASA’s water supply capacity and significantly ease the city’s longstanding shortage of safe drinking water. Chinese project officials have also earned Continue Reading
Bangladesh Bank has introduced a Tk 10 billion refinancing scheme for farmers and rural entrepreneurs to boost agricultural production, create employment in rural areas and ensure food security. The central bank announced the Agriculture and Rural Sector Refinancing Scheme in a circular on Thursday. Under the scheme, loans will be available at an interest rate […]Continue Reading
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi said New Delhi is waiting for Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to visit India. Mr. Trivedi made the remarks after a courtesy meeting with Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Mohammad Sakhawat Hossain at the Secretariat on Thursday. He also expressed deep sorrow over the deaths of nine […]Continue Reading
Former chief adviser of the interim government Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus and the AB Party have congratulated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on his election as Bangladesh’s 23rd President. In a congratulatory message posted on his verified Facebook page on Thursday evening, Dr Yunus said Fakhrul’s more than five-decade political career is closely linked to Bangladesh’s […]Continue Reading
The United Kingdom and China have congratulated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on his election as Bangladesh’s 23rd President. The congratulations were issued separately on Thursday through the verified Facebook pages of the British and Chinese embassies in Bangladesh. In its message, the British Embassy conveyed its warm wishes to Mirza Fakhrul and said the UK […]Continue Reading
Thakurgaon, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s home district, erupted in celebrations after he was elected the country’s 23rd President on Thursday. People from different walks of life joined rallies, distributed sweets and celebrated the announcement of the results. Locals said they were proud to see Fakhrul, who rose from grassroots politics to the country’s highest Continue Reading
Congratulating Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on his election as President, LDP President Col (retd) Oli Ahmed, the Jamaat-led 11-party alliance candidate, said democracy in the country is now controlled and the election result was predetermined. “An MP cannot vote according to his own will. Members have to vote wherever their party instructs them,” Oli Ahmed […]Continue Reading
The government has approved a Tk 1,311.53 crore project to modernise Ramu Cantonment in Cox’s Bazar as a modern, full-fledged military installation, marking a major step to strengthen defence capabilities and strategic preparedness in the country’s southeast. The project was approved at an ECNEC meeting chaired by Prime Minister and ECNEC Chairman Tarique Rahman on […]Continue Reading





















