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Foreign policy to prioritise nat’l interest

Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Humayun Kabir yesterday said Bangladesh would place national interest, economic diplomacy, strategic autonomy, balanced engagement and national security at the core of its foreign policy.
10 May 2026

BNP grassroots to quiz ministers

The BNP has taken an initiative to make ministers accountable not only in parliament but also before the party’s grassroots leaders, party sources said.
10 May 2026

Restoring trust in police top priority - Says PM

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday said restoring public confidence in the police force and improving the law-and-order situation are now the government’s top priorities.
10 May 2026

PM Tarique seeks party support to fulfil election pledges

Want a political culture of debate, discussion, not oppression, he says
9 May 2026

BNP moves to restore grassroots discipline

BNP Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will sit with grassroots leaders today as the ruling party seeks to restore discipline and strengthen its organisational structure.
9 May 2026

A frustrated group wants to keep society unstable: Fakhrul

Speaking at a Tagore birth anniversary event in Naogaon, LGRD minister says people are hopeful about the new govt
8 May 2026
6 May 2026

Mirza Abbas ‘feeling much better’ in Malaysia, says wife

Afroza Abbas seeks prayers for his recovery as the BNP leader continues physiotherapy
6 May 2026

Biplabi Chhatra Moitree seeks trial of Yunus, Nurjahan Begum over measles deaths

Calls for an official epidemic declaration and an investigation
6 May 2026

BNP eyes long-overdue overhaul of affiliate bodies

Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has instructed senior party leaders to prepare a list of potential candidates for key posts in the party’s associated and affiliated bodies.
6 May 2026

Govt plans polls to local bodies within a year

The government plans to hold elections for all tiers of local government bodies within a year, including city corporations, district councils, upazila parishads, municipalities, and union parishads.
6 May 2026

Recognise Shapla Chattar victims as martyrs: NCP’s Akhter

Rangpur-4 MP demands justice for those killed on May 5, 2013
5 May 2026

'If you run the country like Ershad, you may face the same fate as Ershad'

Asif Mahmud says ruling party stalling local govt polls, betraying people's mandate
5 May 2026

Shapla Chattar killings: Parties demand independent probe on 13th anniversary

Speakers and political leaders call for a fair investigation and justice for those killed during the Hefazat rally
5 May 2026

45 unit committees: Chhatra Dal faces flak from its grassroots

Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the ruling BNP, is facing growing resentment from its grassroots after announcing committees for 45 units, with “deprived” leaders and activists staging protests in at least five districts and accusing the central leadership of ignoring long-serving organisers.
5 May 2026

Section 144 imposed as Chhatra Dal factions face off in Rangamati

At least one Jubo Dal activist was injured after rival groups clashed over a programme by the newly announced district committee
4 May 2026

JCD announces 29 committees nationwide

Full, partial and extended bodies approved across universities, medical colleges, districts and metropolitan units
3 May 2026

Dhaka Bar Assoc: BNP-backed lawyers’ panel sweeps polls

The BNP-backed lawyers’ panel has secured a landslide victory in the Dhaka Bar Association elections, winning all 23 posts of the executive committee for the 2026–2027 term.
3 May 2026

Reserved seat MPs take oath today

The oath-taking ceremony for the newly-elected MPs for the reserved women’s seats in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad will be held today.
3 May 2026