Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today directed authorities concerned to expedite steps for opening the long-awaited Third Terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), aiming to enhance passenger handling capacity and operational efficiency. The directive came at a meeting held at the Cabinet Conference Room of the Secretariat with the Prime Minister in the chair, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Afroza Khanam told reporters afterwards. Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, State Minister for civil aviation and tourism M. Rashiduzzaman Millat and Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Air Vice Marshal Md. Mostafa Mahmud Siddique, among…
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The government has appointed Mir Solaiman as Assistant Private Secretary (APS) to Adviser (Minister Rank) Md Ismail Zabiullah. Earlier, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has appointed 10 advisers with the ranks of ministers and state ministers including Md Ismail Zabiullah. The appointment of Mir Solaiman was made through a notification issued by the Internal Appointment Branch of the Ministry of Public Administration. According to the notification, signed by Senior Assistant Secretary Md. Tanvir Hasan Ruman, he (Mir Solaiman) has been appointed to the post under the 9th grade of the National Pay Scale 2015 (Tk 22,000-53,060) in line with the adviser’s…
The government has appointed Md Akbar Hossain as Assistant Private Secretary (APS) to Liberation War Affairs Minister Hafiz Uddin Ahmad Bir Bikram. The information was disclosed in a notification issued yesterday by the Internal Appointment Branch of the Ministry of Public Administration.
Prime Minister’s Political Adviser Nazrul Islam Khan said today that the people of the country had regained their democratic rights through the February 12 election after being deprived of democratic practices for a long time. Speaking as the chief guest at the prize distribution and reception ceremony of the ‘Election Debate Competition 2026’ at the FDCI in Tejgaon, organized by Debate for Democracy, he said the time had now come to rebuild the country. He said various state institutions had been severely damaged due to politicization, nepotism, corruption, injustice and the appointment of incompetent individuals to key positions. The newly…
As part of BNP’s election pledge to provide monthly honorariums and festival allowances to religious leaders of different faiths, the government has decided to launch the programme for khatibs, imams and muezzins of mosques before the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. The decision was taken at a meeting on strengthening religious and social harmony, held at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in the city’s Tejgaon area. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman chaired the meeting, attended by concerned ministers, state ministers and senior officials. Later, Prime Minister’s Adviser Mahdi Amin disclosed the information while briefing the journalists in front of the PMO about the Prime…
The first session of the 13th national parliament is expected to be held next month, possibly beginning on March 12 or a day or two earlier. Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed shared the information in a post on his verified Facebook account tonight. In the post, he wrote that the first session of the national parliament would be held on March 12 or slightly before that date. During the inaugural session of the 13th parliament, the Speaker and Deputy Speaker will be elected. Ordinances promulgated during the tenure of the interim government will be placed before the House and a condolence…
President Donald Trump raised the global duty on imports into the United States to 15 percent on Saturday, doubling down on his promise to maintain his aggressive tariff policy a day after the Supreme Court ruled much of it illegal. Trump said on his Truth Social platform that after a thorough review of Friday’s “extraordinarily anti-American decision” by the court to rein in his tariff program, the administration was hiking the import levies “to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15% level.” Shortly after the court’s 6-3 ruling that rejected the president’s authority to impose tariffs under a 1977 economic…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the 1952 Language Movement, marking the great Martyrs’ Day and the International Mother Language Day. He paid homage by placing a wreath at the Central Shaheed Minar in the city at 12:08 am today. The premier arrived on the Shaheed Minar premises 12.04am. He proceeded to the altar of the Central Shaheed Minar in slow pace while playing the historic immortal song on the Amar Ekushey “Amar Vaiyer Rokte Rangano Ekushey February . . . Ami Ki Bhulite Pari?” After placing the wreath, Tarique Rahman, also chairman of…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today officially began his office at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in the city’s Tejgaon area as he planted a sapling on the office premises following his swearing-in ceremony on February 17. “Prime Minister Tarique Rahman entered the PMO through the main gate around 10:10 am and started his work after planting a “Swarna Chapa” flower sapling,” PM’s Press Secretary Saleh Shibli told BSS. After planting the sapling, the prime minister offered a special prayer, expressing gratitude to Almighty Allah, he said. On his arrival at the PMO, Shibli said, Principal Secretary ABM Abdus Sattar and…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today released a commemorative postage stamp, an opening envelope and a canceller on the occasion of the great Martyrs’ Day and the International Mother Language Day. He released the commemorative postage stamp at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in the city’s Tejgaon area. Earlier, Tarique Rahman assumed his office at the PMO this morning for the first time as he performed his official duties at the Cabinet Division in the Bangladesh Secretariat here since he took charge as the country’s 11th Prime Minister on February 17. Before starting his official work at the PMO, the Prime…
