Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, MP, today said the family card is a source of strength and empowerment for women in the country. “With this card you (women) will be able to stand anywhere with confidence. Through this card, a form of empowerment will be created for you. Men will start giving you importance,” he said. Mirza Fakhrul, also the Secretary General of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), made the remark while speaking as the chief guest at a family card distribution programme held at the Combined UI Aleem Madrasa premises in Rahimanpur union under…
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Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today hoped that his government would be able to introduce ‘Farmer Card’ programme within next month (April). “We have also started the work on the Farmer Card. InshaAllah, just as we were able to hand over family cards to 37,000 women, in today’s event, in the same way, within the next month we will be able to hand over Farmer Cards to many other farmer brothers, InshaAllah,” he said. The premier made the remarks while speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Family Card programme, organised by the Ministry of Social Welfare, at T&T playground in…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today said empowering women is crucial as it is quite impossible to advance the country leaving half of the population behind. “Half of the population of Bangladesh is women. We firmly believe that if we leave this half of the population behind, if we do not empower this half of the population, if we do not empower them, if we cannot empower them educationally and economically, then it is certainly not possible to move the country forward in any way,” he told a function here. The premier made the remarks while speaking at the inauguration ceremony…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today said the government will bring four crore families, headed by women, under the Family Card programme within the next five years. “…I firmly believe that my government will be able to gradually bring this family card to all the four crore families in Bangladesh, headed by women, within the next five years, InshaAllah,” said. The premier made the remarks while speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Family Card programme, organised by the Ministry of Social Welfare, at T&T playground in Banani, adjacent to Korail slum, this morning. He said the government has to follow…
President Donald Trump said Monday that US military operations in Iran would be ending soon, reassuring markets that have been thrust into chaos by a war still reverberating across the Middle East. The war had sent stock markets slumping and oil prices soaring on Monday as Tehran, under new leader Mojtaba Khamenei, fired a fresh barrage of missiles at its Gulf neighbours and signaled that the strategic Strait of Hormuz would likely remain closed. But Wall Street climbed into positive territory on Trump’s signals of a short war, with Tokyo and Seoul also opening strongly Tuesday, despite the president’s continued…
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam today initiated efforts to promote cultural diplomacy as a key instrument of soft power to strengthen Bangladesh’s global image and expand people-to-people contacts worldwide. The initiative came at a meeting held at the Foreign Ministry to explore ways to advance Bangladesh’s cultural diplomacy through coordinated programmes and international cultural exchanges. Cultural Affairs Minister Nitai Roy Chowdhury and State Minister for Cultural Affairs Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam attended the meeting alongside the Foreign Secretary, the Cultural Affairs Secretary and other senior officials. The meeting discussed organising overseas cultural festivals featuring music and dance…
Labour and Employment and Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury today said the government is providing maximum support to the expatriates living in the middle east. “In line with the instruction of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, the government is working for providing maximum support to the expatriates living in the Middle East”, he said. The minister said this before attending the Namaj-e Janaza of deceased Ahmed Ali who was killed in Dubai during the war between Iran, Israel and the United States, at Barolekha of Moulvi Bazar here. He said the government has formed a monitoring team…
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said that the government is making strong efforts to bring back the main accused in the Inqilab Mancha spokesperson Osman Hadi murder case and his accomplice, who were recently arrested in West Bengal, India. “We’re marking robust efforts to bring back the main accused and his accomplice arrested recently in India’s West Bengal,” he said. He made the remarks on Monday afternoon after attending a Law and Order Committee meeting held at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office in Cox’s Bazar. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, the Home Minister said that his ministry has already taken…
Bangladesh today strongly condemned an aerial attack in Saudi Arabia that killed two of its nationals and injured others, urging all parties to exercise restraint and calling for urgent international efforts to prevent further loss of innocent lives. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release said the government is deeply saddened by the deaths of two Bangladeshis and injuries to several others following an aerial attack in Al-Kharj Governorate of Saudi Arabia yesterday. The deceased were identified as Bacchu Miah of Katiadi in Kishorganj district and Mosharraf Hossain of Shakhipur in Tangail district. The injured Bangladeshis are currently…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has congratulated the Nepal government and its people on successful parliamentary polls. “Congratulations to the Government and the people of Nepal on the successful and peaceful parliamentary elections held on March 5, 2026,” he wrote in a post shared on his verified Facebook account today. The Prime Minister said this important democratic exercise reflects the aspirations and resilience of the Nepali people and the strength of their democratic institutions. He said Bangladesh looks forward to working closely with the new Nepal government and its people to further strengthen their longstanding friendship and cooperation.
