Inaugurates pilot programme providing monthly honorariums to religious leaders

High unemployment, weak investment, the need for job creation, curbing inflation, export diversification, and stabilising the banking sector are among the most urgent economic challenges.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has urged people to remain patient amid current global challenges, saying the government may need more time to fulfil some of its promises but will not deviate from its commitments.

Says more time may be needed amid current global challenges

Government to provide Tk 2,500 monthly allowance to beneficiary families through mobile wallets or bank accounts

Not often do you hear a politician saying that “politicising education, research, and the practice of arts and literature is never a mark of a civilised society.”

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today (February 26) presented the Ekushey Padak 2026 to nine distinguished individuals and the band Warfez in recognition of their outstanding contributions to national life, marking Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day.

In a fast-moving policy landscape, delay is often punished. By the time a state realises a law is unworkable, or that a regulatory approach has fallen behind, the world may have already moved on.

Leaders and top diplomats pledge continued cooperation

President Shahabuddin administered them oaths

Newly elected MPs pledge not to take duty-free cars or government plots

Yesterday, Tarique met Jamaat Ameer Shafiqur and NCP's Nahid

Vacant parliamentary seat must be filled through a by-election within 90 days

By carefully choosing candidates for key posts, BNP seeks to build a competent, controversy‑free cabinet that will send a positive message to the people, party insiders said.

Large mandates are usually treated as moments of political triumph. In institutional terms, however, they are something else: a change in the conditions under which power operates.

Congratulates him as future PM of Bangladesh

Rahman is inheriting a fragile economy and institutions weakened by partisanship.

Meeting began at his Gulshan office in Dhaka at 12:30pm

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman is scheduled to call on Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman and National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam at their homes today.

Calling for national unity, BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has said that any division will weaken Bangladesh at a time when the country, faced with numerous challenges, is entering a new phase after the parliamentary election.