Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said that promising entrepreneurs will be provided assistance ranging from Tk 5 lakh to Tk 5 crore from the ICT Division's Tk 500 crore startup fund.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has joined a special event titled 'Youth, Startups and Potential of Bangladesh' at Dhaka University. This is his second visit to Dhaka University as Prime Minister since forming the government.
Parliament has passed the Narcotics Control (Amendment) Bill, 2026, allowing the death penalty as the maximum punishment for online drug trafficking, supply, advertising, brokering or transactions. Under the new bill, physical recovery of drugs from the accused will not be mandatory for conviction in such cybercrimes.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said that the people have deep trust in the Bangladesh Army, the symbol of the country's independence and sovereignty.
Bangladesh will participate in the BIMSTEC National Security Advisers' meeting scheduled to be held in New Delhi on July 16.
A Dhaka court has rejected an application to file a case against former chief adviser of the interim government Dr Muhammad Yunus, former health adviser Nurjahan Begum and two others over the death of a nine-month-old child from measles.