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Stressing that future peacekeeping missions must be more modern, visionary, and technology-driven, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today said his government is modernising the armed forces and police to perform their duties in UN peacekeeping missions and other international assignments.

State Minister for Labour and Employment Md. Nurul Hoque has said that the government has a plan to establish Employment Exchange Centre in line with its election manifesto.

Six Bangladeshi peacekeepers who were killed while serving under the United Nations flag in Sudan have been posthumously awarded the prestigious Dag Hammarskjöld Medal at a ceremony held at the UN Headquarters in New York.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today urged city dwellers to be aware of waste removal in Dhaka city.

BNP Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today paid tribute to Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman on his martyrdom anniversary.

It was around 11.30 pm on May 29, 1981. I was little bit surprised as why the President only called me in his room. I entered his room at the 1st floor of Chattogram Circuit House which was later turned into a museum after Zia’s name.

Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman today visited the graves of his parents at Zia Uddyan and offered munajat on the occasion of the Eid-ul-Azha

A total of 34,057 vehicles crossed the Padma Bridge, generating toll revenue of Tk 36,678,700 over an 18-hour period till 6:00 pm today, as Eid holidaymakers from 21 southern districts enjoyed a smooth journey via the bridge on the Dhaka–Mawa Expressway.

A high-level delegation of Asian Development Bank (ADB), led by its President Masato Kanda, today paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.

As Eid-ul-Azha approaches, Bangladesh`s spice market has become increasingly busy with demand rising across the country for cooking, preserving and distributing sacrificial meat among relatives and neighbours

Bangladesh Ambassador Nahida Sobhan has presented her credentials to Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican City, reaffirming Bangladesh’s commitment to strengthening ties with the Holy See and promoting peace, communal harmony and humanitarian cooperation.

Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman is scheduled to visit Mymensingh tomorrow to attend a series of official and political programmes.