Bangladesh

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has submitted his nomination paper to contest the 13th national parliamentary election from the Thakurgaon-1 constituency. He handed over the nomination paper to Returning Officer and Deputy Commissioner Ishrat Farzana on Monday morning. After submitting the nomination at the district administration office, Mirza Fakhrul said reporters, ”We achieved our voting rights after a ...

The deadline for the submission of nomination papers in the upcoming national election sets to expire at 5PM on Monday (December 29). After the deadline, all nomination papers received by Assistant Returning Officers (AROs) must be forwarded immediately to the respective ROs along with the required security deposits. According to the EC schedule, scrutiny of nomination papers will be conducted ...

Pakistan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Haider on Sunday paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna. During the meeting, both sides discussed ways to expand cooperation in trade, investment and aviation, as well as scaling up cultural, educational, and medical exchanges to further strengthen bilateral relations between the two South Asian ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday visited the party chairperson’s Gulshan office for the first time since it reopened following the political changeover after 1/11. According to BNP media cell, Tarique went to the office at around 1:40PM. Upon his arrival, senior party leaders, including Standing Committee members Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Mirza Abbas, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Dr Abdul ...

Tajnuva Jabeen, joint convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), has announced her resignation from the party, expressing strong objections to the manner in which its electoral alliance was formed. She made the announcement in a Facebook post on Sunday. Tajnuva said many were assuming her objection stemmed from ideological or gender-related concerns regarding the alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami, but stressed ...

Two associates, who were directly involved in Shaheed Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Mancho, have been arrested by Meghalaya police in India, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Sunday. Meanwhile, DMP admitted it for the first time that the main accused involved in the killing have fled to India. Additional Commissioner SN Nazrul Islam shared the information today at ...

On behalf of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, Chairperson’s private secretary ABM Abdur Sattar has collected his nomination paper to contest the upcoming national election from Dhaka-17 constituency. He collected the nomination form from Dhaka Divisional Commissioner’s office at Segunbagicha at around 11:10AM on Sunday. ”The nomination papers were received at 11:10AM from Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Sharf Uddin Ahmed Choudhury,” ...

BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia’s health condition is extremely complex and she is passing through a critical phase, said her personal physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain early Sunday. Speaking at a press briefing at the main gate of Evercare Hospital, Dr Zahid said Khaleda Zia’s physical condition has not shown improvement and she is currently undergoing ...

Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury took oath on Sunday as the 26th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath at his official residence Bangabhaban at 10:30AM, where Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, among others, were present. Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar aired live the event. On 23 December last, Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury of the Appellate Division of ...

Rashed Khan, general secretary of Gono Odhikar Parishad, has resigned from the party and joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Earlier, Rashed Khan submitted his resignation letter to Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul Haque Nur. Rashed has been nominated as the BNP candidate from the Jhenidah-4 constituency. The development was announced at a party event, where BNP Secretary General Mirza ...