Bangladesh

The government is moving forward with the implementation of several key recommendations made by the Public Administration Reform Commission, with initial focus on proposals deemed immediately actionable. A high-level meeting was held at the Chief Adviser’s Office on June 16 to expedite the rollout of these reforms. The meeting was chaired by M Siraz Uddin Miah, Principal Secretary to the ...

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has stated that if a sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis is not achieved soon, it could become a serious threat to regional security. He made these remarks on Thursday during a high-level discussion at the United Nations Security Council titled “Impact of Poverty, Development Deficit and Conflict on International Peace and Security.” The ...

Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has said initiatives have been taken to hold a special programme from July 1 to commemorate the July Uprising. He said the programme will begin from July 1 but the main event will start on July 14 which will continue till August 5. The cultural adviser said the main objective of the programme is ...

A Dhaka court on Thursday granted a four-day remand for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s adviser Salman F Rahman in connection with the murder of a vegetable vendor during an anti-discrimination student protest in Ashulia. The court also approved the arrest of former Law Minister Anisul Huq in the same case. Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Tajul Islam Sohag passed the ...

Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has said that August 5 will be observed as public holiday from now. “The programme will start from July 1 centering July uprising and will end on August 5. The main arrangement will be started from July 14. The details will be informed on Monday (June 23).” The adviser came up with these information ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has appointed an amicus curiae as ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and Gaibandha BCL leader Shakil Alam Bulbul were not appeared in the court in a contempt of court case. Senior High Court lawyer AY Moshiuzzaman has been appointed as an amicus curiae. A three-member tribunal issued this appointment order on Thursday.

Detective Branch (DB) police arrested former state minister for planning Dr Shamsul Alam from the capital’s Mohammadpur area. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Joint Commissioner Nasirul Islam confirmed the arrest news. “Shamsul Alam was arrested and he is currently at the Detective Branch (DB) office on Minto Road. There is a case against him and he will be produced before the ...

National Security Adviser Dr Khalilur Rahman met with US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau on Wednesday at the State Department in Washington, DC. The two sides discussed a range of key issues, including the ongoing Rohingya crisis, bilateral tariff negotiations, recent developments in South Asia, and the democratic transition in Bangladesh, according to an official message received Thursday. Deputy ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has instructed the Special Security Force (SSF) to avoid public suffering as much as possible while working with professionalism staying above political ideologies. “I think SSF will successfully fulfill all the responsibilities entrusted to it, not by isolating the public, but through a combination of public relations and security,” he said on Wednesday during their ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has expressed discomfort over the rare occurrence of a joint press conference between the government and BNP, calling it an embarrassment to all other political parties. Speaking during National Consensus Commission (NCC) talks on Wednesday, Jamaat’s central Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher also reaffirmed the party’s support for forming the NCC while urging further discussion on its structure ...