Bangladesh

Bangladesh will observe state mourning on Saturday (December 20) over the death of martyred Sharif Osman bin Hadi. Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus announced this on Thursday night during an address to the nation, just after the death of Hadi. He said that the national flag will be flown at half-mast on Saturday at all government, semi-government, and autonomous institutions, ...

The body of Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of the Inqilab Moncho, will be brought home from Singapore on Friday evening. A commercial flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the body is scheduled to depart Singapore around 3:50PM (local time), Inqilab Moncho said in a post on its Facebook page in the early hours of Friday. The flight is expected to ...

Sharif Osman bin Hadi, the fiery face of the July Uprising, convenor of Inqilab Moncho and a prospective candidate for the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election, is no more. He passed away on Thursday at 9:45 pm while receiving medical treatment in Singapore. The Inqilab Moncho official Facebook page announced the news Thursday night, stating, “In the struggle against Indian ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Thursday framed charges against 13 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in a case filed over enforced disappearances and torture at the Joint Interrogation Cell (JIC) during the previous Awami League government. The three-member tribunal, headed by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mazumder, passed the order, setting January 19 for submitting the opening statement ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s overall physical condition remains stable. She is able to receive the treatment being given to her. Her personal physician Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain, also a BNP Standing Committee member, informed this to media on Thursday at a press briefing at Evercare Hospital on Khaleda Zia’s condition. He added that her physical condition had not changed in ...

Police in early Thursday recovered the hanging body of a student named Jannat Ara Rumi from a female hostel near Zigatala kancha bazar under Hazaribagh Police Station. The body was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue. Confirming the recovery news, Hazaribagh Police Station OC Saiful Islam informed media that the deceased, 30, was involved in NCP’s political activities. ...

The prosecution has submitted formal charges against Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader and six others to International Crimes Tribunal-2 in a crime against humanity case. On Thursday morning, the charges were submitted to the registrar of the ICT-2, prosecutor Gazi Monawar Hossain Tamim confirmed. The other leaders are AL’s joint general secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, former state minister Mohammad ...

The Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) in Dhaka has been operational after being temporarily closed due to security concerns. The Indian High Commission confirmed the development on Thursday (December 18) morning, saying visa services at the centre resumed as normal. Earlier on Wednesday, a platform named ‘July Unity’ announced a ‘March to Indian High Commission’ programme under its banner. Then ...

Sharif Osman Hadi, a frontline fighter of the July uprising and spokesperson of Inquilab Mancha, is in critical condition while undergoing treatment in Singapore, according to Singapore’s Foreign Minister Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan. Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan visited him on Wednesday to check on his health and expressed concern over his condition. At 9:40 PM, Dr. Balakrishnan called Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman left Dhaka on Wednesday for the United Kingdom to attend a series of scheduled meetings and programs with a delegation of the British government. He departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the morning on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight, according to Jamaat Assistant Secretary General and media head Ahsanul Mahboob Zubair. After completing ...