Bangladesh

Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has pledged to pursue justice-based development if his party comes to power, saying any future government formed by Jamaat would focus on realistic, fair and people-centred governance. Speaking to journalists on Friday at around 8:30am before departing Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka for a tour of northern Bangladesh, Dr Rahman said Jamaat would not ...

Chief Adviser tells US ambassador Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said the 12 February general elections would set a benchmark for all future polls in Bangladesh. He made the remarks when the newly appointed US Ambassador to Bangladesh, Brent Christensen, paid his maiden courtesy call on the Chief Adviser at the State Guest House Jamuna here on Thursday, said ...

Ahead of the 13th National Parliamentary Election, BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman participated in election rallies across seven districts on Thursday. During his speeches at these rallies, he urged voters to cast their ballots for BNP by voting for the party’s symbol, the sheaf of paddy. After concluding the rallies, he returned to Dhaka on Friday morning. Earlier, on Thursday (22 ...

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has said that if the party forms the government, it will be able to work for the nation. “We will work and build the country – Bangladesh first,” he said while addressing an election rally in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj in the early hours of Friday. The rally was held at the Panchrukhi Begum Anowara Degree ...

Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain has said that India should take responsibility for safeguarding the rights of its minority communities, just as Bangladesh protects its own minorities, amid heightened tensions between the two neighbouring countries. In an interview with BBC Hindi in Dhaka, Touhid Hossain said Bangladesh does not comment on actions against minorities in India and expects Indian authorities ...

Apart from the public holiday on the voting day on February 12, the Council of Advisers today approved a proposal declaring public holiday on February 11 to facilitate voter participation and ensure proper law and order management ahead of the polls. The Council gave the approval at its weekly meeting at the Chief Adviser’s Office here with Chief Adviser Professor ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on Thursday framed charges against seven accused, including Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, in a case filed for alleged crimes against humanity committed during the July Mass Uprising. The order was issued by a three-member tribunal, led by Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury, scrapping discharge petition filed for the accused. The tribunal also set February ...

National Citizen Party (NCP) officially launch its election campaign with offering prayers at Dhaka’s Tin Netar Mazar (mausoleum of three national leaders) and Shaheed Osman Hadi at 11:30AM near Doyel Chattar on Dhaka University campus. Top party leaders, including (NCP) Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary, the candidate of Dhaka-8 constituency, attended the programme. All the political parties started campaigning formally for ...

Professor Ali Riaz Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser, told a town hall meeting on Thursday that every citizen represents the “Yes” candidate in the upcoming referendum, as a positive vote will secure a democratic and humanitarian future for the nation. “People often ask who the ‘Yes’ candidate is. I say—you, I, and all of us are the candidates for ...

The Ninth National Pay Commission on Wednesday submitted its report to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the state guesthouse Jamuna in the capital. The 23-member commission, led by its Chairman Zakir Ahmed Khan, presented the report in the afternoon, three weeks ahead of its deadline, said the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing. Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, Chief Adviser’s Special ...