Bangladesh

The Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and his entourage has departed from Japan’s Narita International Airport for Dhaka, five hours behind schedule, after a technical fault delayed its departure. The flight took off for Dhaka at around 10:45 pm local time in Japan on Thursday. A member of the prime minister’s entourage confirmed the information to ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has sentenced Mahbubul Alam Hanif, joint general secretary of the now-banned Awami League, to death in a crimes against humanity case over the killings of six people in Kushtia during the July mass uprising. A three-member bench of International Crimes Tribunal-2, headed by Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury, delivered the verdict on Thursday (29 October). The ...

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman on Thursday said artificial intelligence (AI) would pose the biggest challenge to the judiciary in the coming days. “When you rely on AI to write judgments or record signatures and statements, there is a risk that justice will be defeated,” he said, warning that AI could now imitate people’s voices with such ...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Thursday urged police to earn public trust through professionalism, impartiality and humane conduct, stressing equal legal protection for all citizens. “Police must earn people’s confidence, ensure their security and provide legal services to everyone equally,” he said at the passing-out parade of 246 trainee officers at the Bangladesh Police Academy in Sardah, Rajshahi. The graduates ...

BNP-nominated candidate Mirza Faisal Amin and Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Delwar Hossain cast their votes in the by-election to the Thakurgaon-1 constituency on Thursday morning. Faisal Amin voted at Thakurgaon Government Girls’ High School polling centre around 8am. Before and after casting his vote, he exchanged greetings with voters present at the centre. Talking to journalists after voting, Faisal Amin expressed confidence ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has said the Election Commission (EC) aims not only to conduct free, fair and credible elections but also to establish a sustainable electoral culture in which all future elections meet the same standards. In an exclusive interview with BSS, Nasir Uddin said the commission would seek to preserve the standards established in the ...

Bangladesh has called for placing human rights at the centre of economic policymaking and governance, stressing that progress must be measured by its contribution to equality, human dignity and fundamental rights, alongside growth. Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Irene Zubaida Khan made the call at a high-level dialogue titled “The Political Economy of Human Rights” at UN ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday urged Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo to expand its investment in Bangladesh’s garment sector, particularly in man-made fibres, technical textiles and sustainable apparel, pledging government support for the expansion. The call came during a meeting with a delegation led by Tadashi Yanai, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Fast Retailing Co Ltd, the parent ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday called for deepening the multifaceted ties between Bangladesh and Japan to build a stronger and more prosperous future, highlighting the potential for major Japanese investment, job creation and expanded cooperation in energy, technology and infrastructure. “Let’s deepen the multifaceted ties between Bangladesh and Japan for a stronger, much better, and more prosperous future together,” ...

The 10th Land Forces Talks (LFT) between Bangladesh and the United States concluded successfully in Dhaka Cantonment on Tuesday. During the two-day engagement from 26-27 October, military representatives from Bangladesh Army and the United States Army discussed key areas of mutual interest and explored opportunities for further strengthening bilateral military cooperation, the Bangladesh Army said in a social media post. ...