Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s parliamentary members may be allowed to vote independently on most issues under proposed changes to Article 70 of the Constitution, except in four areas: money bills, confidence or no-confidence motions, constitutional amendments and national security matters. Home Affairs Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, who chairs the special committee on constitutional amendments, disclosed the proposal to journalists on Saturday after the committee’s ...

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Ali Hossain Fakir has said the government is taking steps to enact a new law that would empower police to file cases over extortion allegations on their own initiative, without requiring a public complaint. He also said joint drives are underway across the country to curb juvenile gangs, extortion and drug-related activities. The IGP ...

Veteran journalist, freedom fighter and former Chandpur-4 (Faridganj) Awami League lawmaker Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman died at a Dhaka hospital on Saturday. He was 77. Family members said that Shafiqur Rahman, a former president of the National Press Club, suffered a sudden stroke at home on Friday and was admitted to United Hospital in critical condition. He died at around 2:30pm ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Dhaka North unit held its members’ conference and election for the 2027–28 term at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in Agargaon of the capital on Friday, with more than 13,000 members casting their votes. Jamaat Ameer and Opposition Leader Dr Shafiqur Rahman attended the conference as chief guest, urging party members to learn from past electoral weaknesses and ...

The National Citizen Party (NCP) has restructured its central convening committee, appointing six women as joint conveners, according to a statement issued on Friday. The six women are Dr Mahmuda Alam Mitu, Nusrat Tabassum, Monira Sharmin, Dilshana Parul, Samanta Sharmin and AK Flora. Nahid Islam has been retained as convener, while Akhter Hossain has been appointed member secretary of the ...

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener and Opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam has accused the government of acting against the people and undermining democracy, calling on the home and energy ministers to resign over their failure to fulfil their responsibilities. He made the remarks on Friday while inaugurating a week-long leaflet distribution campaign in Dhaka protesting the deteriorating law and order ...

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir visited Evercare Hospital in Dhaka on Friday morning (October 23) to see Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan. The President’s Press Wing confirmed the visit. During the visit, the President enquired about the minister’s health and treatment and wished him a speedy recovery.

The government is working to extend the validity of visas and iqamas for Bangladeshi expatriates stranded in Saudi Arabia, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam said. Shama Obaed received the body at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday morning. She said the government would provide all kinds of assistance to the victim’s family. She also handed over a ...

Japan is expected to arrange private-sector investments worth 1 trillion yen, equivalent to around US$6.35 billion, in Bangladesh over the next five years, according to a report published by Japan’s Nikkei Asia newspaper. The proposed investment arrangement is expected to be mentioned in a joint statement following a summit between Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique ...

Drawing on his political experience, Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad Bir Bikram today said there is no possibility of Sheikh Hasina returning home even in the next 10 years. “My political experience says there is no possibility of Sheikh Hasina returning even in the next 10 years,” he said while talking to journalists at the district circuit house here. ...