Bangladesh

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved 17 development projects with a combined estimated cost of Tk 8,974.28 crore. The approval came during an ECNEC meeting held at National Economic Council (NEC) Conference Room at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka, with ECNEC Chairperson and Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus presiding. Among the 17 projects approved, 11 are ...

Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sun Weidong has said that China is looking forward to working with a new government in Bangladesh. Weidong shared this message during a meeting with a high-level BNP delegation, led by its Secretary General, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, at China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, BNP Media Cell Member Sayrul Kabir Khan confirmed. ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has set July 1 for holding the hearing against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun in a crimes against humanity case over the July massacre. The tribunal also appointed state defence lawyers for Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal. ...

The scouts of Bangladesh have created history. Four scouts sacrificed their lives for the country and for creating a new Bangladesh, said Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday. “There is no such example in the history of scouting anywhere else in the world.” He encouraged the young scouts to help open doors for others and discover the world of ...

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has protested the mob justice, which was carried out during the detention of former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Nurul Huda. “If there is anything like this, please inform us and hand it over to the law enforcement agencies. The law enforcement agencies will take action.” He made these remarks while ...

Officials and employees started sit-in at the gate of National Board of Revenue (NBR) wearing shrouds demanding resignation of Chairman. Around 9AM on Tuesday, the NBR officials and employees of different levels started the three-hour strike and pen-down programme. Earlier on Saturday, NBR Reform Unity Council’s President and Additional Commissioner Hasan Muhammad Tarek Rikabdar and General Secretary and Additional Tax ...

Muhammad Monirul Maola, former Managing Director of Islami Bank Bangladesh, was arrested from his residence in Bashundhara Residential area by the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police early Monday. Confirming the matter, DB Joint Commissioner Mohammad Nasirul Islam said that Maola has pending cases against him. After being taken into custody around 12:15 AM, he was brought to the ...

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convenor Md Nahid Islam today said the party’s decision on participating in the upcoming election depends entirely on the interim government’s reform efforts. “Our top priority remains reform. The decision to join the election will depend on how those reforms progress,” Nahid told reporters after meeting Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin following the submission ...

Just hours after the arrest of former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A K M Nurul Huda, another former CEC, Kazi Habibul Awal, has also been detained. Law enforcement officials arrested Awal on Sunday night, according to a senior police headquarters source. The source confirmed that Awal was apprehended from the Bashundhara Residential Area in Dhaka. DB Joint Commissioner Nasirul Islam ...

Former Member of Parliament from Munshiganj-3, Mohammad Foysal Biplob, was arrested by the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Sunday night. He was detained from his residence in Monipuripara, Tejgaon around 10:00 PM. Confirming the matter, DB Joint Commissioner Nasrul Islam said that Biplob was wanted in a case filed in Munshiganj. Authorities were also investigating whether any ...