Bangladesh

BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas has strongly condemned the attack on Sharif Osman Hadi, saying the assault was not only an attack on Hadi but also on democracy itself. Speaking at a protest rally on Saturday in front of the BNP office in Nayapaltan, Abbas said, “Hadi is like my own child. I was mentally shattered when I heard ...

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has announced a reward of Tk 50 lakh for anyone who provides information leading to the arrest of the attackers of Sharif Osman Hadi. The announcement was made on Saturday while speaking to journalists following a meeting of the Law and Order Core Committee held at the ministry conference room ...

Sharif Osman Hadi remains in an extremely critical state after suffering a gunshot wound to the head said Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) neurosurgeons who performed emergency surgery before he was transferred to Evercare Hospital on Friday evening. Although DMCH authorities did not issue any formal update on Hadi’s health, Dr Zahid Raihan, head of the hospital’s Neurosurgery Department, described ...

  The announcement came at a Friday press conference in Gulshan, where BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the party will formally welcome him BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on December 25. The announcement was made on Friday at a press conference held at the party’s headquarters in Gulshan, where BNP Secretary ...

Inqilab Mancha spokesperson Shahrif Osman Hadi, also an independent candidate of upcoming election for Dhaka-8, was injured by bullet in the capital’s Paltan area on Friday afternoon. He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) emergency department in critical state. The attack incident took place some time after the Jum’a prayers. According to DMCH police outpost in-chargeMd Faruk,Osman Hadi ...

No force in the world can thwart the February 12 parliamentary election, said Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Friday. While speaking to reporters in Shariatpur, he said, ”The people of the country are eagerly awaiting for the elections. Those who try to take the law into their hands and try to create anarchy, will be strictly suppressed.” ”Besides, ...

The revised list of re-demarcated boundaries for all 300 parliamentary constituencies has been published by theElection Commission (EC)ahead of the upcoming national election and the referendum. A gazette in this regard, signed by EC Secretariat Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed, was published on Thursday night. It said, previously published order on constituency demarcation has been partially amended following the judgment on ...

Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan has announced that he will contest the upcoming national election as an independent candidate from Dhaka-10. He made the declaration in a Facebook post on Friday morning. In a video message, Asif said, ”The opportunity to determine the future of Bangladesh has come after 17 long years. Building a new Bangladesh is difficult but not impossible. ...

Bangladesh will hold its long-awaited national election along with a referendum on the July (Reform) Charter on February 12, 2026, marking the first time in the country’s history that a general election and a referendum will take place simultaneously. The polls will be held under a non-political administration for the first time in 18 years, according to the schedule announced ...

Bangladesh and Australia have identified new avenues for cooperation in areas such as renewable energy, skills partnership and technology sharing, blue economy, artificial intelligence, cyber security and anti-money laundering initiatives. The issues were discussed at the 6th round of Senior Officials’ Talks (SOT) between Bangladesh and Australia held in Dhaka on Wednesday. Dr Md Nazrul Islam, Secretary (Bilateral-East and West), ...