Bangladesh

Japan, a key development partner of Bangladesh, has reiterated its interest in maintaining strong investment ties, but also expressed hope for the restoration of democratic governance in the country, said senior BNP leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury. Speaking to reporters after a meeting between Japanese Ambassador Saida Shinichi and BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Khosru said Tokyo remains ...

The Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) staged a protest rally on Sunday night in response to an attack on Hasnat Abdullah, the party’s Chief Organizer for the Southern Region. The incident took place earlier that evening in Gazipur. The protest began around 10:00 PM from Banglamotor in the capital and proceeded towards the TSC area. A significant number of NCP leaders ...

  The government is preparing to introduce a dedicated law aimed at safeguarding journalists, while also advancing broad reforms in the media sector to improve transparency, licensing, and accountability, Information and Broadcasting Adviser Mahfuj Alam announced on Sunday. Speaking at a roundtable titled “Brave New Bangladesh: Reform Roadmap for Press Freedom”, Mahfuj said the proposed Journalist Protection Act is under ...

A group of miscreants allegedly carried out an attack on National Citizen Party’s (NCP) chief organiser Hasnat Abdullah in Gazipur on Sunday evening. The attack incident took place at around 7:00 PM on Dhaka-Myemsingh Highway in the district. In a Facebook post, Sarjis requested the people to rescue Hasnat. A group of 10 to 12 miscreants attacked Hasnat’s vehicle. The ...

A Dhaka court on Sunday has set May 18 as the new date for the submission of the execution report on arrest warrants issued against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her daughter Saima Wazed Putul, and 16 others in a graft case involving fraudulent allocation of a 10-katha plot in the capital’s Purbachal New Town Project. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has accelerated the issuance of visas for Bangladeshi nationals following sustained diplomatic engagement between the two countries, officials confirmed Sunday. The development comes ahead of a high-level UAE cabinet delegation’s visit to Bangladesh later this month, aimed at boosting cooperation across key sectors including labour, trade, and investment. UAE Ambassador to Bangladesh Abdulla Ali Al ...

Bangladesh Supreme Court senior lawyer Barrister Abdur Razzaq has passed away on Sunday afternoon. He had been undergoing treatment for cancer for a long time. He was on life support at Ibn Sina Hospital in the capital. He died at 4.10pm at the age of 74, Advocate Mohammad Shishir Monir confirmed the information.  

BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is set to return to Bangladesh on Monday from London aboard a special air ambulance sent by the Emir of Qatar, instead of a regular Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight as previously announced. The confirmation came on Saturday night (May 3) from Shayrul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP Chairperson’s media cell. ...

The murder of Journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi was carried out by two individuals, but they have not been identified due to the ambiguity of DNA evidence, according to a report from the investigative task force formed 12 years after the incident. The report also revealed that they were not murdered due to any official or professional reasons. ...

Vice Chairman of the National Consensus Commission Prof Ali Riaz on Saturday said the commission’s objective is to formulate a National Charter based on consensus aimed at fully restoring the democracy in Bangladesh. “We want to reach the consensus through discussion within a set timeframe. For state reconstruction and establishing a democratic order, political parties and alliances will need to ...