Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala, the northeast state of Tripura, India, has come under attack on Monday noon. Sources said that thousands of people took out a massive rally around the Bangladeshi mission in Tripura, protesting the arrest of ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das, demand his immediate release, and the stoppage of alleged attacks on minorities in Bangladesh. ...

The Election Commissioner will publish the final voter list by March 2 next year, said Election Commissioner Brig Gen (Retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah. After publishing the list, the representatives of the commission will be send door to door to update the voter list. Sanaullah told this while talking to reporters after the first meeting of the 14th Election Commission ...

Former ministers Dr Dipu Moni, Hasanul Haque Inu and Rashed Khan Menon have been shown arrested in different cases filed with three police stations in the capital. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Imran Ahmed passed the orders on Monday. Inu was shown arrested in the case filed over the killing of garment worker Sohan Shah in Rampura area of the capital during ...

Corruption in large-scale public projects has caused an average cost escalation of 70 per cent and delays of over five years, according to the white paper on the state of the economy. Of the $60 billion invested in ADP and development projects over the past 15 years, $14-24 billion (1.61-2.80 lakh crore BDT) has been lost to political extortion, bribery, ...

The White Paper on Bangladesh’s economy reveals extensive corruption across public and private sectors, stifling growth, with annual illicit outflows averaging USD 16 billion-over double the combined foreign aid and FDI inflows. The findings, presented by a committee led by economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, at a press conference at the NEC conference room in the capital on Sunday, exposed a ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the High Court’s earlier order declaring August 15 as National Mourning Day’. The Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed passed this order. Earlier, the interim government on August 13 cancelled the general holiday on August 15 at a meeting of the advisory council. The Awami League ...

The committee formed to prepare a “White Paper” on the state of economy submitted its report to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday. Eminent economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, the chair of the committee, led the delegation while submitting the report at a ceremony held at the Chief Adviser’s Tejgaon offiec. On August 21, the interim government decided to publish ...

Former lawmaker (reserved seat) from Cox’s Bazar’s Chakaria-Pekua upazila Safia Khatun was arrested from Pallabi in Dhaka city on Saturday night in a case over the murder of a youth during the recent mass uprising. Talebur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner (Media) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), said that police arrested the former vice-president of Mahila Awami League Safia from Balughat ...

Ulama-Mashayekh Bangladesh held a press conference at the National Press Club on Sunday, calling for justice for the victims of the 2018 attack on Tablighi Jamaat followers, students, and teachers during Bishwa Ijtema in Tongi. Mufti Amanul Haq described the incident near the Turag River as a “barbaric act,” lamenting that six years have passed without justice. Recounting the events, ...

BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has been acquitted in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Judge Md Manzurul Hossain of the Dhaka Special Judge Court-8 pronounced the judgement on Sunday in presence of Khandaker Mosharraf. The BNP leader’s lawyer Borhan Uddin confirmed the news. On January 10, 2008, the ACC lodged the case with Ramna ...