Bangladesh

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has assured the UK that Bangladesh’s upcoming general election will be inclusive and participatory, while confirming that Awami League will be barred from contesting due to its suspension under anti-terrorism laws. He made the remarks on Thursday evening during a meeting with visiting British Minister for International Development Baroness Jenny Chapman at the State Guest ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has thanked Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus for announcing that the national referendum and parliamentary election will be held on the same day. The party expressed its appreciation following a three-hour meeting of its Standing Committee at chairperson’s office in Gulshan on Thursday night. After the meeting, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told reporters ...

Interim government’s National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman will travel to New Delhi on 19 November to join a high-level gathering of National Security Advisers from the Indo-Pacific region. He is scheduled to participate in the seventh meeting of Colombo Security Conclave (CSC), which will be held in the Indian capital on 20 November. The two-day visit follows an invitation extended ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin has signed the ‘July Charter Implementation Order’, marking a new phase in Bangladesh’s post-July Uprising political transition. This information was confirmed by the President’s Office on Thursday (November 13).

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said that referendum will be arranged on the same day of national elections. He made the announcement in an address to the nation on Thursday (November 13) afternoon. ”The ‘July Charter Implementation Order’ has been approved in the advisers council,” he added.

Newly appointed French Ambassador to Bangladesh Jean-Marc Sere-Charlet met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday and discussed Bangladesh’s current political situation and the upcoming national election. BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Joint Secretary General Humayun Kabir and Organising Secretary Shama Obaed were also present at the meeting. Both sides discussed matters of mutual interest, ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has urged to Inspire the children and youth to the global stage overcoming the borders. ”No child should feel excluded. Every child has something special — our task is to help them find it joyfully, without pressure, through self-discovery. The Chief Adviser made the remarks at the prize giving ceremony of ‘Notun Kuri’ competition 2025 ...

Seven vehicles were torched in seven hours from Wednesday night to Thursday morning in Dhaka Tangail, Munshiganj, Gopalganj, and Shariatpur. Fire Service Control Room duty officer Rashedul Khalid confirmed the incidents on Thursday morning. He said fire incidents were reported on a four-wheeler in Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station around 2:45AM, a Trust Paribahan passenger bus near Pallabi Police Station around ...

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has said that the Election Commission wants to act as a true referee in the upcoming national election. ”But if the players do not cooperate, the Election Commission will lose its impartiality and the entire election process will be questioned.” The CEC made the remarks while addressing the Commission’s views-exchange with six political parties, ...

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver its verdict in crimes against humanity case against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and co-accused on November 17. Around 12:09 PM, a three-member tribunal, led by Chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, set the date. Two other accused in the case are former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former inspector general of police ...