Bangladesh

Illegal foreigners will not be allowed to stay in Bangladesh, said Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday. He gave this warning while briefing reporters after a meeting on law and order in preparation for the 31st night at the Secretariat on Sunday. A circular in this regard will be issued.

Nine Bangladeshis, who suffered jail terms in India for reportedly entering the neighbouring country illegally, returned home on Saturday night. The returnees are Sujan Fakir, 28, Abdul Monab, 30, Redwan, 25, Nur Alam , 30, Tajir Islam, 28, Shahjahan Gazi, 35, Md Khairul Islam, 29, Samad Mia, 23, Md Shahadat Hossain, 34. They all hail from Jashore, Narail, Sunamganj, Khulna, ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today (Dec 8) upheld a High Court verdict that scrapped five labour law cases against Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus, also the incumbent Chief Adviser of the interim government. A three-member SC bench headed by Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam issued the order, dismissing a leave to appeal petition filed against the High ...

The Election Commission (EC) is taking preparation for the upcoming national elections. For this, the draft voter list will be published on January 2. EC urged all to correct any errors in their National Identity Cards (NIDs) by this time. The EC’s Public Relations Office informed this on Sunday (December 8). EC’s director (Public Relations) Md Shariful Alam said that ...

Jubo Dal, Swechchhasebak Dal and Chhatra Dal, three affiliated organisations of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), started march towards the Indian High Commission in the capital to submit a memorandum. They brought out the march from in front of the BNP’s Nayapaltan central office around 11:25AM on Sunday. Centering the programme, since 9:30AM, thousands of leaders and activists of the organisations ...

The interim government has assumed the responsibility that comes with the office they hold, not ‘power’, like the political parties adopt after forming a government following elections. Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter told this while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion on Saturday. Gana-Akangkha Mancha organised the discussion titled ‘Mass Aspirations, Mass Uprising: Expectations, Achievements and Review ...

A total of 19, 040 people were killed in the country between 2019 and August 2024, the last six years of Awami League (AL) regime. According to the police headquarters, around 280 people were killed per month and 952 killings took place in July-August this year, an average of 476 each month. The crime statistics were published on the website ...

As many as 92 people became martyrs at Uttara in the capital during the July Revolution against Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government. It was disclosed by leaders of the July Revolutionary Alliance while addressing a press conference at Uttara Friends Club ground early Saturday (December 7) afternoon. According to the organization, of the martyrs at Uttara, 25 were students, 19 ...

Urging the interim government to quickly present an election roadmap, BNP senior leader Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has said that people must be oriented towards elections through a clear electoral roadmap. “The interim government’s commitment was to establish an anti-discriminatory state, but it is not wise to stay in power indefinitely in the name of reforms.” He made this comment ...

A group of retired Armed Forces officers, under the banner of the ‘National Unity and Solidarity Council,’ on Saturday urged all to get united against, what they described, Indian aggression. Speaking at a demonstration at RAWA (Retired Armed Forces Officers’ Welfare Association)Complex premises in the capital on Saturday (December 7), the retired Armed Forces officers called for greater national unity ...