Bangladesh

Adviser for Home Affairs Brigadier General (Retd.) M Sakhawat Hossain has said media outlets will be shut down if they indulge in flattery. “The media will be closed, if you indulge in flattery. I promise you if the media is flattering, then the media will be shut down.” Sakhawat Hossain made this comment after visiting the injured police members at ...

Syed Refaat Ahmed was sworn in as the 25th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. The oath-taking ceremony was held at the Darbar Hall of the president’s official residence around 12:45pm on Sunday. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to the chief justice.  

Advisers Supradip Chakma and Bidhan Ranjan Roy of the interim government took oaths on Sunday (August 11). President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath at Bangabhaban. Now, the size of the interim government, so far, has reached 16, including the chief adviser. Interim government Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus was present in the oath taking ceremony.  

Members of Bangladesh Navy took Mohammad Ali, the former lawmaker from Noakhali-6 under their custody. They also took Mohammad Ali’s wife Ayesha Ferdous and his son Ashiq Ali, chairman of Hatiya upazila parishad. A team of navy, led by Hatiya camp commander, went to Charkailash residence of Mohammad Ali under Hatiya municipality and took the trio from there. Ali’s wife ...

Officials and employees, who have been deprived of posts, titles and promotions for the past 17 years, have given a 48-hour ultimatum to the Ministry of Public Administration. The ultimatum came from a meeting held at the secretariat on Sunday. Around three hundred officials and employees were present in the meeting. BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s PS Abdus Sattar chaired the ...

President Mohammad Shahabuddin on Saturday appointed Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed as the 25th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. The appointment was announced by Bangabhaban, and a notification has also been issued by the Ministry of Law on Saturday night. The notification reads,” President Md. Shahabuddin, exercising his authority under Article 95(1) of the Constitution, has appointed Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed as ...

Hundreds of students on Saturday gathered on the High Court premises demanding resignation of the chief justice and the judges of the Appellate Division. The students from different institutions started gathering on the court premises around 10:30am with processions. They demanded resignation of the chief justice by 1pm. Responding to question, Hasnat Abdullah, one of the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination ...

Chief Adviser to the interim government Dr Muhammad Yunus has offered prayer at the grave of Abu Sayed in Rangpur’s Pirganj upazila. At about 11am on Saturday, Prof Yunus reached Abu Sayed’s house at Jaforpara Babonpur by a helicopter. After offering prayer at the grave, he talked to the family members of slain Abu Sayed, a student of Begum Rokeya ...

Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan suddenly postponed his scheduled meeting with all judges from both the High Court Division and the Appellate Division. Confirming the matter at 10am on Saturday, Supreme Court’s public relation officer Md Shafiqul Islam said that the full court meeting will not be held today. The chief justice called the full court meeting at 10:30am to discuss how ...

Adviser to the ministry of law, justice and parliamentary affairs Asif Nazrul has started his first day at the secretariat. He went to the secretariat at about 9:35am on Saturday (August 10). Law and justice division secretary Golam Sarwar and others officials welcomed him there. After that, Asif Nazrul held a meeting with them. Ashif Nazril, who is a professor ...