Bangladesh

Election Commission (EC) will release the draft list of polling centers for the upcoming national election on September 10. The information was confirmed in an official letter signed by EC Deputy Secretary Md. Mahbub Alam Shah on Wednesday. According to the letter, “Polling Center Establishment and Management Guidelines-2025” has already been approved by the Commission and was published in the ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was admitted to United Hospital in Dhaka early Wednesday, hours after he was returning home from Thailand. Prof AZM Zahid Hossain, a member of the party standing committee, said Fakhrul was taken to the hospital after he suddenly fell sick at his Gulshan residence at 12 midnight. His condition is stable as he ...

BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said that citizens across Bangladesh are waiting with anticipation to exercise their right to vote in the next national election, after being denied meaningful participation in recent polls. Speaking in Kathmandu on Tuesday, the former commerce minister stressed that the upcoming election, scheduled for February next year, carries special significance for ...

Cybersecurity remains a critical concern for Bangladesh’s banking sector in lead-up to the upcoming national elections, warned Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser at Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology. Speaking at a seminar titled “Cyber in Financial Sector of Bangladesh: Security in Digital Future,” held at a hotel in Dhaka, Faiz revealed that only 17 ...

A court in Dhaka has registered an attempted murder case naming 98 individuals; among them, ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The case was filed by Mushfiqur Rahman Abir, a BNP activist, who accused the defendants of a brutal assault during a campaign event in December 2022. According to the complaint lodged with Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court by Magistrate Zakir ...

BNP has raised objections to the preamble and clauses 2, 3, and 4 of the final draft of July Charter, saying the preamble contains “false information.” BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed made the remarks while exchanging views with journalists at his residence in Gulshan on Tuesday (19 August) morning. The BNP leader said some issues that were never discussed ...

Army Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman has said Bangladesh Army is fully prepared to assist the government in holding a free, fair, and impartial national election. “The country is heading towards elections. The army has made all necessary preparations to support the government in ensuring a free and neutral election,” he told an ‘Officers’ Address’ at Dhaka Cantonment on Tuesday morning. Senior ...

A Dhaka court on Tuesday imposed a travel ban on Maj. Gen. (retd) Md Salahuddin Miaji, former military secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and ex-MP for Jhenaidah-3, along with his wife Najma Begum and daughters, Samiha Shabnam and Riya Shabnam Miaji. The order came from Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md. Zakir Hossain Galib following a petition by the Anti-Corruption ...

The European Union (EU) wants free, fair and credible elections in line with international standards. Ambassador and Head of the EU delegation to Bangladesh Michael Miller made this remark on Tuesday while talking to reporters after a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin. He announced that the EU will provide a support package of 4 million euros to ...

Stating that the government is committed to hold elections in February, Law Adviser Asif Nazrul has said that there is no way to delay. ”After that, the interim government will exit.” He made the remarks on Tuesday while responding to journalists’ questions at the Secretariat. ”Such discussions are part of the political process.” Adviser Asif Nazrul said, ”It is the ...