Bangladesh

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to London at an early hours or Friday morning by a Qatar government-provided air ambulance for advanced treatment if everything goes weel, said her personal physician Prof Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain. He disclosed the decision while speaking to reporters at a press conference in front of Evercare Hospital around 2:45PM on Thursday.Media Monitoring ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in a case filed over crimes against humanity committed during the July Mass Uprising. A three-member tribunal, headed by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder, issued this order after taking cognisance of the formal charge brought against Joy, former ICT ...

Muslims have been requested to offer prayers after Jum’a on Friday for speedy recovery of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Ziaat all mosques, while temples, churches and pagodas have been asked to hold prayers following respective religious traditions. People of all walks of life have also been urged to pray individually for her recovery. A Facebook post on ...

The Supreme Court’s Appellate Division has upheld the High Court’s order declaring both swearing-in and formation of the interim government led by Dr Muhammad Yunus valid. The court, at the same time, dismissed the leave-to-appeal petition submitted in this regard against the High Court’s judgment. A seven-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed, ...

A mild earthquake of 4.1-magnitude jolted Dhaka and nearby areas early Thursday. According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), the 4.1-magnitude quake struck at around 6:14AM, with its epicentre in Narsingdi’s Shibpur upazila, about 38 kilometres northeast of the BMD Seismic Observatory and Research Centre in Agargaon. The Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre placed the epicentre 33 kilometres east-northeast of Tongi and ...

Bangladesh has sent emergency humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka after devastating floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwa, acting on directives from the Chief Adviser. A Bangladesh Air Force special aircraft carrying relief supplies landed at Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport around 1:30pm Bangladesh time on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said in a press release. Bangladesh High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Andalib Elias ...

Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) has officially received its Election Commission registration with ‘Shapla Koli’ symbol, while strongly criticizing attempts to overturn recent amendments to the Representation of the People Order (RPO). NCP on Wednesday received its registration certificate from Election Commission (EC), along with the allocation of ‘Shapla Koli’ symbol. NCP convener Nahid Islam collected the certificate after a meeting ...

Registration for expatriate voters through Postal Vote BD app; introduced to facilitate voting from abroad in the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections, will remain open until December 25, the Election Commission (EC) said on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the EC stated that government employees who are unable to cast their votes at their designated centres can also register using ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has said that make the 13th Parliamentary Elections a festive occasion, so that the nation will remember it with pride. He made the comment while addressing the graduation ceremony of the National Defence Course (NDC) and Armed Forces War Course (AFWC) 2025 at the National Defence College at Mirpur Cantonment. Appreciating the armed forces for ...

The Bangladesh Army and Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) will conduct trial landing and takeoff of helicopters on two open fields near Evercare Hospital on Thursday according to the security protocol of the Special Security Force (SSF). The Chief Adviser’s press wing informed the matter in a press release on Wednesday. Authorities have requested all to avoid spreading any rumour or ...