Bangladesh

Denouncing an attack on the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said he expects Indians to respect the democratic aspirations of the citizens of the new Bangladesh, reports UNB. He said, “We hope that Indians would respect the democratic aspirations of the citizens of the new Bangladesh and help the trial ...

A protest letter was on Tuesday (December 3) handed over to Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pranay Verma after summoning him at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over the attack on Bangladesh mission in Agartala, the capital city of the north eastern state of Tripura. Following a half hour long meeting with Acting Foreign Secretary Reaz Hamidullah, the protes letter ...

A Chittagong court on Tuesday deferred the hearing by one month on bail petition of former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari in a sedition case. The court set January 2 for holding the next hearing. The Chittagong Metropolitan Session Judge Saiful Islam set the new date around 11AM as the defence lawyer was not present in the court. Chittagong ...

The government of Bangladesh on Monday said it “deeply resents” the “violent demonstration and attack” by a large group of protesters of the Hindu Sangharsh Samity of Agartala on the premises of the Assistant High Commission of Bangladesh in Agartala. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, underlined that this “heinous attack” on a diplomatic mission of Bangladesh and ...

The Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala, the northeast state of Tripura, India, has come under attack on Monday noon. Sources said that thousands of people took out a massive rally around the Bangladeshi mission in Tripura, protesting the arrest of ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das, demand his immediate release, and the stoppage of alleged attacks on minorities in Bangladesh. ...

The Election Commissioner will publish the final voter list by March 2 next year, said Election Commissioner Brig Gen (Retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah. After publishing the list, the representatives of the commission will be send door to door to update the voter list. Sanaullah told this while talking to reporters after the first meeting of the 14th Election Commission ...

Former ministers Dr Dipu Moni, Hasanul Haque Inu and Rashed Khan Menon have been shown arrested in different cases filed with three police stations in the capital. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Imran Ahmed passed the orders on Monday. Inu was shown arrested in the case filed over the killing of garment worker Sohan Shah in Rampura area of the capital during ...

Corruption in large-scale public projects has caused an average cost escalation of 70 per cent and delays of over five years, according to the white paper on the state of the economy. Of the $60 billion invested in ADP and development projects over the past 15 years, $14-24 billion (1.61-2.80 lakh crore BDT) has been lost to political extortion, bribery, ...

The White Paper on Bangladesh’s economy reveals extensive corruption across public and private sectors, stifling growth, with annual illicit outflows averaging USD 16 billion-over double the combined foreign aid and FDI inflows. The findings, presented by a committee led by economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, at a press conference at the NEC conference room in the capital on Sunday, exposed a ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the High Court’s earlier order declaring August 15 as National Mourning Day’. The Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed passed this order. Earlier, the interim government on August 13 cancelled the general holiday on August 15 at a meeting of the advisory council. The Awami League ...