Bangladesh

Stressing the importance of building trust between taxpayers and the government, Finance Adviser Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed has said that people must feel they are receiving services in return for the taxes they pay. ”In our country, the taxpayers get poor services. For this, they become angry. Meanwhile, in foreign countries, where people pay higher taxes, they receive quality public services.” ...

A Metropolitan Magistrate on Monday showed former ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s adviser Salman F Rahman, former law minister Anisul Huq and two others as arrested in a case filed over the killing of Mahfuzur Rahman during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in the capital’s Mirpur area. The other two accused shown arrested are former Dhaka North City Corporation mayor Atiqul ...

This year’s Durga Puja will be very festive, said Home Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury ”There are 33,000 mandaps across the country. In each mandap, the traditional religious brothers will have seven volunteers, eight ansars will be deployed. In addition, there will be police, RAB and army. Apart from these, 80,000 volunteers from the Ministry of Women ...

Gono Odhikar Parishad president Nurul Haque Nur left Dhaka for Singapore on Monday morning for advanced medical treatment. A flight of Bangladesh Airlines, carrying Nur and his physicians, departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at about 8:25AM. He will receive treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, his party sources informed. Nur was seriously injured during a police action at Kakrail in the ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus left Dhaka early Monday for New York to attend the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). An Emirates flight carrying him departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 1:40am. Five political leaders — BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, BNP acting chairman’s foreign affairs adviser Humayun Kabir, Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Syeed Abdullah Muhammad Taher, National Citizen ...

A state-appointed defence lawyer on Sunday argued before International Crimes Tribunal-1 that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina did not resign from office on August 5th, 2024, but was instead compelled to leave for India. Md Amir Hossain, representing Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, made the claim while cross-examining Nahid Islam, convenor of Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) and ...

Home Affairs adviser Lt Gen (retired) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said that members of law enforcement agencies will be on the field from September 24 to ensure peaceful celebrations of Durga Puja. “The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs will appoint 80,000 volunteers during the festival this year as it is important for all of us to remain vigilant.” ...

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that a deep-rooted conspiracy is underway to undermine Bangladesh’s independence and sovereignty. Speaking at a discussion held at the National Press Club on Sunday, Rizvi said, “Since August 5, the changed political situation has triggered threats from neighboring countries and the rise of various forces inside the country. This has ...

The National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam has said that the Awami League should be brought under trial as a political party without delay. He made the remarks on Sunday while speaking to journalists after giving testimony and facing cross-examination in the case over crimes against humanity committed during the July–August 2024 mass uprising against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh ...

Four prosecution witnesses testified on Sunday in three graft cases filed over alleged corruption in RAJUK plot allocations against ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, Sheikh Rehana’s daughter Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and several others. The witnesses, Eastern Housing Ltd’s Executive General Manager Mohammad Farhaduzzaman, Assistant Executive Member Himel Chandra Das, Operator Sheikh Shamsher Ali and Housing ...