Bangladesh

A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent Bidisha Ershad, former second wife of late president and Jatiya Party founder Hussain Muhammad Ershad, to jail after rejecting her bail petition in a fraud case filed with Gulshan Police Station. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Aminul Islam Junaid passed the order after a hearing in the afternoon, said public prosecutor Syed Golam Murtuza Ibn-e-Islam. Bidisha’s ...

People throughout the country are observing the holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi today with due religious solemnity, commemorating the birth and death anniversary of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). In Dhaka, thousands of people gathered at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital to celebrate Eid-e-Miladunnabi (SA), where devotees from Dhaka and different parts of the country started arriving at the venue in the ...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir has renounced his British citizenship, and there was no violation of the law in his oath-taking as state minister, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman said on Tuesday. “As far as State Minister Humaiun Kobir is concerned, he has renounced his British citizenship. There was no violation of the law in ...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday expressed its willingness to extend full cooperation to Bangladesh in its overall reform process, including legal and judicial reforms and constitutional amendments. The UNDP has shown the keenness when its Resident Representative Stephen Rodriques paid a courtesy call on the Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed at his ministry office in Bangladesh Secretariat in ...

Denmark’s support will play an effective role in addressing Dhaka’s growing demand for safe drinking water and tackling the capital’s water crisis, Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan has said. He said Denmark could become an important partner of Bangladesh in water supply, waste management and development assistance, including investment in infrastructure projects. The minister ...

Jamaat-e-Islami will hold a long march from Dhaka’s Shapla Chattar to Chattogram’s Laldighi Maidan on 5 September, with roadside rallies at several points along the route, the party’s Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar said on Tuesday. Speaking at a briefing at the party’s central office, Parwar said the march would begin at 7:00 AM from Shapla Chattar and is expected ...

NCP Chairman and lawmaker Hasnat Abdullah has accused State Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Humayun Kabir of dodging a question with regard to renunciation of his British citizenship. In an open letter on Facebook posted late Monday evening, Hasnat opined that the answer should be straightforward either yes or no and if Kabir had indeed renounced his citizenship he ...

Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury paid a courtesy call on President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at Bangabhaban on Monday afternoon. During the meeting, the chief justice congratulated Fakhrul on assuming office as president and briefed him on the Supreme Court’s activities, court operations and challenges facing the judiciary, according to President’s Press Secretary Md Sarwar Alam. The chief justice highlighted ...

The government has introduced new rules governing the entry, stay, visa renewal and investment-related privileges of foreign nationals in Bangladesh under the “New Visa Policy 2026.” Under the new policy, foreigners who illegally remain in Bangladesh after their visas expire will face fines of up to Tk 3,000 per day. Sponsoring organisations may also be fined up to Tk 200,000 ...

A Dhaka court on Monday granted bail to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s private industry and investment adviser Salman F Rahman in a case filed over the alleged assault, intimidation and forced resignation of a former CEO of Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited (BIFFL). Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbub Alam granted the bail after a hearing, directing Salman to furnish a Tk500 ...