Bangladesh

The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Thursday submitted formal charges against eight individuals, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, over an alleged staged law-enforcement raid that resulted in the deaths of nine people. Other high-profile accused include former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former inspector general of police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque, former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said that the repatriation of more than one million Rohingya refugees to their homeland in Myanmar’s Rakhine State remains the only viable and sustainable solution to the crisis. He urged the UN refugee agency to continue its active engagement to facilitate their safe return. The Chief Adviser made the remarks late Wednesday when the ...

US Ambassador in Dhaka Brent T Christensen paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Thursday morning. The courtesy meeting between Jamaat Ameer and US Ambassador was held at 8:00am at the party’s Bashundhara office in Dhaka. The meeting was held in a highly cordial and warm atmosphere. The US ambassador was accompanied by senior officials ...

In an exclusive profile published on Wednesday, TIME magazine identified Tarique Rahman, the newly appointed Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), as the “clear front runner” for the upcoming national elections on February 12. The feature, titled ‘Bangladesh’s Prodigal Son’, marks Rahman’s first major international interview since his return to Dhaka on December 25, 2025, following 17 years in ...

Saudi ambassador in Dhaka Dr Abdullah ibn Dhafer ibn Ubayya on Wednesday called on religious affairs adviser Dr AFM Khalid Hossain and discussed matters related to Hajj management, particularly the house rent issues. “Hajj-related activities are progressing in line with a roadmap, and we are relentlessly working to complete house rent contracts in time,” a religious affairs ministry spokesman quoted ...

An activist of Jamaat-e-Islami has succumbed to his injuries after his partymen engaged in a violent clash with BNP members at Jhenaigati upazila in Sherpur on Wednesday. At least 50 political activists from both sides were injured in the clash, with Jamaat claiming at least half of the victims were its men. The deceased has been identified as Rezaul Karim, ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said that the July movement fighters will one day lead the world. ”Just as the July movement opened new possibilities in the country’s politics, the Digital Devices and Innovation Expo will reveal new opportunities in the information technology sector,” the Chief Adviser said after inaugurating the Digital Device and Innovation Expo-2026.Politics He added, the ...

A court in Dhaka on Wednesday ordered that journalist Anis Alamgir be placed under arrest in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over allegations of acquiring assets beyond known sources of income. The order was issued by Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Fayez following an application by the ACC. Anis Alamgir’s lawyer Naznin Nahar confirmed the ...

United States Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T. Christensen said the United States will not take sides in the country’s upcoming 13th parliamentary election. He made the remarks on Wednesday afternoon after meeting Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin at the Election Commission building on Wednesday (28 January). “The outcome of the election is for the Bangladeshi people and only ...

A total of 425,788 expatriate voters have already cast their votes through postal ballot in the 13th parliamentary election and referendum, according to election officials. Salim Ahmad Khan, team leader of the OCV-SDI project on expatriate voter registration, disclosed the figures on Tuesday. Khan said that by 10:30am on 27 January, ballots had reached destination countries for 766,862 expatriate voters ...