Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s judicial process is transparent like the water of the Buriganga river now, said BNP senior joint secretary general Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday. Referring to the remarks of foreign minister Hasan Mahmud about Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus, he said, “Certainly, the judicial process is transparent, but it’s like the water of the river Buriganga.” Water of the ...

The High Court on Wednesday asked the authorities concerned to pay Tk 30 lakh as compensation to 13-year-old Nayeem, who lost his hand while working at a workshop. An HC bench of Justice Naima Hayder and Justice Kazi Zinat Haque passed this order today disposing a rule over the matter. After the court order, lawyers said Tk 7,000 would have ...

Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has appreciated growing connectivity with Bangladesh and its huge impact on the two countries, specially the Northeast India. “For the first time in Bangladesh history, they have actually allowed Indians to go through Bangladesh and use Bangladeshi ports,” he said, acknowledging its huge impact on India’s Northeast, reports UNB. The fact is that, ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday called upon the political parties to carry out non-violent constructive programmes to uphold constitutional rights of the people and democracy in the country. “Elections boycotting parties are staging political programmes fully independently. I hope the parties to shun the path of violence, anarchy and conduct non-violent constructive programmes for people’s welfare and democracy,” he said. ...

Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, member of parliament (MP) from Rangpur-6 (Pirganj) constituency of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS), was elected on Tuesday as Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad unanimously for the fourth consecutive term, reports BSS. The first sitting of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad began with Deputy Speaker Shamsul Huq Tuku in the chair and announced for Speaker election in ...

Leader of the opposition GM Quader on Tuesday said he has doubts about how the 12th parliament will be able to perform its duties perfectly. He said 75 per cent of the seats in this parliament belong to the ruling party, while the independent MPs – mostly linked to Awami League – comprises 21 per cent, reports UNB. The opposition ...

Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui has been appointed as the new Director-General (DG) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). He replaces outgoing DG Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a circular in this regard on Tuesday (January 30). The circular said the appointment would ‘take immediate effect’.

India is considering to issue on-arrival visas for Bangladesh nationals, said Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Kumar Verma on Tuesday. He said his country would discuss the matter in future. The Indian High Commissioner was talking to reporters after meeting with Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Faruque Khan at his office at the secretariat in Dhaka on Tuesday (January ...

BNP standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan has been released after an hour he was picked up by police. He was released at about 3:15pm on Tuesday (January 30). Confirming the matter, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)’s Uttara Zone’s additional deputy commissioner (ADC) Mirza Salahuddin said police released Moyeen Khan. He was neither detained nor arrested. He was picked up ...

The maiden session of the 12th Parliament began at 3pm on Tuesday with Deputy Speaker Shamshul Huq Tuku in the chair. President Mohammed Shahabuddin convened the first parliament session of 2024 exercising the power bestowed upon him as per the Article 72 (1) of the Constitution. Out of 299 seats in the 12th parliamentary election, Awami League won 223, Jatiya ...