Bangladesh

BNP International Affairs Secretary Barrister Rumeen Farhana on Sunday alleged that she was physically shoved by fellow party men during a hearing on constituency boundary disputes at the Election Commission in Dhaka. The incident occurred during a hearing on the demarcation of Brahmanbaria-2 and Brahmanbaria-3 constituencies at the Election Commission headquarters in Agargaon. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Ahsan Habib Nasir ...

Bangladesh has firmly rejected Pakistan’s assertion that all unresolved matters related to 1971 Liberation War; particularly the issues of war crimes, genocide and accountability, have already been settled. The statement came in response to comments made by Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar during his official visit to Dhaka. Speaking to the media in Dhaka on Sunday, ...

A physical altercation occurred between two groups during the hearing over demands and objections related to the redrawing of boundaries for Brahmanbaria-2 and Brahmanbaria-3 constituencies at the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday afternoon. The hearing began around noon at the EC auditorium in Agargaon, chaired by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir Uddin, with senior secretary Akhtar Ahmed ...

Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, currently visiting Dhaka, has stated that the unresolved issue of 1971 between Bangladesh and Pakistan has been settled twice. He emphasized the need to move forward. On Sunday (24 August) morning, Ishaq Dar held a meeting with Bangladesh’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Tauhid Hossain at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka. ...

Bangladesh and Pakistan have signed six agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation across various sectors. The signing took place in the presence of Bangladesh’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Tauhid Hossain and Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar. The bilateral meeting between the two leaders began around 10:45 AM on Sunday at ...

Bangladesh and Pakistan officially begin meeting at the foreign ministerial level, photo: Collected A meeting is currently underway between Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain and Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar at Hotel Sonargaon in Dhaka. Dar arrived in the Bangladeshi capital on Saturday for a two-day official visit at the invitation of the government of ...

A high-level delegation of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami met with Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday afternoon during his ongoing official visit to Dhaka. The meeting took place at the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka at around 4:45 PM and was led by Jamaat-e-Islami’s Nayeb-e-Ameer (Vice Chairman) Abdullah Muhammad Taher. The delegation included prominent party leaders: Dr. ...

The Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) has called for unresolved issues from the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War to be addressed as a prerequisite for improving relations between Bangladesh and Pakistan. The appeal came during a meeting with Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Muhammad Ishaq Dar, who is visiting Dhaka. The meeting, held on Saturday evening at Pakistan High Commission ...

Akhtar Hossain, member secretary of the Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP), has said that they will not participate in any upcoming national elections unless a new constitution is adopted. Speaking at a press conference held at the party’s temporary central office at Bangla Motor in Dhaka on Saturday, Akhtar emphasized that holding elections under the existing constitutional framework would undermine democratic ...

Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said that strict steps will be taken to prevent entering any kind of weapons in the country, not only during the election period, but also at other times. Jahangir Alam, also the adviser of the ministry of agriculture, made the remark while responding to reporters’ queries after visiting the Bangladesh ...