Bangladesh

The High Court on Wednesday scrapped 11 cases, including a sedition and 10 sabotage cases, against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. An HC bench comprising Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain delivered the verdict, following hearings on separate petitions. The cases were filed on charges of arson, violence and sedition with different police stations in Dhaka at different times ...

Former deputy commissioner (DC) of Mirpur Division Jasim Uddin, warranted accused in the July-August genocide case, has been arrested from Rangpur. Prosecutor Abdullah Al Noman confirmed the information to media on Wednesday morning. He is scheduled to be produced before the International Crimes Tribunal today. He is being brought to the tribunal in connection with charges related to the July-August ...

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), the financial intelligence agency of the central bank, has summoned bank account details of 28 journalists. The BFIU has sent letters to various banks of the country seeking information about them, sources familiar with the development said Tuesday. After receiving the letter from the Ministry of Information, BFIU wrote to the banks and asked for ...

Police have arrested former Agriculture Minister Dr Abdus Shahid from Uttara in the capital. He was arrested at about 1AM on Wednesday from his Uttara residence during a raid, Uttara Paschim Police Station OC Md Hafizur Rahman confirmed. Abdus Shahid, lawmaker from  Moulvibazar-4 constituency, was appointed Agriculture Minister following the 12th national parliamentary election. From 2009 to 2014, he served ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has started the process of taking the party’s chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia abroad for advanced medical treatment. Professor Dr AZM Zahid Hossain, BNP standing committee member and Khaleda Zia’s personal physician, told The Daily Observer Online on Tuesday (October 29) evening. Dr Zahid Hossain said Begum Khaleda Zia will be taken to London first by a ...

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman and two commissioners have resigned from their posts. ACC Chairman Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah, and two Commissioners Md Zahurul Haque and Asia Khatun who were appointed during the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government have resigned showing “personal grounds.” They have resigned after two and a half months into changing of the government through a mass uprising. ...

A search committee has been formed to establish the Election Commission, said Law Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul on Tuesday. “The interim government’s election journey to hold the next general election has started. This will be an extraordinary election. Voter list will be updated.” The recommendation has been submitted to the Chief Adviser for signature and official notification will be ...

Students of seven colleges affiliated to Dhaka University again blocked Science Lab intersection in the capital, demanding the formation of an independent university for their institutions. Around 11AM on Tuesday, they gathered inside Dhaka College and brought out a procession from there around 12:15PM and later took position at Science Lab, suspending vehicular movement in and around the area. “We ...

A writ petition seeking to ban the political activities of 11 parties, including the Bangladesh Awami League and the Jatiya Party, has been officially withdrawn. The petition, which had also called for the 10th, 11th, and 12th national elections to be declared illegal, was dismissed at the High Court on Tuesday. The High Court bench of Justice Fatema Najib and ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk reached in Dhaka on Tuesday morning on a two-day visit. Toufique Hasan, director general and spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, welcomed him at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. During his visit, the High Commissioner is scheduled to meet Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus. The UN rights chief will meet a number ...