Bangladesh

Abu Sayeed, a student of the Department of English at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur (BRUR), has posthumously passed his final graduation exam for the 2019-2020 academic year with a CGPA of 3.30 out of 4. He ranked 14th in the combined merit list, according to the results published on Sunday. Abu Sayeed tragically lost his life in police firing ...

A group of students besieged Dhaka Education Board demanding cancellation of the results this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations. They have started protest in front of the main gate of the education board at Bakshibazar in the capital since 12:30PM on Sunday. Around 1:45PM they entered inside breaking the lock of the gate. The students said that the ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has been acquitted from defamation case charge. Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court JUdge Arafatur Rakib passe this order on Sunday. Four other BNP leaders also acquitted from the case. They are the party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, standing committee members Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and Gayeshwar ...

The Appellate Division of Supreme Court on Sunday resolved the review petition against its earlier order that declared the 16th Amendment to the Constitution is unconstitutional and illegal. Now, the Supreme Judicial Council will have the power to remove the top court judges. A six-member bench of the Appellate Division of the SC, led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer, Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, has committed to serving the people rather than ruling over them, should his party be entrusted with the responsibility of leading the country in the future. Addressing a member conference in Naogaon on Saturday, Dr. Shafiqur told, “If given the responsibility to lead, we will not be the masters of the people but their ...

Extending wholehearted support to the interim government for a free and fair election, Gano Forum on Saturday called for national unity to address the challenges and proceed towards a credible election through a strong and competent Election Commission. “We want free, fair and neutral elections. Today’s government is the people’s government. We will extend support to the government wholeheartedly for ...

The Supreme Court on Sunday will hold the hearing on the review petition against the Appellate Division’s verdict that declared the 16th amendment to the constitution illegal. A six-member Appellate Division bench, led by Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed, will conduct the hearing. Petitioner lawyer Manzill Murshid will represent the writ, while Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman will appear for ...

Outsourcing employees of government institutions blocked Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka on Saturday morning, demanding nationalisation of their jobs. Hundreds of employees gathered at Shahbagh at around 10:30am, halting traffic movement in the surrounding areas. Many passengers were seen getting off the buses and started walking to reach their destinations, they added. A protester said “Our one-point demand is nationalisation of ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk is scheduled to pay a three-day official visit to Bangladesh in the last week of October. “We are working on this,” a senior official told UNB. The UN Human Rights chief is expected to meet Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and other stakeholders to have broad discussions on rights issues, including the ...

A court in Dhaka on Friday sent Trinamool BNP Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury to jail in a case filed over murder of Jubo Dal leader Shamim in 2023. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Afnan Sumi passed the order as investigation officer of the case Tonmoy Kumar Biswas produced Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury before the court and pleaded to keep him behind the ...