Bangladesh

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the political activities of 11 parties, including the Bangladesh Awami League and the Jatiya Party, has been officially withdrawn.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 ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday asked advisers to fast track the construction of the museum for the July-August mass uprising at the Gonobhaban. The Chief Adviser gave the instructions when he visited the Dhaka palace where ousted dictator Sheikh Hasina lived during the past 15 years, which became a symbol of repression and her brutal rule, reports UNB. ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday urged Saudi Arabia to invest more in Bangladesh and enhance energy and economic cooperation to boost ties between the two friendly nations. The Chief Advisers made the call when Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Essa Youssef Essa Al Duhailan paid a courtesy call on him at his office in Tejgaon, Dhaka. Ambassador Al Duhailan ...

Nepalese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ghanshyam Bhandari on Monday met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and discussed bilateral issues and the revival of Saarc to enhance regional cooperation. The hour-long meeting, which began around 10:30am, was held at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office in the capital, reports UNB. BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, party’s international affairs ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has announced that taxpayers no longer need to go to banks or tax offices to file their returns, a new initiative is being underway in this regard. In a video message on Monday, Yunus noted the role of taxes in powering the nation’s economy. “Dear countrymen…I would say two words (sentences) on income tax. The ...