Bangladesh

Three people have been arrested by police in connection with the murder of Dr AKM Abdur Rashid, a Bangladesh origin British physician, at his Hazaribagh residence in the capital on November 15 last. They were arrested from Dumuria in Khulna and Mohammadpur in Dhaka on Friday (November 29). Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)’s Ramna Division’s deputy commissioner (DC) Masud Alam stated ...

Bangladesh has said when the people of Bangladesh were setting glorious examples of religious harmony, unfortunately they observed how a “flurry of exaggerated, unfounded and fake” reports and deliberate spread of “misinformation and disinformation” by vested quarters regarding minority persecution. “Sadly, we saw it at this forum too. Many such propaganda have been debunked by global media,” said Permanent Representative ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir left Dhaka for London, UK, on Saturday morning on a 10-day visit. He is due to return to Dhaka on December 11. He alongwith his wife Rahat Ara Begum departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at 8:25AM, said BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan. It ...

A hospital in Kolkata’s Manicktala area said that it will no longer treat Bangladeshi patients, citing protests over alleged atrocities against minority Hindus in Bangladesh. An official from the JN Ray Hospital said that the decision was driven by incidents of disrespect shown towards the Indian flag by citizens of Bangladesh. “We have issued a notification that from today till ...

Father of slain Advocate Saiful Islam Alif on Friday night filed a murder case against 31 named persons and 10 to 15 unidentified individuals. The case was recorded early Saturday. Saiful’s father Jamal Uddin lodged the case with Kotwali Police Station, ADC (Public Relations) Kazi Tarek Aziz of the Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP). Meanwhile, another case was filed by Saiful’s ...

A Taka one-crore fund is being raised for slain lawyer Saiful Islam Alif under the supervision of Religious Affairs Adviser Dr. A. F. M. Khalid Hossain while humanitarian organization Alhaj Shamsul Hoque Foundation (ASHF) is collecting the fund. The religious affairs adviser said this at a press briefing after offering ziarat at the grave of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif in ...

Bangladesh government today strongly condemned the deplorable acts of desecrating the national flag of Bangladesh and the burning of the effigy of Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus in Kolkata, India. “The Government of Bangladesh calls upon the Government of India to take necessary measures in order to prevent occurrences of such incidents in the future,” said foreign ministry here in ...

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed today underscored the need for a triangular approach to public financial management (PFM), integrating the efforts of the public sector, private sector and citizens to ensure efficient, transparent and accountable financial services. “In our country, the main bottleneck is the institution itself. We have good programs and plans, but we must focus on implementation by ...

A recent survey by Voice of America (VOA) revealed that, following the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government through a student-led uprising on August 5, the interim government and law enforcement agencies have successfully maintained public satisfaction. The survey said that a majority of people believe the interim government is providing better security for religious and ethnic minorities compared to the ...

Chief of the Electoral Reform Commission Dr Badiul Alam Majudar on Friday said the perpetrators of crimes committed in the last three general elections should be punished. “Those who committed electoral crimes in the last three elections, they should be punished. The Election Commission (EC) committed the biggest crimes,” he said. Dr Majumdar made the comments while addressing a shadow-parliamentary ...