Bangladesh

The government has extended the term of six reform commissions until February 15, following their establishment after the government’s fall. This extension was announced through six separate notifications issued by the Cabinet Division on Monday (January 20). The commissions whose terms have been extended include: Election System Reform Commission, Police Administration Reform Commission, Judiciary Reform Commission, Anti-Corruption Reform Commission, Public ...

The government has unveiled redesigned uniforms for Police, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), and Ansar forces as part of a modernization initiative for Bangladesh’s law enforcement agencies. Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury announced the changes after a Law and Order Committee meeting at the Secretariat on Monday. Each force will now have distinct uniform colors to enhance ...

Police have arrested the Dhaka-7 constituency’s former Awami League lawmaker Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin from Mohammadpur in the capital. He was arrested early Monday from the area by a team of Detective Branch (DB) of police. Mohiuddin, also the president of Bangladesh Medical Associations (BMA), was shown arrested under the Special Power Act, said Dhaka Metropolitan Deputy Commissioner for Media and ...

Anisul Huq, former law minister, Salman F Rahman, private industry affairs adviser to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina; and Zunaid Ahmed Palak, former ICT state minister; and 13 others were shown arrested on Monday in new different cases. Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ziadur Rahman shown them arrested after concerned investigation officers prayed to show them arrested in the cases. ...

A Bangladeshi couple returned home through the Benapole check post on Sunday after serving five years’ of jail in India. The returnees are Md Rashid Sheikh, 40, and his wife Jhorna Khatun, 32, from Mallik Para village in Jhikargachha upazila of Jashore. The Petrapole immigration police handed them over to the Benapole Immigration Police on Sunday evening through a special ...

The government announced a significant step towards a tobacco-free Bangladesh, with new amendments to the Tobacco Control (TC) Law expected to strengthen the country’s fight against tobacco consumption. Professor Dr. Mohammad Sayadur Rahman, Special Assistant (State-ministerial Rank) to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, highlighted the government’s efforts in controlling tobacco use and reducing its impact on public health. ...

New Chargé d’ affaires of the US Embassy in Dhaka, Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson, met with Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain and Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin, respectively, on Monday. During the meetings, they discussed shared interests and priorities between the United States and Bangladesh, according to a spokesperson from the US Embassy. Ambassador Jacobson underscored the strong partnership ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has urged Argentina to build on the emotional footballing ties that Bangladesh has with the country to increase bilateral cooperation in different fields, including trade. “We have an emotional connection. We can build on that. The ground is ready. We can take it to other fields,” Dr Yunus said on Sunday, noting Bangladeshi people’s overwhelming ...

The interim government is prioritising the prosecution of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her associates for their alleged involvement in murders and enforced disappearances, said CA’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Sunday. Speaking at the opening of a training programme for agricultural journalists at the Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) in the capital, Alam said some 3,500 people went ...

BNP paid homage to its founder and former President Ziaur Rahman on Sunday on the occasion of his 89th birth anniversary. Thousands of BNP leaders and activists, led by its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, placed wreaths at Zia’s Sher-e-Banglanagar grave around 11:15am They later offered fateha following a special munajat seeking salvation of the departed soul of Zia. ...