Bangladesh

Interim Government’s Civil Aviation, Tourism and Land Adviser AF Hassan Ariff’s second namaj-e-janaza was held on the High Court premises on Saturday morning. Judges of the Supreme Court and High Court divisions, the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association and other lawyers attended the funeral. Earlier on Friday, after Esha prayers, Ariff’s first janaza was held at Baitul Aman ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home on Friday (December 20) evening wrapping up his Egypt tour to attend the 11th D-8 Summit. “A flight of Emirates Airlines carrying the chief adviser and his entourage reached the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 5:00pm,” Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told BSS. On Thursday (Dec 19), ...

Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Adviser AF Hassan Ariff has passed away. He died of heart attack at LabAid Hospital in the capital at about 3:10pm today (Friday). His assistant personal secretary (APS) Md Abed Chowdhury has confirmed about his death. Hassan Ariff’s son Muaaz Ariff said his father had suddenly fell down on the floor in their apartment. ...

DNA reports have confirmed that the flesh and bones recovered by the West Bengal police’s criminal investigating department (CID) as part of their investigation into the murder of Bangladesh MP Md Anwarul Azim (Anar) belonged to the slain lawmaker, reports Hindustan Times. The CID collected DNA samples from his daughter, Mumtarin Ferdous Doreen, who came to Kolkata in November this ...

Bangladesh has been named the ‘County of the year for 2024’ by The Economist, a London-based prestigious magazine. Every year, The Economist chooses one country that has shown the most remarkable improvement over the past year and this year Bangladesh was given the honour. Besides, Syria was the runner-up after ousting its autocrat, Bashar al-Assad. Argentina earned recognition for economic ...

A case has been filed with the Tongi West Police Station following a fatal clash between two factions of Tablighi Jamaat on Tongi Bishwa Ijtema grounds that killed four people. SM Alam Hossain, an associate of the Alami Shura in the Zubair faction in Kishoreganj, filed a murder case against 29 named and several hundred unnamed people on Thursday, said ...

BNP firmly believes in the freedom of speech, said the party’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday (December 19). “We believe in freedom of speech, we believe in democracy. Journalists were not sued in hundreds of cases during the BNP rule,” he said while addressing as the chief guest at a workshop titled ’31 Points’ at Madhabdi in Narisngdi at ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that the Chief Adviser’s remarks over the next general election is “unclear.” He made the remark while addressing a press conference at the BNP Chairperson’s office at Gulshan in the capital on Thursday (December 19). Mirza Fakhrul said since the Election Commission (EC) has been constituted, there is no need to ...

Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus Thursday (December 19) urged Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to settle the issues of 1971 to help Dhaka move forward with its relationship with Islamabad. “The issues have kept coming again and again. Let’s settle those issues for us to move forward,” he said during a meeting with Pakistan premier Shehbaz Sharif at a ...

RAB arrested former member of parliament from Bogura-6 constituency Ragebul Ahasan Ripu. There are a total of 13 cases against him, including murder, with various police stations in Bogura district. RAB’s Legal and Media Wing Director Lt. Col. Munim Ferdous gave this information on Thursday (December 19). He said that Ragebul Ahasan Ripu was hiding at Mohanganj in Netrakona district. ...