Bangladesh

The European Union (EU) will provide €68 million this year for the Rohingya response in Bangladesh and humanitarian aid for conflict-affected people in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbib announced during a meeting with Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus. Lahbib noted that while this year’s contribution surpasses the EU’s initial aid last year, it remains insufficient to prevent ...

A Dhaka court has ordered to arrest the six high-profile individuals, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s adviser on private industry and investment, Salman F Rahman, former Law Minister Anisul Huq and Food Minister Kamrul Islam, in connection with the murder of Atiqul Islam on March 3. Metropolitan Magistrate Partha Bhattacharya granted the arrest order on Monday following a hearing ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the High Court’s earlier verdict that acquitted BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from seven-year jail sentence and Tk 10 lakh fine in Zia Charitable Trust graft case. A three-member bench of the Appellate Division bench, led by Senior Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam, issued this order after holding appeal hearing. Earlier, the ...

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Sunday met Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin. The two sides had in-depth exchanges of views on China-Bangladesh relations and other issues of common concern.  

Currently, there are 12,37,32,274 voters in the country. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin announced the total number at the inauguration of National Voter Day in front of the Election Building in Agargaon on Sunday. The EC published the final list which was finalised in 2024. CEC Nasir Uddin said, “We have promised the nation to hold free, fair ...

All government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous organisations will go on from 9AM to 3:30PM as holy month of Ramadan begins today (Sunday). Meanwhile, banking transactions will begin at 9:30AM and continue until 2:30PM. But bank office hours will extend until 4PM. The offices will run with a 15-minute Zuhr prayer break from 1:15PM to 1:30PM every day. Currently, banks open ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee member, Salahuddin Ahmed, has raised questions about the newly formed Jatiya Nagorik Party’s (NCP) demands for a “Second Republic” and a “Constituent Assembly Election.” He stated that those advocating for these ideas either do not understand their implications or are conspiring to prolong an undemocratic process in the country. Speaking at a discussion titled ...

Press Secretary to the Chief Advisor, Shafiqul Alam, has stated that the government had no involvement in the requisition of five buses by the Pirojpur District Commissioner (DC) for transporting people to the unveiling ceremony of the newly formed political party, the Jatiya Nagorik Party. He claimed that the DC acted under pressure and in response to a request from ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday wished the month of Ramadan would bring a message of peace and happiness to every Muslim’s life and everyone’s life would become auspicious, reports BSS. In a message on the eve of the holy month of Ramadan, he said, it is the duty of every devout Muslim to strive to ...

The Gono Odhikar Parishad has put forward four significant demands, including the reconstruction of the advisory council, to ensure the neutrality of the interim government. President of Gono Odhikar Parishad Nurul Haque Nur expressed their demands during a press conference held at Bijoynagar in the capital on Saturday. The demands are: 1. Resignation of student representatives from the advisory council ...