Bangladesh

A Dhaka court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants against 25 people, including former Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Atiur Rahman, in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Metropolitan Sessions Judge and Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Foyez passed the order after taking cognisance of the charge sheet and set March 4 for submission of a report on the ...

The holy month of Ramadan is expected to start on February 19, Islamic Foundation announced. On Tuesday, the foundation released official Sehri and Iftar timings for Muslims observing the fast. Sehri refers to pre-dawn meal before fasting begins, while Iftar is the meal consumed after sunset to break the fast. Islamic Foundation has shared the complete schedule of Ramadan 2026 ...

Ambassadors from three Nordic countries—Sweden, Denmark and Norway—paid a courtesy call on BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman. The meeting took place at the BNP chairman’s office in Dhaka’s Gulshan on Tuesday morning (20 January). BNP Joint Secretary General Humayun Kabir and its Chairman’s Adviser Mahdi Amin were also present during the meeting. BNP Media Cell member Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the ...

A general diary (GD) has been filed with the Kushtia Model Police Station following allegations of death threats against Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Amir Hamza in the Kushtia-3 (Sadar) constituency. His brother-in-law Abu Bakkar lodged the GD on Monday night. Meanwhile, Amir Hamza announced the suspension of all his waz mahfils through a post on his Facebook account late Monday. Confirming ...

Evaly e-commerce platform’s chairman, Shamima Nasrin, and chief executive officer (CEO) Mohammad Rassel have been arrested again. Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested them from the capital’s Dhanmondi area around midnight on Tuesday (January 20). Confirming the matter, Dhanmondi police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Saiful Islam said they had been informed about the DB arrests. ...

Ahead of the national election scheduled for 12 February, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has unveiled a political and economic roadmap for building a new and prosperous Bangladesh. He said the country’s primary challenge is no longer survival but ensuring stability. The envisioned “New Bangladesh,” he said, will be founded on justice and dignity, with a strict zero-tolerance policy ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday said it is the responsibility of all stakeholders – the government, the Election Commission, and political parties – to ensure that the election scheduled for February 12 is held in a ‘fair and festive’ atmosphere. “I seek the cooperation of all political parties in this regard,” he said when a delegation of National ...

Holy Shab-e-Barat will be observed on the night of February 3 as the Shaban moon was not sighted in the country on Monday. As the moon was not sighted the holy month of Shaban will begin from January 21 and Shab-e-Barat will be observed on February 3. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee ...

A delegation of the European Union countries met Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairman Tarique Rahman on Monday. The meeting, led by European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh Michael Miller, took place at 5:40 PM at the BNP Chairman’s Gulshan political office here, bsaid BNP Media Cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan. Ambassadors from Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark, Spain and Italy attended the meeting. ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that his party has confidence in the Election Commission, noting that it is carrying out its duties with due competence. Speaking to journalists after paying tribute at the mausoleum of martyred President Ziaur Rahman on the occasion of his 90th birth anniversary, Fakhrul made the remarks shortly after 11:00am on Monday. ...