Bangladesh

The number of prisoners in jail has risen sharply to 65,000 from 50,000 after August 5. “A total of 69 prisons in the country. Of those, 17 are categorised as highly vulnerable.” Inspector General of Prisons Brig Gen Syed Mohammad Motaher Hossain revealed these at a press briefing at the Directorate of Prisons in the capital on Wednesday. He said, ...

The United States has welcomed the ongoing efforts of Bangladesh’s interim government to ensure the safety and security of all citizens. A spokesperson for the US Department of State made this statement in response to a question from Voice of America Bangla on Tuesday (Dec 3). Addressing concerns about alleged inaction by the interim government regarding the safety of minority ...

    The United Kingdom has updated its travel advisory for Bangladesh, citing risks of terrorist attacks across the country. In a warning on Tuesday, the UK foreign, commonwealth and development office (FCDO) said “terrorists are likely to try to carry out attacks in Bangladesh. The attacks could be indiscriminate, including in places visited by foreign nationals, such as crowded ...

Pakistan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Syed Ahmed Maroof met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her residence in Dhaka’s Gulshan area on Tuesday night. The meeting, attended by BNP standing committee member Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain and organizing secretary Shama Obaed, focused on an exchange of greetings and inquiring about Khaleda Zia’s health. “The High Commissioner extended his greetings to Madam ...

Energy giant Chevron has planned to invest in new gas exploration activities in Bangladesh in an effort to boost the country’s energy security, senior officials of the US-based company said on Tuesday (December 3), reports BSS. Chevron officials said they were happy that the interim government has started clearing arrears worth hundreds of millions of dollars after the previous Sheikh ...

Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pranay Verma has said his country is willing to maintain friendly relations with Bangladesh. “India is willing to work with the present interim government in Bangladesh for materializing mutual hopes and aspirations, and for promoting peace, security and development between the two countries,” the Indian High Commissioner said after coming out of a meeting at ...

Denouncing an attack on the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said he expects Indians to respect the democratic aspirations of the citizens of the new Bangladesh, reports UNB. He said, “We hope that Indians would respect the democratic aspirations of the citizens of the new Bangladesh and help the trial ...

A protest letter was on Tuesday (December 3) handed over to Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pranay Verma after summoning him at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over the attack on Bangladesh mission in Agartala, the capital city of the north eastern state of Tripura. Following a half hour long meeting with Acting Foreign Secretary Reaz Hamidullah, the protes letter ...

A Chittagong court on Tuesday deferred the hearing by one month on bail petition of former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari in a sedition case. The court set January 2 for holding the next hearing. The Chittagong Metropolitan Session Judge Saiful Islam set the new date around 11AM as the defence lawyer was not present in the court. Chittagong ...

The government of Bangladesh on Monday said it “deeply resents” the “violent demonstration and attack” by a large group of protesters of the Hindu Sangharsh Samity of Agartala on the premises of the Assistant High Commission of Bangladesh in Agartala. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, underlined that this “heinous attack” on a diplomatic mission of Bangladesh and ...