Bangladesh

Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay departed Dhaka for Thimphu on Monday morning, concluding a two-day state visit to Bangladesh. Foreign Adviser M. Touhid Hossain saw him off at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport as his flight left around 8:30 am, according to the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing. Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin and Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam were also present. ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has been admitted to Evercare Hospital in Dhaka for a series of medical examinations. She was admitted on Sunday night around 8:10 pm, confirmed Zia’s personal physician, A Z M Zahid Hossain, adding that the hospital admission follows recommendations from the medical board assigned to monitor her health. “She ...

A Dhaka court has set November 27 for delivering the judgement in a corruption case against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 11 others over alleged irregularities in the allocation of government plots. On Sunday (23 November), Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun of Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 scheduled the verdict after completing arguments for one accused. The remaining 11 are ...

Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Executive Chairman Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun called on visiting Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay. He met the Bhutanese Prime Minister at a city hotel on Sunday morning, said Chief Adviser’s Press Wing.

Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday said that there is no risk of law and order deterioration before the upcoming elections. While responding to a question–a security analyst said that we are going through a transitional period in terms of internal security due to the crimes going on in the country, the Advisor said, “This ...

A court in Dhaka has set November 25 for placing arguments in a case against 17 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members, over alleged irregularities in the allocation of a 10-katha plot in the RAJUK New Town Project. Judge Robiul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 on Sunday set the date after hearing submissions from ...

The International Crimes Tribunal has appointedSenior Supreme Court lawyerZI Khan Panna as the state defense for Sheikh Hasina and other fugitives in two enforced disappearance cases. A two-member ICT-1, headed by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, made the appointment on Sunday. The other member of the tribunal is Judge Md Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury. Earlier this morning, he went to ...

Senior Supreme Court lawyer ZI Khan Panna wants to defend ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the International Crimes Tribunal in crimes against humanity cases, including enforced disappearance and killing. He went to the tribunal on Sunday (November 23) morning and then expressed his will there.

Top leaders of Bangladesh and Bhutan at a bilateral meeting here today discussed strengthening trade and economic cooperation and a plan to formally launch discussions on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries. Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and visiting Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Tobgay led their respective sides at the meeting at the Chief Adviser’s ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that a political party that had been loudly campaigning for proportional representation (PR) is now softening its tone and preparing for the upcoming national election. Speaking at a discussion organised by mosque-based education caretakers of the Islamic Foundation at the Diploma Engineers Institute in Kakrail on Saturday, he said that using ...