Bangladesh

A court in Dhaka has registered an attempted murder case naming 98 individuals; among them, ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The case was filed by Mushfiqur Rahman Abir, a BNP activist, who accused the defendants of a brutal assault during a campaign event in December 2022. According to the complaint lodged with Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court by Magistrate Zakir ...

BNP has raised objections to the preamble and clauses 2, 3, and 4 of the final draft of July Charter, saying the preamble contains “false information.” BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed made the remarks while exchanging views with journalists at his residence in Gulshan on Tuesday (19 August) morning. The BNP leader said some issues that were never discussed ...

Army Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman has said Bangladesh Army is fully prepared to assist the government in holding a free, fair, and impartial national election. “The country is heading towards elections. The army has made all necessary preparations to support the government in ensuring a free and neutral election,” he told an ‘Officers’ Address’ at Dhaka Cantonment on Tuesday morning. Senior ...

A Dhaka court on Tuesday imposed a travel ban on Maj. Gen. (retd) Md Salahuddin Miaji, former military secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and ex-MP for Jhenaidah-3, along with his wife Najma Begum and daughters, Samiha Shabnam and Riya Shabnam Miaji. The order came from Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md. Zakir Hossain Galib following a petition by the Anti-Corruption ...

The European Union (EU) wants free, fair and credible elections in line with international standards. Ambassador and Head of the EU delegation to Bangladesh Michael Miller made this remark on Tuesday while talking to reporters after a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin. He announced that the EU will provide a support package of 4 million euros to ...

Stating that the government is committed to hold elections in February, Law Adviser Asif Nazrul has said that there is no way to delay. ”After that, the interim government will exit.” He made the remarks on Tuesday while responding to journalists’ questions at the Secretariat. ”Such discussions are part of the political process.” Adviser Asif Nazrul said, ”It is the ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has said that the marine fisheries sector can create a new Bangladesh. ”The sea is waiting for us with gifts. This sector can create a new Bangladesh.” Putting emphasis on carrying out research on marine fisheries, Yunus said the issue of deep sea fishing should be included to the university curriculum. Speaking as the chief ...

Election Commission (EC) Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed has said that EC has finalized several key measures and a comprehensive action plan has already been drafted and submitted to the commission for approval in preparation for the upcoming parliamentary elections, and it will be made public within this week. Speaking to reporters on Monday (August 18) at the EC headquarters in ...

A Dhaka court on Monday placed MyTV chairman Nasir Uddin Sathi on a five-day remand in a case filed over the killing of anti-discrimination movement activist Asadul Haque Babu. Metropolitan Magistrate Zia Uddin Ahmed passed the order after CID inspector Khan Md Erfan, the investigation officer, produced Nasir before the court and sought seven-day remand. Nasir was arrested from Gulshan ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Monday issued arrest warrants against five people, including former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary, for killing seven youths in a staged shootout in Gazipur in 2016. A three-member tribunal, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, passed the order after allowing a prosecution plea. According to case documents, law enforcement agencies ...