Bangladesh

Nine prominent political and administrative figures, including former Prime Minister’s adviser Salman F Rahman and former law minister Anisul Huq, have been shown arrested in multiple cases linked to the last year’s anti-discrimination movement. The arrests were recorded in several cases filed with Jatrabari Police Station. Investigating officers produced the accused before a Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court On Wednesday and ...

A seminar titled “Sustainable Plastic Use in the Secretariat: A Future for a Single-Use Plastic-Free Environment” was held today at the Multipurpose Hall of the Ministry of Finance at the Bangladesh Secretariat. The event brought together high-level government officials and development partners to underscore the urgent need to eliminate single-use plastics (SUPs) from the Secretariat and its surrounding areas, paving ...

Direct shooting on student-led protests in Bangladesh last year was authorised by then prime minister Sheikh Hasina. An audio of one of her phone calls verified by BBC Eye confirmed this. Prosecutors in Bangladesh plan to use the recording as crucial evidence against Hasina, who is being tried in absentia at a special tribunal for crimes against humanity. In the ...

A case has been filed in Dhaka against 35 Bangladeshi expatriates who were arrested in Malaysia over suspected links to extremist activities. Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of Bangladesh Police filed the case with Airport Police Station on July 5, citing connections to an internationally banned terrorist organization. Police Inspector Md. Abdul Baten of ATU lodged the complaint. On July 6, a ...

This time the EC will not invite the foreign observers who certified the last three national elections as ‘acceptable and credible’, said Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Tuesday. “The commission will invite the foreign observers who are dependable and reliable and also have experiences of observing elections in different countries. So, we will take (invite) them and will ...

Chinese acting ambassador to Bangladesh Liu Yuyin held a courtesy meeting with BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday. The meeting took place around 11AM at the BNP chairperson’s political office in the city’s Gulshan area, according to a spokesperson for the party. Fakhrul and some other party leaders welcomed the Chinese ambassador.

Bangladesh’s inflation rate is falling at a notable pace thanks to the prudent measures adopted by the interim government, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Monday. In a post on his verified Facebook page, Shafiqul reported that inflation dropped to 8.48 percent in June 2025, compared to 10.49 percent in August last year, reflecting the success of the ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 has set July 10 to deliver its decision on whether to frame charges against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two of her top associates in a high-profile crimes against humanity case linked to the July-August mass uprising. The other two accused are former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former inspector general of police ...

Political parties reached an agreement on Monday to expand subordinate courts to the upazila level aiming to provide better access to justice for citizens. They, however, do not support setting up courts in upazilas close to district headquarters. The agreement came from a dialogue with the National Consensus Commission at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka. Political representatives expressed their ...

Bangladesh’s population is estimated at 175.7 million of which half are women, two-thirds (115 million) in the working-age group (aged 15-64), presenting a window of opportunity to harness the demographic dividend. The estimation was made in the annual flagship publication, the State of World Population (SWOP) 2025, of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). UNFPA Representative in Bangladesh Catherine Breen ...