Bangladesh

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that a vested quarter is conspiring to foil the victory of students and people. They are tarnishing the image of our party spreading confusion. If anyone tries to seek rent using the name of BNP, please hand him over to police. BNP leaders and workers cannot seek extortion from people. Be ...

A court in Dhaka has placed former national parliament chief whip ASM Feroz on three-day fresh remand in a case filed over the murder of Sohag Mia in Bhatara area during the anti-discrimination students movement on July 19. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saiful Islam granted the remand as Sub-Inspector (SI) Masudur Rahman, investigating officer of the case, produced him before the ...

A Dhaka court has sent former chief news editor (CNE) of the private channel Ekattor Television Shakil Ahmed and his wife, former chief reporter and anchor Farzana Rupa to jail after their 9-day remand was over in garment worker Rubel murder case at Adabar in the capital. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farzana Shakila Sumu Chowdhury rejected their bail plea and ordered ...

The death toll from the flood has risen to 59 with five more deaths were reported in Feni and Noakhali on Saturday while the flood situation is improving in the affected districts. The information was revealed at a daily updated from the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry on Saturday. Among the deceased, 23 in Feni, 14 died in Cumilla, nine ...

India has said they have seen the CNN report on the flood situation in Bangladesh, and its narrative is “misleading” and suggests that India is somehow responsible for the floods. “It is factually not correct and ignores the facts mentioned in the press releases issued by the Government of India clarifying the situation. They also have ignored that we have ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said despite the fall of autocratic Awami League government, there is no matter of satisfaction. “Conspiracies are still going on at home and abroad. The conspirators will attack the freedom-loving people of the country once they get any chance. So, we must get united to protect student and people’s victory,” he said ...

As part of the interim government’s activities, Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus will sit with representatives from the major political parties on Saturday. The chief advisor’s schedule shows a five-hour block of time from 3pm to 8pm on Saturday for the meetings, reports bdnews24.com. An official from the chief advisor’s office says he wants to speak with representatives of all political ...

The contractual appointments of two Bangladesh press ministers at the the United Kingdom and the United States have been terminated. A notification issued by the Ministry of Public Administration on Thursday confirmed the cancellation of contracts for Md Ashequn Nabi Chowdhury, press minister at the Bangladesh High Commission in London, UK, and AZM Sajjad Hossain, press minister at the Bangladesh ...

Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif had a telephone conversation with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Friday and emphasised the need to revitalise relations between the two nations. “There remains immense potential in expanding bilateral trade and economic cooperation,” Pakistan Prime Minister told Prof Yunus, congratulating him on his assumption of the leadership of the Interim Government of Bangladesh, ...

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has asked all banks to freeze accounts of former chief justice Obaidul Hassan and attorney general AM Amin Uddin. The anti-money laundering agency also ordered banks to block all accounts belonging to Obaidul Hassan’s wife Nafisa Banu, and Amin Uddin’s wife Afsari Khanam. BFIU, an investigation wing of the central bank, sent letters to banks ...