Bangladesh

The Bangladesh government has cancelled international passports of 75 individuals including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina on charge of their involvement in July-August genocide. It was disclosed by Chief Adviser’s deputy press secretary Azad Mazumder while addressing a press briefing at Foreign Service Academy in the capital on Tuesday (January 7) evening. Besides, the passports of 22 more individuals have ...

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday (January 7) ordered to freeze two bank accounts of former state minister for Housing and Public Works Sharif Ahmed. There are about 3.5 crores of taka lying in these two accounts. Responding to a prayer of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain on Tuesday (January 7) ordered to ...

A clash erupted between students from Prime Asia University and police at the main gate of the Secretariat on Tuesday. The incident took place around 2.30 PM when the students were protesting for various demands including the removal of Board of Trustees (BOT) and assurance of a permanent campus. Earlier, a four-member delegation from the university had entered the Secretariat ...

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said 100 individuals injured during the July Uprising will be recruited to different units of police force at first. “This process will be further expanded in phases.” Adviser Jahangir Alam disclosed this to media after visiting the Special Branch (SB) and the CID headquarters. “This initiative aims to help ...

After a long seven years’ of waiting, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her eldest son, the party’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman, are meeting. Tarique Rahman is waiting for his mother in London. They are meeting after a long seven years. In the middle, Khaleda Zia’s younger son and Tarique Rahman’s younger brother Arafat Rahman Koko tragically died. Koko died of ...

Four days later, Bangladesh was shaken by another earthquake. The earthquake was felt at 7:05AM (Bangladesh time) on Tuesday in several parts of Bangladesh, including the capital. However, no damage has been reported. The epicentre of the earthquake was located in Tibet, China, with a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale. The tremor was also felt in Nepal, Bhutan ...

The government wants to introduce a fully electronic passport (e-passport) by December this year, instead of machine-readable passports, said Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday. He came up with the information while briefing reporters after visiting passport office at Agargaon in the capital. Informing that the government is trying to transforming all passports into electronic passports, the Home ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday issued an arrest warrant against 11 individuals, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, over enforced disappearance during the 15-year rule of the Awami League. A three-member judicial panel, led by the tribunal chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, issued the order following a prayer submitted earlier by the prosecution. The ICT also ordered ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday stressed the importance of maintaining constant combat readiness to safeguard the country’s sovereignty. He made this statement during the Army Manoeuvre Exercise 2024-25, held by the 55 Infantry Division at the Rajbari Military Training Area today, as reported by the Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR). “The Bangladesh Army is a source of pride ...

Uncertainty looms over the declaration of ‘July Mass Uprising Proclamation. Drafting of the proclamation within January 15 is unlikely to be possible. Before finalizing the ‘July Proclamation,’ the government will hold talks with political parties, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Sunday (January 5). “It cannot be said that the proclamation would be readied by January 15. Talks ...