Bangladesh

The British government will extend full support to the interim government of Bangladesh, including its efforts to bring back billions of dollars of laundered money, said UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific Catherine West today (17 November). She made the assurance when she called on Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka, according to ...

UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific, Catherine West, said on Sunday that the United Kingdom expects Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus to outline his vision for how events will unfold, as the government is committed to promoting national reconciliation. After her meeting with Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she said the UK will seek ...

Arif Hasan, the managing director of the private television channel Desh TV, was arrested on Saturday night from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area in the capital. A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Arif while he was trying to leave the country, said Talebur Rahman, the deputy commissioner (media and public relations) of DMP. He was later taken ...

Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church, and Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus have jointly launched a “Pope Francis Yunus 3Zero Club” in Rome in an effort to usher in a transformative and inclusive future for humanity. The “3Zero Club” stands as a beacon of hope for the youth in Rome’s marginalised communities, providing a platform to ...

July Shaheed Smrity Foundation general secretary Sarjis Alam has expressed strong resentment over the composition of advisory council of interim government. He said: “13 advisers have been accommodated to the advisory council from the Chittagong division, but none was made adviser from Rangpur, Rajshahi and Mymensingh divisions. Is not there anyone from the three divisions capable of running the ministries. ...

Austrian Ambassador to Bangladesh, stationed in New Delhi, Dr Katharina Wieser, met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday. The meeting, which lasted for about an hour, began at 12:30 pm at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office, said Sayrul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP media cell. Honorary Consul of Austria to Bangladesh and BNP Chairperson’s Foreign ...

Former Chief Justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim passed away on Saturday morning at a private hospital in the capital. He was 81. He died around 4:45AM while undergoing treatment at the hospital, the Supreme Court administration confirmed. His namaz-e-janaza will be held at the Inner Garden of the court at 1:30PM. Meanwhile, all judicial functions of Supreme Court’s both divisions will ...

The eight-month-old baby girl, who was abducted alongwith valuables during a robbery at a house at Azimpur Medical Staff Quarters in the capital on Friday, has been rescued from Mohammadpur area. A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has been able to rescue the girl within 24 hours of her abduction, RAB’s Legal and Media wing director Lt Col Munim ...

Editor of the daily Amar Desh, Dr Mahmudur Rahman feels that the “ghosts of Fascism” are still roaming around us. He expressed his determination to fight against them while urging the government to support the press. “We must fight against these ghosts of Fascism. The government must support the press so it can present the truth.” He made these remarks ...

Members of the Tablighi Jamaat faction, led by Indian preacher Muhammad Saad Kandhalvi, took over the management duties of Kakrail Mosque on Friday from their rival faction, led by senior cleric Zubair Ahmed, for two-week. According to police, followers of Maulana Saad entered the mosque and took over management duties reportedly on the basis of a mutual agreement. Meanwhile, Maulana ...