Bangladesh

Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will visit Bangladesh next month as the South Asian country wants to deepen its relations with Dhaka amid changed political situation, reports UNB. Ishaq Dar’s upcoming trip to Dhaka will be the first visit by any Pakistani Foreign Minister since 2012. Meanwhile, Bangladesh repeatedly wanted Pakistan to “seek apology publicly with ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman on Friday said since Awami League doesn’t believe in election, it doesn’t deserve to take part in next polls. “We didn’t forget what rampage they (Awami League) had committed while in power illegally. They don’t believe in election. So, why do they bother about it,” he said while addressing the Natore District Jamaat’s workers conference ...

The government has issued new directives for followers of two factions of Tabloghi Jamaat –Maulana Muhammad Zubair and Maulana Saad– to maintain peaceful coexistence in their respective Tablighi Markaz at district and upazila levels. The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification in this regard on Thursday. It also said that the previous directives issued concerning Kakrail Mosque in Dhaka ...

The interim government has extended the term of the Election Reform Commission until January 15, 2025. A gazette notification from the Cabinet Division on Thursday confirmed the extension for the commission. The notice was later shared on the commission’s official Facebook page. The government has extended the term of the Election Reforms Commission, constituted by notification SRO No. 329-AIN/2024 issued ...

The interim government has issued a notification recognising Kazi Nazrul Islam as the National Poet of Bangladesh. The Ministry of Cultural Affairs issued the notification on December 24. However, the matter was disclosed on Thursday, January 2. Earlier on December 5, the Advisory Council of the interim government in a meeting approved the proposal of issuing a notification officially declaring ...

The Election Commission (EC) has released the draft voter list for 2025, revealing that the total number of registered voters in the country has risen to 12,36,83,512, marking a growth rate of 1.50%. Election Commissioner Brigadier General (Retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah shared the details during a briefing at the Election Commission headquarters on Thursday (January 2). The data shows ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission, ACC, has decided to investigate allegations against journalist Munni Saha and her husband Kabir Hossain Taposh, owner of advertising agency MS Promotional, of amassing illegal assets, including suspicious transactions of Tk 134 crore in their accounts. M Akhter Hossain, director general (Prevention) of the ACC, disclosed the matter while briefing the journalists at its Segunbagicha Headquarters in ...

Supreme Court Bar Association president Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon has demanded to bring former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha back to the country apart from withdrawal of false cases against him. He made the demand while speaking to journalists at a press briefing at the Supreme Court premises in the capital on Thursday (January 2). Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon ...

Major (Retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan’s mother has requested the Attorney General to hold the hearing on her son’s murder case at the High Court as soon as possible. Nasima Akter, mother of slain Major (Retd) Sinha, met Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman at 10:30am on Thursday (January 2) at the latter’s office at High Court in the capital. During the ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Thursday urged all to come forward at the individual level, rather than being 100 dependent on the government to help move the country forward towards its desired goals. “The power of people is stronger than that of the government,” he said while inaugurating the Walkathon and Social Service Conference organised by the Department of ...