Bangladesh

Newly appointed Chief Justice Sayed Refaat Ahmed paid tributes to the martyrs of 1971 Liberation War by placing floral wreath at the National Memorial in Savar on Monday. He placed the wreath at 7am and signed the visitor’s book there. The chief justice left the area around 7:30am. Later, he went to the Central Shaheed Minar and placed a wreath ...

A total of 42 members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police were killed in attacks by angry mobs during the recent quota reform movement. The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Mainul Islam said this after visiting the injured police members at Rajarbagh Central Police Hospital in the capital on Sunday. He said two RAB members and forty ...

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed returned home from India after around nine years on Sunday. He arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka from Delhi around 2:00 PM, said BNP media cell member Shairul Kabir Khan. Salahuddin went missing from Uttara in the capital on 10 March 2015. After 62 days, on 11 May of that year, local ...

Adviser for Home Affairs Brigadier General (Retd.) M Sakhawat Hossain has said media outlets will be shut down if they indulge in flattery. “The media will be closed, if you indulge in flattery. I promise you if the media is flattering, then the media will be shut down.” Sakhawat Hossain made this comment after visiting the injured police members at ...

Syed Refaat Ahmed was sworn in as the 25th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. The oath-taking ceremony was held at the Darbar Hall of the president’s official residence around 12:45pm on Sunday. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to the chief justice.  

Advisers Supradip Chakma and Bidhan Ranjan Roy of the interim government took oaths on Sunday (August 11). President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath at Bangabhaban. Now, the size of the interim government, so far, has reached 16, including the chief adviser. Interim government Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus was present in the oath taking ceremony.  

Members of Bangladesh Navy took Mohammad Ali, the former lawmaker from Noakhali-6 under their custody. They also took Mohammad Ali’s wife Ayesha Ferdous and his son Ashiq Ali, chairman of Hatiya upazila parishad. A team of navy, led by Hatiya camp commander, went to Charkailash residence of Mohammad Ali under Hatiya municipality and took the trio from there. Ali’s wife ...

Officials and employees, who have been deprived of posts, titles and promotions for the past 17 years, have given a 48-hour ultimatum to the Ministry of Public Administration. The ultimatum came from a meeting held at the secretariat on Sunday. Around three hundred officials and employees were present in the meeting. BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s PS Abdus Sattar chaired the ...

President Mohammad Shahabuddin on Saturday appointed Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed as the 25th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. The appointment was announced by Bangabhaban, and a notification has also been issued by the Ministry of Law on Saturday night. The notification reads,” President Md. Shahabuddin, exercising his authority under Article 95(1) of the Constitution, has appointed Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed as ...

Hundreds of students on Saturday gathered on the High Court premises demanding resignation of the chief justice and the judges of the Appellate Division. The students from different institutions started gathering on the court premises around 10:30am with processions. They demanded resignation of the chief justice by 1pm. Responding to question, Hasnat Abdullah, one of the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination ...