Bangladesh

Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Wednesday said Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has informed Japan that he has announced a ‘cut-off timeframe’ for polls in Bangladesh, reiterating that the country’s next national election will be held any time between December 2025 and June 2026. Prof Yunus told former Japanese Prime Minister and Japan-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship League President Taro ...

BNP’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has alleged that procrastination has begun over the upcoming national election and said that the general election must be held by December. He also called upon the youth and the people of the country to start preparing to ensure this happen. Tarique Rahman made these remarks on Wednesday afternoon in a rally titled “Establishing the ...

The High Court has overturned the prison sentences of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman, acquitting them in an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) case over illicit wealth. The verdict was delivered on Wednesday (May 28) by a single bench of the High Court, headed by Justice Md. Khasruzzaman. Earlier, on May 26, after completing the hearing, the ...

Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday commenced his tour here by holding a meeting with President of the Japan-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship League Taro Aso. Taro Aso paid the courtesy call on Chief Adviser Prof Yunus at Imperial Hotel in Tokyo at 5:00 PM (local time). Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam briefed reporters about the outcomes of the ...

Some Dhaka areas including Shahbagh, Nayapaltan, Kakrail, Motijheel, Moghbazar, Shantinagar, Malibagh, Bijoynagar, Fakirapool are experiencing severe traffic congestion centering BNP’s Nayapaltan rally and Jamaat’s Shahbagh rally. The traffic congestion began at 8AM on Wednesday, which later turned into severe as the day progresses. According to Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), the main streets of the capital came to a standstill following ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has arrived in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, on a four-day official visit. A Cathay Pacific flight, carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage, landed at Narita International Airport at 2:05PM, 25 minutes ahead of schedule, where he was received with state honours by Japan’s Chief of Protocol, senior Japanese officials and Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan. ...

ATM Azharul Islam, the then assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami, was released from Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj on Wednesday morning. After necessary formalities, around 9:30 AM, he walked out of Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) where he had been undergoing treatment for the last few months. His party leaders and activists welcomed him at the BMU gate, DIG Prisons Md ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has voiced deep disappointment at the interim government’s failure to announce a clear roadmap for upcoming national elections, despite recent meetings between political leaders and Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus. At an urgent press conference held Tuesday afternoon at BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office, senior leaders warned that the party’s continued cooperation with ...

Notorious fugitive and top-listed Subrata Bain was arrested along with an associate during a three-hour army operation in Kushtia town early Tuesday morning. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR), the elite operation began around 5:00 AM and concluded by 8:00 AM at a rented house in Kalishankarpur area of the district town. Subrata and his aide were taken ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has alleged that the nation has been pushed into leaderless and darkness by killing responsible leaders. “A responsible leader is not born every day.” Shafiqur Rahman said “During Sheikh Hasina’s authoritarian regime, our six top leaders were executed through false cases in what can only be described as manipulated judicial killings. Many other leaders and ...