Bangladesh

Besides the ruling party, opposition parties and law enforcement agencies, the media will also be included in the newly implemented visa restrictions policy, said the United States Ambassador to Dhaka Peter Haas. He said this during an interview with a private television channel on Sunday. Earlier on Friday, the US state department said in a statement that they are going ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin today asked the Information Commission, Bangladesh (ICB) to take necessary measures for creating awareness at the grassroots so that the people can know about the proper use and enforcement of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. “Access to information is a basic human right… Besides, the free flow of information expands public welfare and curtails corruption,” the ...

The Election Commission (EC) will organise a workshop titled ‘Free Rights of Voting: Role of Candidates and Polling Agents’ next month with former chief election commissioners and former election commissioners on the role of polling agents in elections. According to EC sources, this workshop will be held at 11 am at the Election Commission building in city’s Agargaon area on ...

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said that the permission for taking BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia abroad for treatment will have to come from the court, not from the home ministry. “It is not an issue of permission from the Home Ministry. Rather, it is an issue under the jurisdiction of court. The Home Ministry has nothing to do without ...

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh was not “bothered” by the US visa curbs on unnamed Dhaka officials for undermining the election process as part of Washington’s push for free and fair general elections slated to be held early next year. “The US is a democracy, so are we,” AK Abdul Momen told Al Jazeera on Saturday. ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left New York for Washington DC after joining the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session and other high-level sideline and bilateral events. She left the Place of Residence, The Lotte New York, at 11:30am Saturday (local time) for a road trip to reach Washington DC in the afternoon, BSS reports. The premier will leave Washington ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said his party doesn’t bother about the US visa policy and sanctions. He made the remarks at the domestic lounge of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while talking to journalists after his return from Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore on Saturday (September 23) on Saturday evening. Quader said the government is not responsible for ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin has asked all pro-Liberation forces to remain alert against the anti-independence quarters so that they cannot come to power in any way. “Stay alert so that no anti-liberation force can come to power,” the President told the opening ceremony of the “Sixth National Conference” of the “Sector Commanders Forum – Liberation War 71” at Osmani Memorial Auditorium ...

Terming the United States’ visa policy and restrictions imposed on Bangladesh as “humiliating and shameful,” BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said, “The opposition political parties including BNP are not responsible for it, rather the government is solely responsible for it.” Talking to a local newspaper on Saturday, Mirza Fakhrul said, “The United States have imposed visa restrictions ...

‘No outsiders should obstruct elections in Bangladesh’ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said there is no scope now for anyone to grab power illegally in Bangladesh and the violators have to face the music. “If anyone comes to power, creating trouble and violating the constitution, then she/he will face punishment. It should not be forgotten,” she said. The prime minister ...