Bangladesh

The United States has said there is no excuse for violence and anyone responsible for violence should be held accountable in Bangladesh. “We have made clear that there’s no excuse for violence, either conducted against those conducting peaceful protests or conducted by those protesting, and anyone that’s responsible for violence should be held accountable,” said US Department of State Spokesperson ...

International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued an arrest warrant against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in July-August genocide case. The tribunal also asked to produce her by November 18. Sheikh Hasina is currently staying in India. Around 12:30PM on Thursday, a three-member ICT bench, led by Golam Mortuza Majumdar, issued this order following a petition by the chief prosecutor Tajul ...

Former mayor of the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Atiqul Islam has been arrested by police. He was arrested from the DOHS area at Mohakhali in the capital on Wednesday evening. Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), confirmed about his arrest on Wednesday (October 16) night. The police official said Atiqul Islam was arrested from Mohakhali ...

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke today met with Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain and discussed the UK’s support for Bangladesh’s interim government. During the meeting, the British envoy reiterated the UK’s commitment to assisting Bangladesh’s interim administration as it works to lay the foundation for a democratic transition in the country. Both of them also discussed the ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today visited Dhaka University campus here to see the graffiti drawn by young revolutionaries during the student-led mass uprising in July and August. During the visit, Law Adviser Prof Dr Asif Nazul, Information and Broadcasting Adviser Nahid Islam, Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Sojib Bhuiyan and Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant Mahfuj Alam accompanied the ...

Veteran politician and Awami League’s presidium member Matia Chowdhury passed away at a private hospital on Wednesday. Around 12:30PM, she breathed her last at Evercare Hospital in the capital while she was undergoing treatment. The hospital authorities said that she had been brought to the hospital in the morning as she suffered a cardiac arrest. After ECG, the doctors started ...

Former Director General (DG) of Postal Department Sudhanshu Shekhar Bhadra was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday night. Md Akhtarul Islam, public relations officer of the ACC, confirmed the arrest, saying that ACC deputy assistant director Nazir Akanda, in association with detectives, made the arrest. A process to produce him before a Dhaka court was underway, he added. ...

Students besieged the High Court demanding the resignation of the ‘accomplices of fascism’ judges. On Wednesday, the students reached the gate of the High Court at around 11:30 am. However, security has already been strengthened in the surrounding areas including the High Court gate. Earlier, students started gathering at at Raju sculpture from 10:30 am. Students of Dhaka University and ...

Advisory council of the interim government has decided to cancel eight national day, including August 15 and historic March 7. This announcement was made in a post of the verified Facebook page of the chief advisor of the interim government on Wednesday. The days to be cancelled are March 7, commemorating Bangabandhu’s historic speech; March 17, which is both Bangabandhu’s ...

The High Court has ordered to conclude within six months the long-pending investigation in Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi murder case. An HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Muhammad Mahbub Ul Islam passed the order on Wednesday after releasing a full-fledged verdict on the formation of a six member high-powered task force to probe the double murders. On ...