Bangladesh

Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) on Friday urged the Election Commission to consider the illness of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia before announcing the schedule for the upcoming 13th national election, scheduled for next February. Speaking at a policy discussion organized by NCP at a Dhaka hotel on Friday evening, Nahid said, “The Election Commission (EC) will decide on the schedule. One ...

Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman, visited her mother-in-law and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Evercare Hospital on Friday before heading to her parental home in Dhanmondi. She spent more than two and a half hours at the hospital and left around 2:40 pm. Zubaida Rahman arrived in Dhaka at around 10:45 am on a Biman ...

A total of 310 Bangladeshi nationals who had been staying illegally in Libya returned home on Friday, Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. They arrived in Dhaka at 10 AM on a chartered flight, as part of a coordinated repatriation effort involving Bangladesh Embassy in Libya, the foreign ministry, Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, Libyan authorities ...

Dr. Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, is flying from London to Dhaka as preparations intensify to transfer critically ill Khaleda Zia abroad for advanced medical care. She is scheduled to depart London for Dhaka, party insiders confirmed, with plans to escort BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to London once arrangements are complete. Several senior BNP sources shared ...

Qatar is prepared to send an air ambulance to take BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia abroad for medical treatment. The information was confirmed on Thursday by the Qatar Embassy in Dhaka. Meanwhile, specialist medical teams from the United Kingdom and China have joined in providing treatment for the BNP chairperson. Khaleda Zia has long been suffering from ...

Commenting that a new Bangladesh will be born through the upcoming 13th Parliamentary Elections, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus said, “Through this election, a new Bangladesh will emerge.” “This is not an ordinary election. It will be a post-uprising election, different from all traditional elections.” Prof Yunus made the remarks while addressing the Superintendents of Police (SPs) from all 64 ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to London at an early hours or Friday morning by a Qatar government-provided air ambulance for advanced treatment if everything goes weel, said her personal physician Prof Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain. He disclosed the decision while speaking to reporters at a press conference in front of Evercare Hospital around 2:45PM on Thursday.Media Monitoring ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in a case filed over crimes against humanity committed during the July Mass Uprising. A three-member tribunal, headed by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder, issued this order after taking cognisance of the formal charge brought against Joy, former ICT ...

Muslims have been requested to offer prayers after Jum’a on Friday for speedy recovery of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Ziaat all mosques, while temples, churches and pagodas have been asked to hold prayers following respective religious traditions. People of all walks of life have also been urged to pray individually for her recovery. A Facebook post on ...

The Supreme Court’s Appellate Division has upheld the High Court’s order declaring both swearing-in and formation of the interim government led by Dr Muhammad Yunus valid. The court, at the same time, dismissed the leave-to-appeal petition submitted in this regard against the High Court’s judgment. A seven-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed, ...