Bangladesh

Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Fazle Noor Taposh, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Mirza Azam along with several other influential ministers and Members of Parliament from the then cabinet are set to be named as accused in the Pilkhana BDR massacre and explosives cases. Borhan Uddin, Chief Public Prosecutor (Special PP) for the state, confirmed the ...

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that elections will be held as quickly as possible to reactivate all local government institutions. “City corporation elections will be held first where the current terms expire earlier,” he said in an interview with a media outlet on Tuesday. Regarding the possibility of holding local elections under ...

Mohsin Rashid, President of the Bangladesh Muslim League and a senior lawyer of the Supreme Court, has announced his intention to file a treason case against Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus. Speaking on Monday (23 February) during an appearance on senior journalist Manjurul Alam Panna’s YouTube channel Manchitra, Rashid said that if the current government failed to take action, he would ...

Within a week of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) coming to power, the previous administrators of six city corporations across the country, including Dhaka north and south, were replaced. All those appointed to these posts are leaders of the BNP. Immediately after taking office, local government minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said elections in local government institutions would be arranged ...

Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir has said that the overall market situation remains satisfactory and that positive changes in market management will be visible very soon. Speaking to journalists on Monday after conducting a surprise inspection at Mohammadpur Town Hall Kitchen Market in Dhaka, the adviser said the visit was aimed at monitoring whether essential commodities were being sold at ...

Supreme Court Senior Advocate Barrister Raghib Rauf Chowdhury has been appointed as the new attorney general, said law ministry sources. Raghib Rauf Chowhdury completed his SSC studies at Kushtia Zilla School and HSC at the Notre Dame College in Dhaka. He graduated in political science from the Aligarh Muslim University in India, and did his master’s studies at the University ...

The government will recruit 2,701 constables to fill vacancies on a priority basis and also reinstate the jobs of around 650 sub-inspectors and sergeants, who were “unfairly” disqualified at the final recruitment stage in 2006. Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed announced the decisions at a press briefing held at the Secretariat on Monday. Regarding the restoration of jobs, the minister said ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday chaired an inter-ministerial meeting on launching ‘Farmer Card’ aimed at ensuring fair prices for crops produced by farmers. The Prime Minister presided over the meeting at his special meeting room at the Cabinet Division in the Bangladesh Secretariat here, Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Saleh Shibly said.

BNP Secretary General and Local Government Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that the reported reopening of Awami League offices in various parts of the country will be dealt with in accordance with the law. He made the remarks on Monday morning while responding to questions from journalists at the BNP’s central office in Nayapaltan of the capital. Asked ...

Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Abdullah Zafer H bin Abiyah on Sunday said that his country has issued 750,000 work visas and altogether 14 lakh visas for Bangladeshi citizens in 2025. “There is scope for skilled and semi-skilled workers to jobs in the Kingdom as many development works are going on there,” he said when he met Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman. ...