Bangladesh

Chief Adviser Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus departed for New York on Monday morning to attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). A Qatar Airways QR-643 flight, carrying Prof Yunus, left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital at about 5:05AM. He will stay in New York for three days and depart for Bangladesh on September 27 after delivering his ...

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Sunday told BNP leaders that his country wants to further strengthen its relations with Bangladesh. He also said India is also working to strengthen the relations of Indian political parties with BNP. The Indian envoy met BNP leaders, led by its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, at BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan Office ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested former state minister for Water Resources Colonel (Retd) Zahid Faruk Shamim from Baridhara in Dhaka on Sunday evening. RAB media and legal wing director Lt Col Munim Ferdous said the arrestee was handed over to Detective Branch (DB) of police. Zahid Faruk is accused in several murder cases with different police stations, the official said, ...

Ruhul Amin has been removed from his position as khatib of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on Sunday. A notification signed by the Ministry of Religious Affairs secretary Md Abu Bakar Siddique was issued  in this regard  on Sunday (September 22). It said Ruhul Amin has been formally removed following due process. Ruhul Amin stopped coming to the mosque after ...

Nagorik Oikya president Mahmudur Rahman Manna has been admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMU) with chest pain early Sunday. His personal physician, Dr Shoaeb Muhammad confirmed the news saying that Manna has suffered a cardiac arrest and is currently under intensive observation at the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of the hospital. He is not out of danger ...

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman has called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his office. He paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser at his office on Sunday noon, press secretary Shafiqul Alam confirmed. Source said, General Waker-Uz-Zaman informed law and order situation of the country to Prof Muhammad Yunus. Besides, they will discuss different internal issues of ...

Former Railways minister Nurul Islam Sujan has been placed on fresh five-day remand in Jatrabari murder case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saddam Hossain passed the remand order on Sunday. Earlier, investigation officer (IO) Mriganko Shekhar Talukder pleaded for 10-day remand after producing the former minister before a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court from jail. On the other hand, the defense lawyer submitted ...

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has said the true independence of judges in Bangladesh hinges on the abolition of the long-standing dual governance system within the judiciary. The joint authority of the Supreme Court and the Ministry of Law must be dismantled to facilitate a separate secretariat under the Bangladesh Supreme Court, he told judges of subordinate courts at the ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman emphasized the need for national unity to ensure both political and economic freedom during a rally in Sirajganj on Saturday. He stated that economic emancipation is crucial for fulfilling the people’s expectations, alongside political freedom. Speaking virtually at the event held at Enayetpur Islamia High School Ground, Tarique said, “Political freedom alone cannot meet the ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday described Dhaka University Syndicate’s decision to suspend all kinds of political activities on campus as a “bad move.” “Politics must exist; we must accept politics. Depoliticisation is not an answer. I think suspending student politics at Dhaka University is a completely bad step,” he said. Justifying his remark, the BNP leader ...