Bangladesh

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, ...

A mild earthquake of 4.1-magnitude jolted Dhaka and nearby areas early Thursday. According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), the 4.1-magnitude quake struck at around 6:14AM, with its epicentre in Narsingdi’s Shibpur upazila, about 38 kilometres northeast of the BMD Seismic Observatory and Research Centre in Agargaon. The Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre placed the epicentre 33 kilometres east-northeast of Tongi and ...

Bangladesh has sent emergency humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka after devastating floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwa, acting on directives from the Chief Adviser. A Bangladesh Air Force special aircraft carrying relief supplies landed at Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport around 1:30pm Bangladesh time on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said in a press release. Bangladesh High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Andalib Elias ...

Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) has officially received its Election Commission registration with ‘Shapla Koli’ symbol, while strongly criticizing attempts to overturn recent amendments to the Representation of the People Order (RPO). NCP on Wednesday received its registration certificate from Election Commission (EC), along with the allocation of ‘Shapla Koli’ symbol. NCP convener Nahid Islam collected the certificate after a meeting ...