Bangladesh

Officials and employees started protest again at the Bangladesh Secretariat for the fourth consecutive day, defying strict security measures beefed up by the government there. Like the previous three-day, they gathered at Badamtola around 11AM on Tuesday and later started protest demanding the withdrawal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025. Journalists were also barred from entering the premises. The ...

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday acquitted senior journalist Shafik Rehman in a case over an alleged plot to abduct and murder Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the son of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Sessions Court Judge Tariq Ezaz delivered the judgment on Tuesday in presence of the journalist. Shafik’s lawyer Syed Zainul Abedin Mezbah had previously argued ...

The Supreme Court’s Appellate Division has acquitted Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam accepting his appeal against death penalty in a case over crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. The full bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, delivered the verdict. During the announcement of the judgment, lawyers of both sides and top Jamaat ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday reaffirmed the interim government’s unwavering commitment to safeguarding religious freedom for all citizens, regardless of faith or background. He made the remarks during a high-level meeting with Stephen Schneck, Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), at the State Guest House Jamuna in the capital. The hour-long discussion spanned ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to leave Dhaka for Tokyo, Japan, for four-day visit on Tuesday (May 27) night. Both the countries will sign a total of seven MoUs. Besides, Bangladesh will sought $1 billion from Japan as budgetary support in the form of ‘soft loan’. Acting Foreign Secretary Md Ruhul Alam Siddique briefed reporters at the Ministry ...

General Secretary of Awami League,Obaidul Quader,revealed in an interview with Indian news outlet ‘The Wall’ that he hid in a bathroom for five hours during the mass student-led uprising on August 5 that led to the downfall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government. In his first media appearance since the ouster, Quader described the chaotic events of that day and his ...

Government employees have warned that they will paralyse the secretariat if their demands are not met. The vehicle movement through Gate No 1 suspended following the protest that began at 11AM on Monday. A protest procession was brought out at 11AM by Badiul Kabir, president of the Bangladesh Secretariat Officers and Employees Coordinated Council, and Nizam Uddin Ahmed, its secretary ...

Assistant teachers of public primary schools have been observing full-day work stoppage as part of their ongoing protest to push for fair pay and timely promotions. The teachers are protesting to press home a series of demands, including wages under Grade 11 of the pay scale and recognition of their position as an entry-level post. Other demands include resolving the ...

A leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the Middle Badda in Dhaka on Sunday night. The incident took place around 8:30 PM at Gudaraghat area in the capital. The deceased was identified as Kamrul Hasan Sadhan, a Joint Convener of BNP’s Gulshan Thana unit. According to eyewitnesses, some unidentified assailants attacked Sadhan ...

The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has obtained an order to freeze the sale of a luxury London home owned by Sheikh Rehana — the younger sister of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports the Daily Mail. The luxury property in Golders Green, North London, has been the main residence of Sheikh Rehana, 69, for the past 14 years and ...