Bangladesh

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk is scheduled to pay a three-day official visit to Bangladesh in the last week of October. “We are working on this,” a senior official told UNB. The UN Human Rights chief is expected to meet Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and other stakeholders to have broad discussions on rights issues, including the ...

A court in Dhaka on Friday sent Trinamool BNP Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury to jail in a case filed over murder of Jubo Dal leader Shamim in 2023. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Afnan Sumi passed the order as investigation officer of the case Tonmoy Kumar Biswas produced Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury before the court and pleaded to keep him behind the ...

A court in Dhaka has placed former Gulshan Police Station’s officer-in-charge (OC) Md Rafiqul Islam on a four-day remand for questioning in a case filed over obstructing duties and attempting to kill BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia keeping sand-laden truck in front of her Gulshan residence in 2013. Investigation officer of the case pleaded to the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court ...

Publisher and acting editor of Amar Desh newspaper Mahmudur Rahman has said that the daily will come back in circulation by December this year. Addressing a press conference at the National Press Club on Friday, he said the newspaper is facing financial problems. For the time being, it will be published in another printing press. Mahmudur Rahman said, “I will ...

Estonia has expressed keen interest in collaborating with Bangladesh in the ICT sector, particularly in e-governance and cyber security, reports BSS. It was revealed when newly-appointed non-resident Ambassador of Estonia to Bangladesh Marje Luup paid a maiden courtesy call on Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain at the foreign ministry in Dhaka on Thursday, said a press release on Friday. ...

Shwadhin Bangla Betar Kendra-famed legendary singer, composer, and music director Shujeyo Shyam passed away last night at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in the capital, at the age of 78. The eminent artist breathed his last around 2:50 am, his daughter Rupa Manjuri Shyam confirmed to the media. His body has been taken to Dhakeshwari temple in the capital ...

The government has appointed Islamic law expert and Hadith scholar Mufti Muhammad Abdul Malek as khatib of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque. The approval of his appointment came from the government high level Thursday, said a press release of the Ministry of Religious Affairs issued Friday. Mufti Abdul Malek is a renowned Islamic scholar with advanced degrees in Islamic Studies, ...

Law Adviser Asif Nazrul has said the next national election could be arranged by the next year – 2025 – after completing the pre-election preparations including formation of a new Election Commission through a search committee. “I think realistically, holdind the election can be possible by the next year. There are many factors. This is a preliminary assumption to me,” ...

The interim government has approval the proposed list of 26 public holidays in 2025, with a combination of national days, religious festivals, and executive orders. However, nine holidays coincided with weekends (Fridays and Saturdays), so the total number of days off for workers is only 17. Of the total holidays, there will be 12 general holidays while 14 other holidays ...

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has come in India for her safety, and she will continue to live here, said Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson of Indian Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday (October 17), report Indian media. Replying to a question, he said Sheikh Hasina came to India within a short notice for her security. She is here (India) and ...