Bangladesh

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started a probe against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina for amassing wealth illegally. An investigation team has been formed by the commission on Sunday in this regard. The ACC deputy director Masudur Rahman has been made the chief of this committee, according to ACC’s top sources. The investigation team will uncover the truth about Sheikh ...

National Security Adviser Dr Khalilur Rahman on Sunday said he remains prepared to exercise his rights as a Bangladeshi citizen to the fullest extent. “I remain prepared to exercise my rights as a Bangladeshi citizen to the fullest extent,” the National Security Adviser said to media when his attention was drawn to a recent allegation by BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed ...

Several hundred people have taken positions in front of the main entrance of gate of Nagar Bhaban, halting the customer services. Today (Sunday) is fourth consecutive day of protests to demand that BNP leader Ishraque Hossain be handed over the mayoral office of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC). The protesters as per their pre-planned programme, began to gather at ...

Lieutenant General (Retd.) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Adviser to the Ministry of Home Affairs, has announced that Indian nationals and Rohingya individuals who enter Bangladesh illegally from India will be repatriated through official and legal channels, not through pushback operations. Any individuals identified as Bangladeshi citizens among such groups will not be subject to pushback, he said. He made the remarks ...

BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has said that people who were supporters of the Awami League but did not obstruct BNP’s activities and who are socially acceptable will be welcomed in BNP. He made this comment at a programme organised by the Chittagong Divisional BNP on Saturday. “After a long time, we have an opportunity to recruit ...

Former Awami League lawmaker from Barishal-5 constituency Jebunnesa Afroz has been arrested. The arrest was made early Saturday, DB’s joint commissioner Mohammad Nasirul Islam confirmed. He added, Jebunnesa was arrested from his residence in the capital and is now under DB custody. She is wife of late Barishal City Corporation mayor Shawkat Hossain Hiron. Jebunnesa has been made accused in ...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and European Union (EU) on Thursday signed an agreement to modernise and digitise legal aid services across Bangladesh, aiming to ensure faster and more inclusive access to justice for vulnerable communities, reports UNB. The agreement was signed at the EU Delegation office in Dhaka by UNDP Bangladesh Resident Representative Stefan Liller and EU Ambassador to ...

Hasnat Abdullah, chief organiser of the southern region of National Citizens Party (NCP) said that any advisors who consider other reforms as equally important as trial of Awami League members and the perpetrators of July Uprising are mistaken. The trial of murderers is the main and first reform of this interim government, the NCP leader made the remarks during the ...

Jatiyo Nagorik Party’s (NCP) youth wing, ‘Jatiya Jubo Shakti’ declared its ambition for sweeping political reform and constitutional change following July uprising, marking shift in nation’s political landscape. On Friday, they shared comprehensive declaration outlining their vision for transforming governance and establishing what they term “a new republic” based on dignity, sovereignty and youth leadership after their launching event at ...

The student, accused of throwing a plastic water bottle at the Information and Broadcasting Adviser of interim government, Mahfuz Alam, has been released into the custody of his family following questioning by Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Talebur Rahman confirmed that the student was questioned at DB office and ...