Bangladesh

The High Court on Thursday stayed a gazette for two months issued by the Election Commission (EC) declaring Md Abdul Hye, a lawmaker from Jhenidah-1 seat from Awami League, as the winner in the 12th national parliamentary polls. An HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman passed the order today holding hearing on a writ petition filed earlier bringing allegation of ...

BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas has been shown arrested in another nine cases filed with Paltan and Ramna Police Stations in the capital. He was shown arrested in the cases after holding hearing by two Metropolitan Magistrates on Thursday. After hearings, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury showed Mirza Abbas arrested in five cases and Addition Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sultan ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Wednesday (January 31, 2024) received credentials of newly appointed ambassadors and high commissioners of seven countries to Bangladesh at Bangabhaban in Dhaka, reports BSS. The new non-resident envoys are High Commissioner of Botswana Gilbert Shimane Magole, Ambassador of Cambodia Koy Kuong, Ambassador of the Czech Republic Dr Eliska Zigova, High Commissioner of Gambia Mustapha Jawara, Ambassador ...

The government will not allow BNP to hold freestyle political programmes on the streets without permission, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Wednesday. “BNP’s black-flag procession is illegal. There is no reason to think that they (BNP) will protest on the streets without taking permission and we will accept it,” he warned. Quader, also Awami League general ...

A visiting delegation led by President of the Shura Council of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Sheikh Dr Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim Al Sheikh calls on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban in Dhaka on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday (January 31, 2024) agreed to take the existing excellent bilateral relations ...

Bangladesh’s judicial process is transparent like the water of the Buriganga river now, said BNP senior joint secretary general Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday. Referring to the remarks of foreign minister Hasan Mahmud about Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus, he said, “Certainly, the judicial process is transparent, but it’s like the water of the river Buriganga.” Water of the ...

The High Court on Wednesday asked the authorities concerned to pay Tk 30 lakh as compensation to 13-year-old Nayeem, who lost his hand while working at a workshop. An HC bench of Justice Naima Hayder and Justice Kazi Zinat Haque passed this order today disposing a rule over the matter. After the court order, lawyers said Tk 7,000 would have ...

Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has appreciated growing connectivity with Bangladesh and its huge impact on the two countries, specially the Northeast India. “For the first time in Bangladesh history, they have actually allowed Indians to go through Bangladesh and use Bangladeshi ports,” he said, acknowledging its huge impact on India’s Northeast, reports UNB. The fact is that, ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday called upon the political parties to carry out non-violent constructive programmes to uphold constitutional rights of the people and democracy in the country. “Elections boycotting parties are staging political programmes fully independently. I hope the parties to shun the path of violence, anarchy and conduct non-violent constructive programmes for people’s welfare and democracy,” he said. ...

Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, member of parliament (MP) from Rangpur-6 (Pirganj) constituency of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS), was elected on Tuesday as Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad unanimously for the fourth consecutive term, reports BSS. The first sitting of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad began with Deputy Speaker Shamsul Huq Tuku in the chair and announced for Speaker election in ...