Bangladesh

Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Adviser AF Hassan Ariff has passed away. He died of heart attack at LabAid Hospital in the capital at about 3:10pm today (Friday). His assistant personal secretary (APS) Md Abed Chowdhury has confirmed about his death. Hassan Ariff’s son Muaaz Ariff said his father had suddenly fell down on the floor in their apartment. ...

DNA reports have confirmed that the flesh and bones recovered by the West Bengal police’s criminal investigating department (CID) as part of their investigation into the murder of Bangladesh MP Md Anwarul Azim (Anar) belonged to the slain lawmaker, reports Hindustan Times. The CID collected DNA samples from his daughter, Mumtarin Ferdous Doreen, who came to Kolkata in November this ...

Bangladesh has been named the ‘County of the year for 2024’ by The Economist, a London-based prestigious magazine. Every year, The Economist chooses one country that has shown the most remarkable improvement over the past year and this year Bangladesh was given the honour. Besides, Syria was the runner-up after ousting its autocrat, Bashar al-Assad. Argentina earned recognition for economic ...

A case has been filed with the Tongi West Police Station following a fatal clash between two factions of Tablighi Jamaat on Tongi Bishwa Ijtema grounds that killed four people. SM Alam Hossain, an associate of the Alami Shura in the Zubair faction in Kishoreganj, filed a murder case against 29 named and several hundred unnamed people on Thursday, said ...

BNP firmly believes in the freedom of speech, said the party’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday (December 19). “We believe in freedom of speech, we believe in democracy. Journalists were not sued in hundreds of cases during the BNP rule,” he said while addressing as the chief guest at a workshop titled ’31 Points’ at Madhabdi in Narisngdi at ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that the Chief Adviser’s remarks over the next general election is “unclear.” He made the remark while addressing a press conference at the BNP Chairperson’s office at Gulshan in the capital on Thursday (December 19). Mirza Fakhrul said since the Election Commission (EC) has been constituted, there is no need to ...

Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus Thursday (December 19) urged Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to settle the issues of 1971 to help Dhaka move forward with its relationship with Islamabad. “The issues have kept coming again and again. Let’s settle those issues for us to move forward,” he said during a meeting with Pakistan premier Shehbaz Sharif at a ...

RAB arrested former member of parliament from Bogura-6 constituency Ragebul Ahasan Ripu. There are a total of 13 cases against him, including murder, with various police stations in Bogura district. RAB’s Legal and Media Wing Director Lt. Col. Munim Ferdous gave this information on Thursday (December 19). He said that Ragebul Ahasan Ripu was hiding at Mohanganj in Netrakona district. ...

The internet shutdown in July-August was not an accident, it was ordered by the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, confessed former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak during an interrogation. Chief prosecutor Tajul Islam informed this to reporters at the tribunal on Thursday. “They tried to cover up the genocide that took place in the July-August by shutting down ...

The United States has welcomed the interim government’s election plan and said that they would advocate for “free and fair” elections conducted in a “peaceful” manner. “So we welcome steps that have been taken by this interim government of Bangladesh to prepare for elections that ultimately will allow the Bangladeshi people to choose their own government representatives,” said Principal Deputy ...