Bangladesh

BNP vice-chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu has said that the government cannot avert its responsibility for corruption of former army chief General Aziz Ahmed and former IGP Benazir Ahmed. He made the remarks taking part in a sit-in demonstration front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Friday. Ganatantra Forum, an organisation, arranged the programme to press home the demands ...

A court of Barasat in North 24 Pargana district of West Bengal has placed ‘butcher’ Jihad on a 12-day remand for questioning in Anwarul Azim Anar MP murder in Kolkata of India. Producing him before the court at about 11:00am on Friday (May 24), police pleaded to place him on a 14-day remand. However, the court granted police 12-day remand ...

The 125th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be celebrated across the country on Saturday in a befitting manner. Ministry of Cultural Affairs has taken elaborate programmes to mark the day at the national level. Different organizations and cultural bodies, including Dhaka University, have also taken programmes to celebrate the day amid various functions. President Mohammed Shahbuddin ...

Bangladeshi MP Anwarul Azim Anar was smothered to death within hours of entering a New Town apartment on May 13. His body was then chopped into pieces in one of the washrooms, packed into bags and transported out, according to CID and Bangladeshi investigators. Before vacating the apartment, the washroom was cleansed with acid to remove traces of the crime. ...

Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said that the intelligence agencies of both Bangladesh and India are investigating the mysterious murder of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar in India. He said this in response to a question from journalists at the end of a preparatory meeting of ‘Dhaka Nodi Sanmelon’ 2024 demanding declaration of May 23 as the National River ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the High Court that earlier ordered to accept the nomination paper of Shahadat Hossain, younger brother of Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader. A seven-member Appellate Division bench led by senior Justice of the division M Enayetur Rahim passed the order dismissing a writ filed by another chairman candidate Golam ...

A special team of Indian police is coming to Dhaka on Thursday (May 23) for investigation purpose in lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar murder. They are scheduled to arrive today, DB police sources confirmed. Both Bangladeshi and Indian police will share information in a meeting today (23 May), said an official close to the investigation. However, it is yet to know ...

A tribunal in Dhaka on Thursday extended the bail of Nobel Laureate economist Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus in a case filed for violation of labour law. Yunus’s lawyer Barrister Abdullah Al Mamun confirmed this. Around 11am, Dr Yunus went to Labour Appellate Tribunal and pleaded for his bail as his earlier bail ended today. On April 16, tribunal Judge MA Awal granted ...

The government is observing national mourning on Thursday (May 23) over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, his foreign minister and others in a helicopter crash. The national flag has been hoisted at half-mast at all government, semi-government, and autonomous institutions, educational institutions, all government and private buildings, and Bangladesh missions abroad. Additionally, special prayers will be held in ...

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said Bangladesh police have reported that they arrested three persons who were involved in the murder of MP Anwarul Azim Anar. “MP Azim has been killed in a planned way. Bangladeshis are involved in this murder.” The minister said these on Wednesday while talking to reporters at his residence. “Indian police informed us this morning ...