Bangladesh

A Dhaka court today placed five accused arrested in the case lodged over the killing of Tanjil Jahan Islam Tamim, broadcast officer of Deepto TV, on four-day remand each. The five remanded accused are – Md Abdul Latif, Md Kurban Ali, Mahin, Mozammel Haque Kabir, and Badhon. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mahbub Ahmed passed the order on Friday (October 11) ...

The United Nations (UN) has reaffirmed its strong support for the reform initiatives of Bangladesh’s interim government, led by Professor Muhammad Yunus. The universal global organisation came up with the pledge at a meeting between its Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peace building Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo and visiting Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin in New York on Wednesday, a foreign ...

BNP Chairperson’s advisory council member Zainul Abedin Farroque on Friday demanded the government publish a white paper on those who fled the country following the student-led mass uprising. “The government must publish a white paper on those who have left the country, particularly explaining how individuals responsible for the deaths of many mothers’ sons in Bangladesh managed to escape to ...

Bangladesh’s top Islamist politician says he supports the extradition of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina to face trial for crimes against humanity in the same tribunal that convicted his colleagues. Shafiqur Rahman is the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, whose members were hounded, driven underground and sentenced to death during Hasina’s autocratic 15-year rule. Her government justified the crackdown on the nation’s largest ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday lodged a protest with the Government of Myanmar over the killing of a Bangladeshi fisherman by the Myanmar Navy on Wednesday. The victim was Usman, 60, who hailed from Kona Para at Shah Porir Dwip in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar. In a diplomatic note sent to the Embassy of Myanmar in Dhaka, ...

Former food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder, former chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Md Nazibur Rahman and former home secretary Md Aminul Islam Khan were sent to jail after the end of their remand periods in separate murder cases. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mehedi Hasan passed the order as police produced Sadhan before the court after the end ...

The government directed Bangladesh ambassador to Saudi Arabia Mohammad Javed Patwary to return home on August 14 last. However, he has returned though two months have already been passed following the issuance of the directive. Mohammad Javed Patwary, also the former inspector general of police (IGP), was appointed ambassador to Saudi Arabia on contractual basis. It is learnt that he ...

A total of 150 stranded Bangladeshi nationals were repatriated from Libya on Thursday. The repatriation has taken place under the joint initiative of the foreign ministry, Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), a foreign ministry’s press release said. A Buraq Air charter flight with the returnees departed Tripoli in the morning and landed at Hazrat ...

Acting Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Tarique Rahman today underscored the need for holding fair elections for continuation of democracy. “We must hold a free and fair election aiming to keep the country’s democracy continue,” he said in a message marking Shaheed Jehad Day. Nazir Uddin Ahmed Jihad, a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activist of Ullapara upazila in Sirajganj, was ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus’s press wing has clarified that his recent remarks on “pressing the reset button” in an interview with Voice of America is being misinterpreted by some people. “He (Prof Yunus) did not mean wiping out Bangladesh’s proud history,” chief adviser’s press wing said in a statement on Thursday, reports UNB. When the Chief Adviser Prof Yunus ...