Bangladesh

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that conspiracies are underway to prevent democratic transition from reaching its full potential. Speaking at a youth rally organized by Jubo Dal in Dhaka’s Institution of Engineers on Monday, Fakhrul said, “We have struggled and fought for 17 long years. Under the leadership of Khaleda Zia and later ...

Bangladesh has yet to receive a response from India regarding its formal request to extradite ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Foreign Policy Adviser Md Touhid Hossain said on Monday. Speaking at an event at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka, Hossain stated that while Bangladesh has written to India seeking Hasina’s return to face trial, there has been no ...

A Dhaka court has ordered the exhumation of 114 unidentified bodies buried following the recent anti-discrimination student movement, to facilitate identification and further legal procedures. On Monday, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman issued the order following a petition filed by Sub-Inspector Md. Mahidul Islam of Mohammadpur Police Station. The order was confirmed by Additional Public Prosecutor Mohammad Shamsuddoha Suman. ...

Action has been taken against the members of different forces involved in the July uprising killings.A total of 1,168 police members have been accused in 761 cases across the country in the 11 months since the fall of the government,informed Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Monday. The TIB has commented that beyond some departmental measures, there has been no progress ...

Information and Broadcasting Adviser Mahfuj Alam has said that the implementation of the wage board for journalists involves multiple ministries but would be completed during the tenure of the interim government in coordination with all relevant authorities. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry is actively working on 12 reform projects recommended by the Media Reform Commission and expects to complete them ...

Attorney General (AG) Md Asaduzzaman and Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam have demanded the maximum legal punishment for Sheikh Hasina, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun in a high-profile crimes against humanity case stemming from last year’s July mass uprising. In a hearing at International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Sunday, both state and prosecution lawyers submitted their opening statements, ...

Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP)’s northern region coordinator Sarjis Alam launched a scathing attack on Bangladesh’s founding constitution declaring it ‘Mujibist’, a product of “another country” and “one-party ideology and stated that the time has come to dismantle the so-called Mujibist framework. Sarjis made the statements during a rally at the Central Shaheed Minar on Sunday (3 August). “We can no ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk:   Now a days US politics is no longer limited to white, black or Latino candidates. The participation of South Asians, especially those of Bangladeshi descent, is increasing noticeably day by day. In this context, a new name has emerged – Mary Jobaida. This woman of Bangladeshi descent is now a notable candidate in the New ...

The Gono Odhikar Parishad has announced that it will reject the proposed ‘July Declaration,’ criticizing the process as exclusionary and finalized without meaningful consultation with the participants of the mass uprising. The statement was made during a press conference held at the party’s office in Al Razi Complex, Purana Paltan in the capital on Sunday. In a written address, General ...

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) has started its scheduled rally in the capital’s Shahbagh. The rally formally began after 2:30PM on Sunday with the recitation from the verses of the Holy Quran. Defying rain, leaders and supporters of the party from different parts of the country gathered at the rally venue since morning for the rally, organised by the student wing ...