Bangladesh

International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Chief Prosecutor Md Tajul Islam on Sunday urged caution in use of the term “mob,” warning that its indiscriminate application risks misrepresenting the July Uprising and undermining its significance. Speaking at a policy dialogue titled “Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law” at CIRDAP auditorium in Dhaka, organised by Centre for Governance Studies (CGS), Tajul highlighted ...

Independent candidate Abdul Latif Siddique has been cleared to contest from Tangail-4 after the Election Commission declared his nomination valid at a hearing on Sunday. Md Liaqat Ali, the Jatiya Party candidate from the same constituency, had appealed to the Election Commission challenging the validity of Siddique’s nomination. During the hearing, Liaqat Ali’s lawyer argued that Latif Siddique should be ...

A Dhaka court on Sunday set February 2 for pronouncing its judgment in a case against 18 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq and his sister Tulip Siddiq, over irregularities in the allocation of a 10-katha plot under the RAJUK New Town Project. Judge Robiul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 fixed the date ...

Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the BNP, took position in front of Nirbachan Bhaban on Sunday for three-point demands, including the allegation of the commission’s biased decisions on postal voting. As per pre-announcement, a large number of supporters of the organisation started gathering near the Nirbachan Bhaban and later they sit-in there, chanting different slogans against the Election Commission. ...

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke held a meeting with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday evening. The meeting took place at 5:55pm on Saturday at the BNP Chairman’s Office in Gulshan, Dhaka. During the meeting, Sarah reaffirmed the UK’s long‑standing encouragement of free, fair, credible and peaceful elections in Bangladesh, the British High Commission in ...

Editors, journalists and media leaders from across the country on Saturday underscored the vital role of a free, independent, active and fearless media in sustaining democracy, warning that any attempt to silence media organisations ultimately threatens the rights of society as a whole. “The democratic aspiration that brings people into journalism can never be a crime,” said President of the ...

Adviser for Information and Broadcasting and Environment, Forests and Climate Change Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Saturday urged people from all walks of life to refrain from unnecessary honking, stressing that public awareness and behavioural change are crucial to curbing noise pollution. Speaking at the inauguration of a motor rally organised under Department of Environment’s Integrated and Partnership-based Project for Noise ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said that no conspiracy or propaganda can suppress the party. ”Leaders and activists of BNP have never disguised under secrecy or hidden agendas in the name of strategy.” Speaking during a meeting with families of victims of enforced disappearance,Tarique said, ”I strongly believes that whose activists can take an uncompromising stand against injustice ...

A fortnight after the leader of Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh revealed that he had held a “secret” meeting with an Indian diplomat, the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday (January 16, 2026) said the interaction was part of the routine engagements conducted by Indian diplomats in Dhaka. “We have close bilateral ties with Bangladesh as you are well aware. ...

European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) Deputy Chief Observer Inta Lase on Saturday said it is very important to see the whole picture of electoral process holistically to present their report impartially, stressing that this is a historic moment for Bangladesh. “Let us observe and let us wait until a holistic assessment is done,” she told reporters at a ...