Bangladesh

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said that the ruling Awami League has doomed the country by turning it into a paradise for plunderers. “They (govt) have ruined the country…the economic indicators are starting to go down, remittances and garment exports are decreasing,” he said, reports UNB. Speaking at a discussion, the BNP leader also said the ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been admitted to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at Evercare Hospital in Bashundhara area of the capital at 6:30 pm on Tuesday. Khaleda Zia’s doctor A ZM Zahid Hossain, Abdullah Al Mamun and daughter-in-law Sharmila Rahman Sinthi are present in the hospital. Earlier on September 29, Khaleda Zia was taken to the CCU from the ...

New country representative of UNHCR to Bangladesh Sumbul Rizvi has presented her credentials to Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the capital today. Welcoming the new country representative to Bangladesh, the foreign minister assured her of necessary supports of the Government in executing her duties. He appreciated the persistent engagement of UNHCR ...

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal has said that visiting joint pre-election assessment mission from the United States wanted to know about the overall election process of the upcoming national polls. They also wanted to know how the commission will coordinate with the government during the elections. “In the discussion, their main focus was free, fair, participatory and peaceful elections.They ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday opened the Dhaka-Bhanga railway line, a part of which runs over Padma Bridge, in laying another milestone in the country’s infrastructure development. The opening of the 82-kilometre railway track from Dhaka to Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila under “Padma Bridge Rail Link Construction Project” fulfills the long-cherished dream of the people of the country’s southwestern districts. ...

The delegation from the US-funded International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI) pre-election assessment mission is holding a meeting with the Election Commission (EC) this morning. The meeting with CEC Kazi Habibul Awal started at 11:00am at the EC office in the capital. Other election commissioners and secretary of the EC also present. The six-member joint IRI and NDI pre-election assessment ...

The High Court (HC) on Tuesday granted bail to Adilur Rahman Khan, editor of the human rights organisation ‘Adhikar’ and its Director ASM Nasir Uddin Elan in an ICT case. An HC bench of Justice Emdadul Haque Azad passed the order. Senior lawyer AJ Mohammad Ali and Adv Ruhul Amin Bhuiyan were in the court on behalf of Adilur. Earlier ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reiterated her commitment to hold next polls in a free and fair manner as visiting State Secretary for International Development Cooperation of Sweden Foreign Ministry Diana Janse called on her at her office in the capital. “We are committed to holding the next general election in a free and fair manner,” PM’s Press Secretary ...

The Cabinet on Monday gave the final approval to the draft of Local Government (Union Parishad) (Amendment) Act, 2013 with a provision to appoint administrators in Union Parishads on the expiry of five-year tenure of the elected representatives. The approval came from the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office in the capital, UNB reports. “The ...

BNP on Monday told the visiting joint IRI and NDI pre-election assessment mission of the US that no credible election is possible under the current regime which has given vote rigging an institutional shape. “We have naturally told them (US team) that no impartial election is possible under Sheikh Hasina,” said BNP standing committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury. Briefing ...