Bangladesh

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has concluded hearings on the appeal seeking the reinstatement of the caretaker government system during elections. The court set November 20 to announce its judgment. A seven-member bench, led by Chief Justice Dr. Syed Refaat Ahmed, set the date on Tuesday morning. After a 10-day hearing, the top court fixed the verdict date. ...

Miscreants set on fire three buses and a private car in separate locations in Dhaka overnight. Fire Service Control Room Duty Officer Md Shahjahan confirmed about the fire incidents on Tuesday morning. But no casualities were reported. A bus belonging to Rajdhani Paribahan set on fire at Rayerbagh at about 12:45AM, a Raida Paribahan bus at Jatrabari around 2:08AM, another ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has refuted allegations labeling his late father as an “anti-liberation figure,” asserting that his father, Mirza Ruhul Amin, spent almost the entire duration of the 1971 Liberation War in India. In a Facebook post published Monday afternoon from his verified page, Fakhrul wrote, “My father became a target of false propaganda during the ...

Jatiya Nagorik Party’s (NCP) Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwari has stated that if BNP refuses to walk the path of reform, it is heading toward political extinction. “Sheikh Hasina has managed to flee India — but where will Tarique Rahman escape?” he asked. He made the remarks on Monday (November 10) at a discussion titled “Political Marginalisation of the Working Class ...

Election Commissioner Brigadier General (Retd.) Abul Fazal Mohammad Sanaullah has assured that the Election Commission (EC) is actively working to secure voting rights of Bangladeshi citizens living abroad, emphasizing that a significant portion of the electorate resides outside the country. “Inclusive elections cannot be achieved without incorporating overseas voters,” Sanaullah said during an online discussion via Zoom with expatriates from ...

Former minister Abdul Latif Siddique has secured bail in a case filed under the Anti-terrorism Act. An Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the High Court order which granted bail to former minister Abdul Latif Siddique in a case filed under the Anti-terrorism Act. A three-member HC bench of Justice Jubayer Rahman Chowdhury issued the order after ...

A crude bomb was blasted in front of Grameen Bank’s headquarters in the capital’s Mirpur area early Monday. According to police, the incident took place around 3:45AM with no casualties were reported. Efforts are underway to trace two individuals, riding on a motorcycle, responsible for the sabotage, said Mirpur Model Police Station OC Sajjad Roman. ”We are visited the spot. ...

Miscreants set on fire to two buses in Dhaka’s Merul Badda and Shahjadpur areas early Monday. Getting information at an early hours, Fire Service personnel went to the spots and doused the blaze. According to duty officer Rashed Bin Khaled, the incidents were reported around 5:40AM that two buses belonging to Victor Paribahan were torched at Merul Badda and Shahjadpur. ...

Assistant teachers of government primary schools reversed their work abstention decision late on Sunday, hours after withdrawing their sit-in. At an early hours, they announced that their non-stop sit-in programme would continue alongside the strike. After a meeting with government representatives at the Secretariat on Sunday night, Mohammad Shamsuddin Masud, central convener of the Primary Assistant Teachers’ Unity Council, announced ...

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul has assured that the government is determined to hold the national elections in the first half of February, dismissing any confusion or concerns about delays. Dr. Asif made the statement on Sunday morning after meeting with judges at the Legal Aid Office in Chief Judicial Magistrate Court building in Rajshahi. “There ...