Bangladesh

Christmas Day, marking the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ, a Jewish preacher and religious leader of the first century, is being observed across the country on Thursday. Christian community in Bangladesh, like elsewhere in the world, is celebrating the day with religious fervour and festivity. Special prayers are offering at churches, makeshift Christmas trees set up at homes, churches and ...

Attorney General (AG) Md Asaduzzaman would step down from his post on December 27. He came up with this announcement on Wednesday (December 23). On Tuesday, the upazila BNP leaders bought a nomination paper on behalf of Asaduzzaman, two days after he announced he would contest the general elections from Jhenidah-1 constituency on BNP’s ticket. On August 8, last year, ...

BNP has left seven more parliamentary seats for its allies as part of a seat-sharing arrangement. The announcement came at a press conference at the party Chairperson’s Gulshan office on Wednesday afternoon by BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. Under the arrangement, Nagorik Oikya President Mahmudur Rahman Manna will contest from Bogura-2, Jatiya Party (Kazi Zafar) leader Mostafa Jamal ...

Secretary General of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Dr Redwan Ahmed has formally joined BNP. He will contest the upcoming national election from the Cumilla-7 constituency with the party’s electoral symbol, the Sheaf of Paddy.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin has appointed Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury as the 26th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. According to a gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs on Tuesday, President Shahabuddin made the appointment exercising his power following Article 95 (1) of the Constitution. Justice Zubayer is scheduled to take oath as the new Chief Justice ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman is set to leave London on Wednesday (December 24) evening to return to country after over 17 years in exile. Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG-202, carrying him, his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman and daughter Zaima Rahman, will leave London’s Heathrow Airport at 6:15PM local time on Wednesday (12:15AM Bangladesh time). Tarique Rahman is scheduled to ...

Protests have been staged outside three Bangladeshi diplomatic missions in India — in New Delhi, Kolkata and Agartala — amid rising diplomatic tensions and demonstrations over the killing of Bangladeshi garment worker Dipu Chandra Das in Mymensingh. Indian media reported that on Tuesday, activists of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal attempted to break through police barricades and ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved 22 development projects involving a total outlay of Tk 46,419.66 crore. The approval came at an ECNEC meeting held at the NEC Conference Room with Chief Adviser and ECNEC Chairperson Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus in the chair. Among the approved projects, 14 are new, five are revised and ...

BNP has shared four parliamentary seats with its alliance partner Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh. The decision was disclosed at a press conference held at the BNP chairperson’s office in Gulshan around 12:15PM on Tuesday. The party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the announcement in the presence of senior leaders of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh. He said the seats were given ...

Holding saffron flags and shouting slogans against the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh, hundreds of supporters of the VHP and the Bajrang Dal broke barricades and clashed with police near the fortified Bangladesh High Commission inNew Delhion Tuesday. Protesters forced several barricades down as police struggled to contain the surge, according to PTI report. Earlier, security was beefed ...