Bangladesh

BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia attended the Armed Forces Day reception at Senakunja in Dhaka Cantonment on Friday afternoon. She arrived at Senakunja around 4:00PM, where Army Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman and senior Armed Forces officials welcomed her. According to BNP Standing Committee member and her personal physician Prof AZM Zahid Hossain, Khaleda left her Gulshan residence, Firoza, ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has said that the government is committed to building a discrimination-free, exploitation-free and welfare-oriented state as envisioned by the Freedom Fighters (FFs). “We are committed to fulfilling the dream for which the freedom fighters liberated the country — the dream of building a discrimination-free, exploitation-free, welfare-oriented and free state,” he said. The Chief Adviser added: ...

At least four people were killed in two places after a powerful earthquake shook the country on Wednesday morning for some seconds. According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, the magnitude of the earthquake was 5.7 and its epicentre was in Madhabdi, Narsingdi. It was learnt that at least three people were killed after a railing of a five-storey building collapsed ...

President Mohammad Shahabuddin and Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus on Friday paid tribute to the martyred freedom fighters by placing wreaths at the Shikha Anirban memorial on the occasion of Armed Forces Day. After placing the wreaths, they stood in solemn silence for a while as a mark of profound respect to the memories of the martyrs. A smartly turned ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   19 November 2025: The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Hon Shirley Botchwey, will begin her first official visit to Bangladesh this week to engage with a range of stakeholders at a pivotal moment in the country’s national journey. Her visit, from 20-24 November 2025, comes ahead of Bangladesh’s general election expected to be held in February 2026. In Dhaka, ...

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Sajjat Ali on Thursday urged all not to break police morale by creating anarchy. Talking to reporters after inaugurating the DB Cyber Support Centre, he said, “Please do not try to break this morale. If it collapses, you will have to guard your houses with bamboo sticks, just like after August 5 last year.” ...

BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said that the verdict to restored the caretaker government will open new horizons in the country’s politics. ”BNP’s long-standing movement will find success through this verdict.” Speaking to reporters after an event at Dhaka University on Thursday morning, Khosru said elections held under caretaker administrations in the past were “comparatively more ...

The UN General Assembly’s Third Committee has adopted by consensus a resolution on Rohingya Muslims, urging renewed global efforts for a durable solution to the crisis and for the safe, voluntary return of Rohingyas to Myanmar. Jointly tabled by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the European Union (EU), the resolution was cosponsored by 105 countries on Wednesday, according ...

Dr Badiul Alam Majumdar, Secretary of Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (SUJAN), is happy with the top court’s verdict which reinstate the caretaker government system. ”Today’s ruling by the Appellate Division will pave the way for fair and impartial elections.” Badiul Alam, one of the petitioners, said this while expressing reaction to media on Thursday soon after the judgement. The Appellate Division ...

A parked bud of Victor Classic was set on fire on the flyover loop opposite the Bangladesh Television (BTV) building in Rampura by unidentified miscreants on Wednesday night. The fire incident occurred around 10PM. Receiving information, two units of the Fire Service rushed to the scene to contain the blaze, said Fire Service duty officer Rakibul Hasan. He said, “We ...