Bangladesh

A court in Dhaka on Sunday (September 17) allowed a prosecution plea to produce three foreigners, including a former FBI agent, to testify in Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and seven others. The three foreigners are former supervisory special agent Debra LaPrevotte Grifith of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the USA, and Kevin Duggan and ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that elections will never be fair if the current government is in power. “Let’s wake up, defeat this government,” Fakhrul urged the countrymen. He was speaking as the chief guest at the party’s second day youth march in Bogura on Sunday. Mirza Fakhrul said, “This government has not only failed to ...

A mild earthquake of magnitude 4.2 jolted Dhaka and its surrounding areas on Sunday. It was felt around 12:50pm. According to UNB reports, the earthquake, measuring 4.2 magnitude on the Richter Scale, was felt at 12:49 pm — lasted only for a few seconds, according to a Bangladesh Meteorological Department update signed by Assistant Meteorologist Farzana Sultana. The epicentre of ...

The three associate bodies of opposition BNP started its scheduled youth march from Bogura for the second consecutive day on Sunday (September 17). Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, Swechchhasebak Dal and Chhatra Dal organised the two-day march as part of their one-point demand. At about 9am, the partymen started the march from Santahar Road of the district where BNP Secretary General Mirza ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for New York on Sunday morning to attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:10am. The flight is scheduled to land at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, New ...

A vibrant civil society is essential to the prosperity of every nation, according to a joint Franco-German statement. France and Germany are “deeply attached to respect for the rule of law as well as to the democratic acquis in Bangladesh,” it said, reports UNB. They will continue to support defenders of human rights in Bangladesh, like throughout the world, reads ...

Uniting Turkish and Bangladeshi Artistic Visions, the Turkish Embassy in Dhaka initiated an exclusive diplomatic outreach on Friday evening, marking the inauguration of the upcoming “Rising From the Ashes Exhibition 2023.” The exclusive exhibition is scheduled to take place from September 22 to September 26, at the Aloki Convention Center, Tejgaon in the capital, aiming to bring together the artistic ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Saturday landed in Dhaka after wrapping up a 12 day long Singapore and Indonesia tour. A VVIP aircraft (flight no BG- 585 ) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the President landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 6:35pm, said President’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin, UNB reports. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, cabinet secretary Mahbub ...

A total of six persons, including a man and his son and a mother and her son, have been killed and 10 others injured in two separate road accidents in Shibpur and Raipura upazilas of Narsingdi district. The accidents took place at about 9pm on Friday at Raipura upazila and around 2am on Saturday at Shibpur upazila. In Shibpur upazila, ...

No more elections under the present government. So, humbly request to dissolve the parliament immediately, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday (September 16). “Abolish the Election Commission made up with party people.” He said these while speaking as the chief guest at the party’s youth march in Rangpur. Jubo Dal president Sultan Saluddin Tuku is leading ...