Bangladesh

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday (July 18, 2023) placed two arrested accused on a three-day remand in a case filed over attack on Ashraful Hossain Alam alias Hero Alam, an independent candidate in the just concluded by-election of Dhaka-17 constituency. The remanded accused were Sanwar Kazi, 28 and Biplob Hossain, 31. Earlier, police produced them before the court on ...

The United States has encouraged the government of Bangladesh to investigate any report of violence thoroughly, transparently, and impartially, and to hold the perpetrators of violence to account. “I would say that this type of political violence has no place in democratic elections,” US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller told in a regular briefing in Washington on July 17 when ...

The rulling Awami League (AL) and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will remain on the Dhaka streets today (July 18) as both the party hold counter-programmes. Dhaka city (South) AL brings out a procession at 3pm from Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh in the capital. It will end at Dhanmondi 32. The party General Secretary Obaidul Quader will join the programme ...

Ruling Awami League backed candidate Mohammad A Arafat has won the by-election to Dhaka-17 constituency. Arafat bagged 28,816 votes while his nearest rival Ashraful Hossen Alom, better known as “Hero Alom,” got 5,609 votes. Senior District Election Officer Md Munir Hussain Khan, returning officer of the Dhaka-17 by-election,made the unofficial announcement of the results at night. A total of 37, ...

The cabinet has approved the draft of Sylhet Medical University (Amendment) Act, 2023 as the new name of the medical university will be Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib University, Sylhet as per the draft. It was approved in a cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair at her office on Monday in the city’s Tejgaon, BSS reports. Later, ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Monday the attack on Hero Alam, an independent candidate in the by-election to Dhaka-17 constituency, was a mockery of democracy, saying that it has demonstrated how Awami League has become politically bankrupt. Speaking at a massive ‘youth rally,’ he said the incident of attack has also manifested once again that no ...

Independent candidate for Dhaka-17 constituency by-polls Hero Alam came under attack at a polling centre in Dhaka Monday afternoon. He came under attack at Bidyaniketan School polling centre at about 3.15 pm in city’s Banani area. Hero Alam went to visit Bidyaniketan School polling centre at about 3.00pm. Supporters of ruling Awami League (AL) hurled abusive words at him for ...

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Monday attended retreat in Bangkok, Thailand which was hosted by Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) to exchange views on regional issues as well as ways to move the 25-year old organisation forward. The BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers had an “open and forward looking” discussion among the colleagues, reports ...

A Special Judge’s Court on Monday sentenced  ‘influential’ contractor GK Shamim to 10 years’ imprisonment in a money laundering case. Besides, seven of his bodyguards were jailed for four years each for assisting GK Shamim. They are Md Delwar Hossain, Md Murad Hossain, Md Jahidul Islam, Md Shahidul Islam, Md Kamal Hossain, Md Samsad Hossain and Md Aminul Islam. Dhaka ...

Voting for the by-election in Dhaka-17 constituency and election in seven municipalities of seven districts are underway on Monday (July 17). Voting started at 8 am with the use of traditional ballot papers in the parliamentary by-election. Voters’ presence was seen thin in the morning. No queue was seen at the centres in Dhaka. Large number of law enforcement agencies ...