Bangladesh

A Dhaka court on Monday issued arrest warrants against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 40 others in two murder cases filed over killings during the July Uprising in 2024. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jamsed Alam took cognisance of the charge sheets against 64 accused in the two cases involving the killings. According to the case documents involving the killing of ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday pledged to protect the rights of all citizens regardless of religion, assuring minority communities that there is no reason to live in fear. “I promise that BNP will always stand by you and protect your rights,” Fakhrul said while addressing an election campaign rally. “BNP will be uncompromising ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday instructed the Armed Forces to perform their duties with professionalism, neutrality, and inter-institutional coordination to ensure participatory, fear-free and fair national elections. The Chief Adviser gave the instruction at a views exchange meeting with senior officials of the Armed Forces over the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election and Referendum-2026 at the Helmet Auditorium ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Sunday approved 25 development projects worth Tk45,191.27 crore including a 1,000-bed Bangladesh–China Friendship General Hospital in the northern region. Of the total project cost, Tk10,881.40 crore will be financed from government funds, Tk32,018.09 crore from project loans and Tk2,291.78 crore from the implementing agencies’ own resources. The approvals were given ...

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has said his party will crack down on corruption at any cost if it wins the upcoming national parliamentary elections and forms the government. Issuing a strong warning, he said there would be “no compromise on corruption or law and order”. He made the remarks on Sunday (25 January) while addressing a BNP-organised mass rally at ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin on Sunday said foreign diplomats in Bangladesh have expressed full confidence in the Election Commission’s ability to hold a free, fair, neutral, and credible 13th national parliamentary election. He made the remarks while speaking to journalists after meeting diplomats from various embassies and missions at the Westin in the capital’s Gulshan area at ...

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Md Shafiqur Rahman on Sunday morning. The meeting took place at 9:00am at the Jamaat Ameer’s office in Bashundhara area, according to a press release. The High Commissioner was accompanied by Deputy High Commissioner James Goldman, Head of Political Timothy Duckett, and Deputy Secretary (Political) ...

Jamaat alliance candidate for Dhaka-11 and convener of National Citizen Party (NCP) Nahid Islam on Sunday alleged that a level playing field has yet to be ensured for the upcoming national election. Speaking during electioneering at different spots in Badda-Satarkul area in the morning, Nahid claimed that the Jamaat alliance activists are being subjected to intimidation ahead of the polls. ...

The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday held a meeting with foreign diplomats stationed in Bangladesh to brief them on preparations for the upcoming national parliamentary election and referendum. The meeting began at 10:00am at the Ballroom of Westin Hotel in the capital’s Gulshan area. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin attended the meeting along with Election Commissioners Abdur Rahmanel ...

Barrister Zaima Rahman, daughter of BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, has called for opening up leadership from the young generation and creating space for new voices in politics, stressing the need for inclusive participation to strengthen democratic practice. She made the call on Saturday afternoon during an informal interaction with the winners of a national reel-making competition titled ‘Amar Bhabnay Bangladesh’ ...