Bangladesh

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has sought cooperation from political parties to create a safe environment for voters during the national election. While speaking at a discussion with six registered political parties at Nirbachan Bhaban on Sunday, he said, ”The Election Commission cannot complete this big task alone. We need your support in bringing voters to the polling stations ...

Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Water Resources Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has said that protecting government-owned (khas) ponds and waterbodies is a collective duty, as these are significant national resources. According to official land records, Dhaka district and metropolitan area contain 113 khas ponds, of which 44 have been identified for renovation in the first phase. She made these ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that a certain political party is attempting to create division within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He made the remark on Saturday morning while addressing a gathering in front of the residence of late BNP leader Barrister Aminul Haque in Godagari, Rajshahi, after offering prayers at his grave. Introducing Major General ...

A huge crowd of devotees thronged Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on Saturday as the International Khatme Nabuwat Conference commenced amid tight security and extensive participation from home and abroad. The religious congregation began at 9am with inaugural remarks and will continue until 2pm. From early morning, thousands of scholars, students of madrasas, and devout Muslims from various districts were seen ...

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman has said that no country can achieve sustainable development by excluding half of its population. He made the remarks on Friday while attending a three-day reunion of former cadets of Joypurhat Girls’ Cadet College as the chief guest. “When women make up 50 percent of the population, it is impossible to move the nation ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher and leaders of seven other parties have called on the Chief Adviser to immediately announce a separate date for the national referendum, instead of holding it on the same day as the upcoming general election. Speaking at a joint press conference held at Al-Falah Hall at Moghbazar in Dhaka on Friday, Taher said, “We ...

BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed has pledged that the party will ensure the strictest punishment for perpetrators of violence against women if entrusted with power through people’s mandate. He made the remarks at a pre-procession rally titled “Rising Violence and Disrespect: Conscious Women Prepared to Resist,” organized by Women and Children Rights Forum at Shahbagh in Dhaka. Following the ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has assured the UK that Bangladesh’s upcoming general election will be inclusive and participatory, while confirming that Awami League will be barred from contesting due to its suspension under anti-terrorism laws. He made the remarks on Thursday evening during a meeting with visiting British Minister for International Development Baroness Jenny Chapman at the State Guest ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has thanked Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus for announcing that the national referendum and parliamentary election will be held on the same day. The party expressed its appreciation following a three-hour meeting of its Standing Committee at chairperson’s office in Gulshan on Thursday night. After the meeting, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told reporters ...

Interim government’s National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman will travel to New Delhi on 19 November to join a high-level gathering of National Security Advisers from the Indo-Pacific region. He is scheduled to participate in the seventh meeting of Colombo Security Conclave (CSC), which will be held in the Indian capital on 20 November. The two-day visit follows an invitation extended ...