Bangladesh

China will not interfere in Bangladesh’s election issue, said its Ambassador Yao Wen on Wednesday. “It is Bangladesh’s internal issue and China will not interfere internal issues of any country.” The Ambassador made this comment to media after a meeting with planing minister at the ministry in the capital’s She-e-Bangla Nagar. Besides, he also informed about China’s interest in investing ...

The National Identity Card (NID) server of the Election Commission was restored on Wednesday afternoon, hours after it went offline due to maintenance work. The server was restored at about 2pm on Wednesday. Election Commission’s NID wing’s director general AKM Humayun Kabir during a press briefing on Wednesday said that they kept the server down since zero hour on August ...

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said Jamaat-e-Islami has expressed its dirty and terrorist thoughts by threatening to kill doctor SM Mostofa Zaman. “Prof Mustafa Zaman came to me on Tuesday night and told me all the incidents. He treated Delwar Hossain Sayeedi as a doctor. But still, he has been threatened. It seems surprising to me.” The minister made the ...

BNP on Wednesday threatened to announce tougher programmes if the government does not allow its ailing party chief Khaleda Zia to go abroad for receiving advanced treatment. “The people of Bangladesh will not remain silent if steps are not taken immediately for ensuring the treatment of our leader Begum Khaleda Zia abroad,” said BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury. ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has announced a two-day programme over the death of the party’s late leader and convicted war criminal Delwar Hossain Sayedee. Acting Ameer of the party Prof Mujibur Rahman made the announcement at a press conference on Wednesday. He said the party will stage demonstrations and protest marches across the country on August 18 and 23. Earlier on Tuesday, ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has raised question whether war crime convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee received ‘proper treatment’ before his death. Fakhrul raised the question while speaking at a doa mahfil and discussion as the chief guest at Mirza uhul Amin Auditorium in Thakurgaon early Wednesday afternoon. The doa mahfil was arranged seeking BNP Chaiperson Khaleda ...

Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s historic house at Road No. 32, Dhanmondi in the capital has turned into Bangabandhu Memorial Museum. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her younger sister Sheikh Rehana took part in a milad and offered munajat seeking divine blessings of their parents, siblings and relatives at that house. They prayed for the eternal peace ...

A man was killed and 15 others were injured in a clash between police and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Chhatra Shibir over holding a namaz-e-janaza of Delawar Hossain Sayedee in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Tuesday afternoon. The incident took place at around 4pm on the Baitus Sharf road in Chakaria municipality. The deceased was identified as Mohammed ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin today hosted a milad and doa mahfil at Durbar Hall of Bangabhaban after Asr prayers, marking the National Mourning Day and the 48th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The Head of State said his Asr prayers at the Durbar Hall before joining the milad and doa mahfil. Earlier, a brief discussion ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreath at his mausoleum here on his 48th martyrdom anniversary and the National Mourning Day. After placing the wreath, the prime minister stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of the ...