Bangladesh

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said that there is no scope for dialogue now as the schedule of the upcoming national election will be announced today. Quader said this to reporters after a meeting with US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Hass at the secretariat on Wednesday. Responding to a question, Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, ...

A total of 214 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed across the country centering BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami’s fifth phase of 48-hour blockade and following RMG unrest. Of them, 33 platoons are deployed in Dhaka and nearby districts to ensure security to the garment factories, while 181 platoons of BGB are deployed across the country to maintain law ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal is set to address the nation and announce the schedule for the upcoming general election at 7 pm on Wednesday, Election Commission has said. Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar will broadcast the CEC’s speech in the evening, EC Secretary Jahangir Alam said while briefing reporters on in the morning. Before announcing the polls ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the Election Commission will announce the 12th national parliamentary polls schedule in a day or two. She urged the country’s people to contain the ongoing arson terrorism in the country. On Tuesday (November 14), the Prime Minister inaugurated and laid foundation stones of 10,041 structures and houses under 157 development projects including Sheikh Hasina ...

On average, more than nine arson attacks have been reported across the country every day between October 28 and November 13, Fire Service and Civil Defense said on Tuesday. “A total of 154 arson attacks were reported across the country during this period, leaving 5 people injured,” said Talha Bin Jashim, station officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence’s ...

The Election Commission will hold a meeting on Wednesday (November 15) with an aim to announce the schedule of the national election. The meeting will be held at 5pm. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal is likely to address the nation at 7pm after the meeting and expected to announce the schedule. The national elections may be held in the ...

Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) has announced two packages for hajj under private management this year. The first package cost is Tk 5,89,800 while the second one is Tk 8,28,818. Compared to 2023, the cost of the general package of hajj in 2024 has decreased by Tk 83,200. M Shahadat Hossain, president of HAAB, announced the packages at a ...

The United States has once again said it supports “free and fair” elections in Bangladesh. “We think the future of the Bangladeshi government should be determined by its people,” US Department of State Spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters at a regular media briefing on Monday when a reporter wanted to know why the US government must discuss Bangladesh-related issues with ...

Terming BNP as the “leaderless party”, the Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina said they just want to create an unnatural situation in the country to foil the election. She added, “They know that they don’t have any leadership. They’re just a party without any head. One is absconding and another is in the jail. That party ...

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Monday conveyed to the UN Human Rights Council that BNP’s demand for holding polls under a caretaker government is “completely unconstitutional and illegal”. Mentioning Bangladesh’s independent Election Commission, he said the government is committed to hold the next national election in a “free, fair and peaceful” manner with the participation of people. Taking part at ...