Bangladesh

A Dhaka court on Sunday set April 24 for submitting probe report in a graft case filed against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Judge (in-charge) Faisal Atiq Bin Kader of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court set the date as investigation agency Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) couldn’t submit the report today. The ACC on March 31, ...

The Bangladesh Consulate in Sittwe, Myanmar will soon be shifted to Yangon on a temporary basis due to the current security situation there. “A verbal instruction has already been given. Process is underway,” a senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told UNB on Sunday. Other foreign missions stationed in Sittwe are also moving to Yangon on security grounds. ...

A Dhaka Court on Sunday shown arrested former home minister and BNP Vice Chairman Air Vice Marshal (retd) Altaf Hossain Chowdhury in three other separate cases. The cases have been filed with Ramna Police Station. After ending hearing on arrest and bail petitions, Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sultan Shohag shown him arrested. As Altaf Hossain is sick, he joined ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that those who want to raise question about the fairness of 12th general election, must clearly show evidence in favour of their remarks. “The 12th parliamentary election was free, fair and neutral,” she said in her introductory speech at the extended meeting of Awami League (AL) at her official residence Ganabhaban in the capital ...

BNP Chairperson’s Advisory Council Member Zainul Abedin Farroque said on Saturday that the Awami League will have to “pay for ages for holding a ‘lopsided’ election of the 12th Parliament on January 7, reports UNB. Speaking at a human chain programme, he also urged the ruling party not to underestimate the BNP, as the party could stage a comeback on ...

BNP Organising Secretary Imran Saleh Prince has secured bail in a sabotage case. He was released from Kashimpur Jail at 1pm on Saturday, the party media cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan confirmed. Saleh Prince went to his Kolabagab residence from jail, he added. Prince was arrested by the Detective Branch of Police from a relative’s house in Badda of the ...

On the second day of the second phase of 57th Biswa Ijtema the devotees on Saturday listened to scholars recitation and explanation of verses from the Quran. Several lakhs of devotees, including around seven thousand foreign devotees from several countries have gathered on the Ijtema ground and continued spiritual activities, including the recitation of Allah’s divine names and sermons. Maulana ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for more women and girls in science for a just, inclusive and sustainable future. “We must have the right policies and institutions for young women to choose a career in science and technology,” she said. She said in a video statement broadcast in the 9th International Day of Women and Girls in ...

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday alleged that India wants fragile democracy in Bangladesh since it has extended support to last month’s election which was rejected by the people and the most democratic countries. “The foreign minister said (Thursday) that India has supported the election (held on January 7) to maintain the continuity of democracy,” he ...

Indian President Droupadi Murmu on Friday acclaimed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for being one of the longest serving women leaders globally and forming the government for an unprecedented 5th term. “All the women in South Asia should be proud of her (Sheikh Hasina) capability and leadership,” she said when Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud called on her at Rashtrapati ...