Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the world should firmly say ‘No’ to all wars and conflicts to protect mankind and humanity. “In today’s globalized world, surely it would be easy to firmly say ‘NO’ to all wars and conflicts to save human lives and humanity,” she said. She made remarks while addressing the ‘G20 Leader’s Summit 2023’ held in ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Wednesday said no action of a high-ranking public and military official must erode in any way or transgress the fundamental rights of a citizen. “Obligation to human rights and rule of law must be the guiding principle of your activities,” he said. He said this while participants of the National Defense Course and Armed Forces War ...

Jatiya Party (JaPa) has formally announced joining the upcoming 12th Jatiya Sangsad election. The party secretary general Mujibul Huq Chunnu formally announced joining the election at Jatiya Party chairman GM Quader’s Banani office in the capital. About joining the election, the JaPa secretary general told the Daily Observer Online that they received assurance from the Election Commission, government and other ...

A Dhaka court on Wednesday rejected the bail of BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case filed over the attack on the Chief Justice’s residence during BNP’s grand rally in Nayapaltan area of the city on October 28. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions judge Faisal Atiq Bin Quader passed the order after hearing on a bail petition filed by ...

Kalyan Party chairman Maj Gen (retd) Syed Muhammad Ibrahim has announced a new political alliance Jukto Front. “Jukto Front will participate in the upcoming national election as an alliance. We are preparing to fight in 100 seats,” said Maj Gen Ibrahim at a press briefing at Jatiya Press Club on Wednesday morning. The three parties in the alliance are Bangladesh ...

To maintain law and order across the country during the ongoing 48-hour road, rail and waterways blockade, a huge number of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel have been deployed. According to a media release issued by BGB headquarters, a total of 232 platoons of BGB have been deployed across the county. Meanwhile, a total of ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that some people who are thinking of assuming power over dead bodies are very inhuman. “I don’t see such brutality anywhere else as those who want to assume power through killing people. It’s beyond imagination to think,” she said while addressing the Armed Forces Day 2023 Reception at Senakunja at Dhaka Cantonment in the ...

The BBC on Tuesday revealed its list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2023. Among them are attorney and former US First Lady Michelle Obama, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, Ballon d’Or-winning footballer Aitana Bonmatí, AI expert Timnit Gebru, feminist icon Gloria Steinem, Hollywood star America Ferrera and beauty mogul Huda Kattan. The name of ...

Awami League has sold a total of 3,362 nomination forms in the last four days among aspirant candidates eager to contest the 12th Jatiya Sangsad election slated for January 7 next. Among them, 121 aspirants collected forms online, while the rest 3,241 collected forms from the AL’s central office at Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital. The party earned Tk 16.81 ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said good sense should prevail among the arsonists as nothing can be gained by burning people. “The arson violence has recently started again. How can a man burn another man? It is wrong,” she said. The prime minister said this while addressing a reception accorded to the selected gallantry award-winning freedom fighters and their ...