Bangladesh

Law enforcement officials have arrested Md Shaher Alam Murad, the former general secretary of the Dhaka South unit of the Awami League (AL), from a residence in Uttara, Dhaka, on Thursday morning. The arrest was confirmed by Md Talebur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), who said that Murad, also an executive member of the Dhaka Metropolitan ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) sat with the National Consensus Commission on Thursday morning. BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan is leading the five-member delegation. The meeting started at the LD Hall of the National Parliament Building at 10:30AM. Other members of the delegation are standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed, Council member of the BNP Chairperson Ismail Jabiullah, party leader ...

The Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) between Bangladesh and Pakistan began on Thursday morning at the Padma State Guest House. Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin and Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch are leading the Bangladesh and Pakistan sides respectively at the FOC which began around 10:30AM. This is the first such diplomatic engagement in 15 years. The last FOC between Bangladesh ...

The Jamaat chief said the US officials also raised concerns about minority rights, women’s rights and labour issues — all of which were addressed during the meeting. Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Wednesday called for the implementation of Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus’ promise regarding the 13th parliamentary election. He made the remarks during a press briefing following ...

Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate and Chief Adviser to Bangladesh’s interim government, has been named one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2025 by TIME magazine. He has been recognized under “Leaders” category, alongside global figures such as US President Donald Trump, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. In a special ...

Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch has arrived in Dhaka. She came here to attend a meeting of foreign secretaries. After almost 15 years, a Pakistani secretary came to Dhaka. Director General of South Asia Wing at Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Ishrat Jahan welcomed her upon arrival in Dhaka, said an official at the ministry. Foreign Secretary Md Jashim ...

Stressing that elections and democracy matter, US Department of State Spokesperson Tammy Bruce has said the future of Bangladesh is going to be decided by the Bangladeshi people. “And elections matter. I don’t want to sound it trite here, but it’s true. Democracy matters, and actions by people matter to confront issues.” The Spokesperson made the remarks while responding to ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Shafiqur Rahman and Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher have met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in London. They visited the former prime minister at the residence of her son Tarique Rahman, the BNP acting chairman, on Sunday (April 13). BNP chairperson’s former press secretary and journalist Maruf Kamal Khan wrote on his Facebook account on Tuesday night. He ...

Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) delegation held bilateral discussion with European Union representatives and ambassadors from eight European nations, focusing on political reforms and accountability for human rights abuses. On Tuesday, April 15, led by Convener Nahid Islam and Senior Joint Member Secretary Dr. Tasnim Jara, NCP leaders discussed Bangladesh’s evolving political landscape and circumstances that prompted formation of their party ...

Chief Organiser of the Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) for the Southern Region, Hasnat Abdullah, on Tuesday strongly objected to characterizing his party’s anti-Awami League position as “indecorous.” In a post shared from his verified Facebook account, Hasnat wrote, “The day our anti-Awami League stance and rejection of compromise politics began to be called ‘indecorous’ was the day Awami League processions ...