Bangladesh

Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said that a total of 555,958 Ansar-VDP members will be deployed at 42,766 polling stations during the upcoming elections. Of the, 13 members assigned to each centre, he said while speaking at a passing-out parade at the Ansar and VDP Academy in Safipur, Gazipur, on Monday. Jahangir Alam said ...

Canada has said it remains steadfast in its support for efforts to advance accountability, dignity and justice for the Rohingya. Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Ajit Singh met three Rohingya survivors who will be travelling to The Hague to testify in the upcoming International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings in the landmark genocide case brought by The Gambia against Myanmar ...

Jamaat-e-Islami candidate AKM Fazlul Haque has failed to get back his candidacy for the Chittagong-9 constituency as the Election Commission (EC) rejected his appeal, citing dual citizenship. Now, he will not be able to contest the upcoming 13th parliamentary election. The decision was taken following a hearing on his appeal at the Election Commission on Monday. Fazlul Haque said he ...

Regarding the recent exclusion of cricketer Mustafizur Rahman from the IPL, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that insulting our cricketers means insulting the country. “I used to play cricket and was also a member of the board. There are international issues surrounding this cricket. Our country’s honor is associated with this cricket.” Mirza Fakhrul made this ...

Newly appointed United States Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent Christensen sets to arrive in Dhaka on Monday evening. According to diplomatic sources, he will be welcomed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by officials from the US Embassy in Dhaka and representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The sources added, Christensen will formally begin his mission in Dhaka later this week ...

Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) Ivars Ijabs on Sunday said these historic elections – referendum and national election – will be crucial to bolster democratic institutions through the ballot box and laid emphasis on participation of all social groups and credible turnout of voters for exercising their democratic rights. “Hence it will be important ...

The Election Commission (EC) today held a law and order coordination meeting with 16 divisions and agencies, including the armed forces, ahead of the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad Election and the Referendum, reports BSS. The meeting began at 9am at the conference room of the Election Commission at Agargaon in the capital, with Election Commissioner Brigadier General (retd) Abul Fazal ...

Bangladesh aligns itself fully with the collective resolve of the OIC to uphold international law, respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity of Member States, and the unity and solidarity of the Muslim world, said Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain. He was speaking at the 22nd Extra Ordinary Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic ...

Turkish Ambassador to Bangladesh Ramis Sen today paid a courtesy call on BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, reports BSS. The meeting was held this evening at the BNP Chairman’s political office in Gulshan and took place in a cordial atmosphere, according to BNP media cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan. During the discussion, the two sides exchanged views on various important issues ...

India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Pranay Kumar Verma, on Saturday conveyed India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s expectation messge that Bangladesh’s future will be shaped under the leadership of BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman. BNP Joint Secretary General Humayun Kabir shared the information with reporters by after the meeting between the party chief and the envoy. Indian High Commissioner Pranay Kumar Verma ...