Bangladesh

The IRI-NDI pre-electoral team, now visiting Dhaka, has not given any suggestion about the upcoming general election of Bangladesh, said Law Minister Anisul Huq on Wednesday. The minister made the remarks while talking to reporters after a meeting with the US team at the Secretariat. Anisul Huq said their (the US election monitoring team) main question was “what is the ...

Law minister Anisul Huq on Wednesday (October 11) said the visiting pre-election observer delegation of the US wanted to know the difference between the Digital Security Act (DSA) and the Cyber Security Act (CSA). He told reporters after the meeting with the visiting team in the Ministry of Law this afternoon. Anisul Haque said, “What they discussed with me is ...

The government has appointed Mohammad Harun Al Rashid as the next Ambassador of Bangladesh to Morocco. He will replace Ambassador Mohammed Shahdat Hossain in this capacity. A career diplomat, Mohammad Harun Al Rashid belongs to the 20th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service (Foreign Affairs) Cadre. Joining the service in 2001, he is now serving as the Minister and Deputy High ...

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen today said China never intervenes in internal affairs of other countries. “A friend in need is a friend indeed. A certain foreign country claims itself to be Bangladesh’s friend and keeps talking about human rights, democracy and free and fair elections in Bangladesh. In the meantime, they are also imposing unilateral visa restrictions and ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday accused the government of pushing the country towards a confrontational situation to hold another lopsided election. Speaking at a press conference at the party chairperson’s Gulshan office, he also alleged that the government is moving ahead with its plan to hold the one-sided polls by arresting and jailing the active BNP ...

BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has appealed for a writ challenging the legality of bringing three foreigners to the country to testify against her in the Niko graft case. Barrister Kayser Kamal, lawyer of Khaleda Zia, submitted the application on behalf her to the High Court on Wednesday. He said, “The permission given to foreign witnesses coming to the country ...

BNP’s Publicity Secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie was picked up by police from his Dhanmondi residence in Dhaka early Wednesday. Police arrived at the house of Annie around 2.00am and asked the BNP leader to go with them to the police station, said Zahir Uddin Swapan, chief coordinator of BNP’s media cell, UNB reports. Dhanmondi Police Station officer-in-charge Parvez Islam ...

A fire that broke out at a commercial building in the city’s Uttara area has been doused after around three and a half hours of frantic efforts. The fire originated at a restaurant on the eighth floor of the 14-storey Syed Grand Centre around 1:15 am on Wednesday and then engulfed the 6th and 7th floors, said Fire Service and ...

At least six people were killed and 10 others injured after a bus hit another bus from behind at Trishal upazila in Mymensingh district on Wednesday. The accident took place around 8:30 am on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Chelerghat area. Five of the deceased were identified as Jesmin Akter, 25, Sirajul Islam, 30, Liton Miah, 32, Sohel Miah, 35, and ...

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina addresses a grand rally on Tuesday at the newly constructed Dr Kazi Abu Yusuf Stadium in Bhanga, organized by the Faridpur District AL marking inauguration of the Dhaka-Mawa section of the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project. Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has urged the people to vote for her ...