Bangladesh

Terming new US visa policy for Bangladeshis as ‘regrettable,’ Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) fellow Professor Mostafizur Rahman said, “It is very regrettable for us as a nation and citizens to force Bangladesh to a fair election with condition. I hope that everyone and all political parties will realize this matter. Politicians embody our national aspirations collectively.” He made the ...

Chinese vice-minister of foreign affairs Sun Weidong arrived in Dhaka on Friday night on a two-day official visit to discuss issues of mutual interest. He will have a bilateral meeting with foreign secretary Masud Bin Momen during his stay in Dhaka, UNB reports. The meeting will take place on Saturday morning at State guesthouse Padma. Director General (East Asia & ...

The deputy high commissioner (DHC) of Pakistan to Bangladesh and his family members narrowly escaped unhurt when a speeding passenger bus collided head-on with his car in Brahmanbaria on Friday, police said. Akul Chandra Biswas, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sarail Khantihata Highway Police Station, said that DHC Qamar Abbas Khokhar along with his wife Rehena Sarwar Khokhar, son Mohammad Khokhar and ...

In observance of the International Forced Disappearance Week, human rights activists and relatives of the victims of forced disappearances have formed human-chain in Feni. Chanting slogans against all sorts of forced disappearances, they called for returning the victims of forced diappearance to their respective families as soon as possible. Roushan Ara Begum, mother of the forced disappearance victim Juba Dal ...

Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury today visited the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Japan. Executive Directors of the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation Ito Yoichi and Hironobu Takagi welcomed the speaker, said a press release. A delegation from Bangladesh, including Ambassador of Bangladesh to Japan Shahabuddin Ahmed, Ruhul Haque, Abul Kalam Md ...

At least 50 people, including BNP leader Nipun Roy Chowdhury, were injured in a clash between the supporters of Awami League and BNP at Jinjira Bus Road area of Keraniganj on Friday morning. According to the witnesses, leaders and activists of Juba Dal brought out a procession from Chatgaon area to join a BNP rally scheduled to be held in ...

Symbols have been allocated among the four mayoral candidates in Khulna City Corporation polls. Returning Officer Md Alauddin distributed the symbols at the regional election officer’s office in the city around 10am on Friday. During the ceremony, Md Alauddin requested the candidates to maintain the electoral code of conducts. The Khulna City Corporation election is scheduled to be held on ...

The returning officer has allotted electoral symbols to seven mayoral candidates for contesting elections to Barishal City Corporation (BCC) elections. Returning Officer Humayun Kabir distributed the symbols at the regional election officer’s office at Nathullabad in the city on Friday morning. The candidates can now start their election campaign formally in a bid to contest the city elections as per ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the new visa policy of the USA targeting Bangladesh’s next election reflects the people’s long-standing demand for the restoration of voting rights. In a statement in the early hours of Friday, he also said the main theme of the US visa policy is to ensure all the processes for arranging the ...

Independent candidate Zayeda Khatun, mother of suspended former mayor Jahangir Alam, has been elected Gazipur City Corporation mayor. Zayeda Khatun with ‘Table Clock’ election symbol received 2,38,934 votes while her nearest rival and ruling Awami League candidate Md Azmat Ullah Khan with the ‘Boat’ symbol bagged 2,22,737 votes at all 480 polling centres. Returning officer Md Faridul Alam made the ...