Bangladesh

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday (December 12, 2024) conveyed a message to people from party’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, urging them to remain patient to have the democracy restored through a national election. “Our acting chairman has urged you (people) to remain patient. We must all act with unity and patience to restore democracy, ensuring that ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday reiterated his call to the South Asian leaders to activate the SAARC to bring for the people of entire region. “South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is very important to me. I spoke about activating the forum immediately after taking oath as the chief adviser,” he said, reports BSS. The Chief Adviser ...

Sixteen Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel have been detained for their involvement in different crimes since August 5, said its Director General Additional IGP AKM Shahidur Rahman on Thursday. “The law and order situation deteriorated after August 5. Later, RAB members started working to bring the situation under control. While doing this work, 16 members got involved in various crimes. ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir returned home from London on Thursday afternoon, after completing a 10-day visit. Fakhrul, accompanied by his wife Rahat Ara Begum, arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at 12:45PM. BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan confirmed this. During his stay in London, Fakhrul met party Acting Chairman ...

Japan will support Bangladesh’s ongoing reform, and its investors would continue to stay beside Bangladesh to help boost the country’s economy. Outgoing Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori said as he paid the farewell call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka on Wednesday, reports BSS. Ambassador Kiminori praised the leadership of Professor ...

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday said India does not want to see democracy in its neighbouring countries due to its hegemonic attitude. “India is a democratic country, but it does not want Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, the Maldives and Sri Lanka to be governed by the will of their peoples. Why should they follow Delhi’s words?” ...

The United States has called for India and Bangladesh to address their differences through peaceful means, State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said at a press briefing on Tuesday. “We want to see all parties resolve their disagreements peacefully,” Miller said in response to a query regarding the recent visit of India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri to Bangladesh. During his visit, ...

Bangladeshi fact-checking initiative Rumor Scanner has found that about 72 percent of social media accounts spreading fake and misinformation against Bangladesh are located in India. The fact checking body today released a report titled “India’s disinformation flood on Bangladesh: What’s actually happening?”, showing how Indian media, alongside social media, are regularly spreading false information about the Professor Muhammad Yunus-led interim ...

Toby Cadman, special adviser to the chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal, said that he does not know what India will do to return Sheikh Hasina, but if India does not do so, the trial will continue in her absence. He said this after a meeting with the prosecutor team on Wednesday. “India is a democratic state, as a ...

Bangladesh has achieved a significant milestone by being unanimously elected as a Vice President of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for 2025. The decision was made on December 9 during an organizational session of the Council focused on its work for the upcoming year. The country’s Permanent Representative to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva will ...