Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday made it clear that as an independent and sovereign country, Bangladesh will never bow down to any external interference. “We’ll not bow down to interferences of anyone. It is our decision,” she said while addressing a special Darbar (assembly) arranged at her office here, marking the 37th founding anniversary of the Special Security Force ...

The Election Commission (EC) cancelled the nomination paper of Ashraful Hossain Alam alias Hero Alam for the Dhaka-17 by-elections on Sunday. Returning Officer Md Muneer Hossain Khan said EC also rejected eight nomination papers, including of Jatiya Party nominee Mamunoor Rashid. Speaking at the Electoral Training Institute after scrutinisation of nomination papers, the returning officer said 15 people had submitted ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) handed over arrested prime accused chairman Babu and three other accused of journalist Nadim murder case to Bakshiganj police early Sunday. Confirming this matter, Bakshigaj Police Station OC Sohel Rana said RAB handed them over to the police at an early hours. All of them will produced in court today seeking remand. Prime accused Babu was ...

Crticising the new visa policy announced by the US government, Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader has said Bangladesh could announce visa policy too. “Let them (US) implement their visa policy, we don’t care about it. There is question around the world about standard of democracy of a country, which is announcing visa policy. We may have visa policy ...

Journalist Nadim was killed as per Chairman Babu’s plan as he wanted to give him ‘a proper lesson out of personal vengeance and resentment’ due to writing news reports on his misdeeds. According to Babu’s plan, killers led by him took position at different places on his way home. Babu himself ordered killing of Nadim staying near the place of ...

BNP Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan termed Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader’s assertion that many BNP leaders are preparing to join the next election under a partisan government a ‘sheer lie’. “Why are only many leaders? We all want to participate in the elections, but not under this government, under a non-partisan neutral government,” he said. Speaking at ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned to her Gulshan residence on Saturday evening after receiving treatment for four days at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. She left the hospital at 6:35 pm and reached home at 7.45 pm. Khaleda was admitted to Evercare Hospital early Tuesday as she suddenly fell sick with a fever and stomachache. Later, she underwent ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home from Geneva, Switzerland, early Saturday after attending “World of Work Summit: Social Justice for All” held on June 14-15. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Primer and her entourage members landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 1.55am. The Prime Minister exchanged pleasantries with the passengers in the flight and ...

A case was filed against 22 people including Shadhurpara Union Parishad Chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu on Saturday over the murder of journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim. Chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu has been made the prime accused in the case. Slain journalist Nadim’s wife Monira Begum filed the case with Bakshiganj Police Station mentioning the name of 22 accused. The police station ...

The elections of Bangladesh could not be prevented with anyone’s visa policy and sanctions, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said. “We do not interfere with anyone. We do not want interference of any foreign country in our elections. We are going to hold the elections as per law. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will remain the head of the ...