Bangladesh

Legendary musicologist, researcher and author Mustafa Zaman Abbasi passed away at a private hospital in the capital’s Banani on Saturday morning. He was 87. He breathed his last at about 5:30AM, his daughter Sharmin Abbasi confirmed. Mustafa Zaman Abbasi had long been suffering from old age complications. He was hospitalised on Friday (May 9) due to breathing complications. He left ...

The interim government is actively considering demands to ban Awami League and will make a swift decision after consulting with political parties, according to a statement from Chief Adviser released on Friday. The statement released on official Facebook page of Chief Adviser of interim government around 3:00 PM on Friday. The statement further mentioned that the government is taking into ...

Hundreds of protesters have blocked Shahbagh intersection demanding a ban on Awami League (AL). The blockade began at 4:45 PM Friday as demonstrators responded to a call from Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) southern region Chief Organiser Hasnat Abdullah. “We must still explain to the government why Awami League must be banned, months after the July movement,” Hasnat Abdullah told the ...

BNP Standing Committee member Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan has said that the decision to ban the Awami League is not BNP’s to make, but one that rests with the people. “Only the people can decide who will contest elections and who won’t,” he stated on Friday, May 9, during a media briefing at BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s political office in ...

The National Citizen Party (NCP) has organized a large gathering today (Friday) after Jummah prayers, demanding a ban on Awami League. Shortly after 12 PM, protesters moved from the front of the ‘Jamuna’ residence—home to the interim government’s chief advisor—and took position in front of a newly erected stage. The stage, built using a truck, has been set up near ...

Former Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) Mayor Dr. Selina Hayat Ivy was arrested from her city residence early Friday. Narayanganj Sadar Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Nasir Uddin said that they detained her from ‘Chunka Kutir’ in Deobhog around 5:45 AM, citing multiple charges, including murder. The overnight tension centring the drive to detain the Awami League-backed former mayor ended after ...

Ilias Kanchan, the chairman of the newly formed Janata Party of Bangladesh, has declared full support for the student-led movement demanding a political ban on the Awami League (AL). In a video message from London on Friday morning, Kanchan said, “We wholeheartedly embrace the spirit of ’24’ and will never tolerate any fascist regime. I assure you, when I return ...

Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, Adviser to Ministry of Youth and Sports and Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, has announced that Awami League’s affiliated organizations; Jubo League and Swechchhasebak League, are set to be banned. He made the announcement in a Facebook post at 10:44 PM on Thursday. The adviser’s post came amid a protest staged by leaders ...

Chinese Ambassador to Dhaka, Yao Wen, has stated that China has no involvement in proposed humanitarian corridor process in Rakhine. Ambassador Yao made these remarks in response to a question from journalists at a seminar titled “Five Decades of Bangladesh-China Relations: Journey to New Heights,” organized by Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) on Thursday. When asked about ...

The Supreme Court’s Appellate Division on Thursday fixed May 27 for delivering its judgment on the appeal petition challenging the death penalty of Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam in a case over crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. The date was set by seven-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed after closing the ...