Bangladesh

Evaly e-commerce platform’s chairman, Shamima Nasrin, and chief executive officer (CEO) Mohammad Rassel have been arrested again. Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested them from the capital’s Dhanmondi area around midnight on Tuesday (January 20). Confirming the matter, Dhanmondi police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Saiful Islam said they had been informed about the DB arrests. ...

Ahead of the national election scheduled for 12 February, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has unveiled a political and economic roadmap for building a new and prosperous Bangladesh. He said the country’s primary challenge is no longer survival but ensuring stability. The envisioned “New Bangladesh,” he said, will be founded on justice and dignity, with a strict zero-tolerance policy ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday said it is the responsibility of all stakeholders – the government, the Election Commission, and political parties – to ensure that the election scheduled for February 12 is held in a ‘fair and festive’ atmosphere. “I seek the cooperation of all political parties in this regard,” he said when a delegation of National ...

Holy Shab-e-Barat will be observed on the night of February 3 as the Shaban moon was not sighted in the country on Monday. As the moon was not sighted the holy month of Shaban will begin from January 21 and Shab-e-Barat will be observed on February 3. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee ...

A delegation of the European Union countries met Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairman Tarique Rahman on Monday. The meeting, led by European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh Michael Miller, took place at 5:40 PM at the BNP Chairman’s Gulshan political office here, bsaid BNP Media Cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan. Ambassadors from Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark, Spain and Italy attended the meeting. ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that his party has confidence in the Election Commission, noting that it is carrying out its duties with due competence. Speaking to journalists after paying tribute at the mausoleum of martyred President Ziaur Rahman on the occasion of his 90th birth anniversary, Fakhrul made the remarks shortly after 11:00am on Monday. ...

Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Ajit Singh paid a courtesy call on BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman. The meeting was held at the party chairman’s office in the capital’s Gulshan at 11:30am on Monday (19 January). BNP Joint Secretary General and member of the BNP Chairperson’s Foreign Affairs Advisory Committee Humayun Kabir was present during the meeting.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) paid homage to its founder and former president Ziaur Rahman on Monday on the occasion of his 90th birth anniversary. Marking the day, leaders and activists at all levels of the party, including members of the National Standing Committee, laid wreaths and offered fateha at the grave of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar ...

The ambassadors of Brazil and Switzerland to Bangladesh paid separate courtesy calls on BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday, holding discussions on bilateral relations and areas of mutual interest. Brazilian Ambassador to Bangladesh Paulo Fernando Dias Feres met Tarique Rahman in the afternoon at BNP chairman’s political office in Gulshan, according to BNP Media Cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan. During ...

Mitchell Lee, charge d’affaires of Singapore High Commission in Bangladesh, paid a courtesy visit to Shafiqur Rahman, ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, at the party’s office in Dhaka’s Bashundhara, on Sunday. According to a press release, the meeting was held in a cordial atmosphere and focused on Bangladesh’s political and economic situation, industry and trade, upcoming national elections and state reforms. ...