Bangladesh

Election Commission (EC) has completed the dispatch of postal ballots to 767,028 registered expatriate voters in 121 countries, enabling them to take part in the upcoming 13th National Parliament Election and the referendum. According to EC sources, the process began in phases on December 20 and was completed within nearly three weeks, covering all eligible overseas voters. Bangladesh Postal Department ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday expressed concerns over the law and order situation in the country ahead of national elections, saying he is not satisfied with the performance of law enforcement agencies. “The rate at which political leaders are being killed, particularly some leaders of our party, is truly worrying,” Fakhrul told reporters at his residence ...

The Election Commission (EC) has announced the suspension of the election process in Pabna-1 and Pabna-2 constituencies for the time being. The decision was taken in compliance with an order of the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court, Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud told BSS today. “Based on the directive of the Appellate Division, the elections in Pabna-1 and ...

National Security Adviser Dr Khalilur Rahman met with US Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer in Washington DC on Thursday afternoon, reports BSS. He also had a separate meeting with Assistant USTR Brendan Lynch, said the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing here today. During the meeting with Ambassador Greer, Dr Rahman briefed him on the progress in reducing trade gap between Bangladesh ...

The Council of Advisers at its weekly meeting today approved guidelines on National Essential Drugs list and pricing and drafts of several major ordinances and policy covering personal data protection, Shilpakala Academy, forest industry reform, climate action commitments, and judicial administration. The ordinances are: the Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Ordinance 2026, the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (Amendment) Ordinance 2026, the Bangladesh ...

Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul has said that a draft Indemnity Ordinance aimed at granting impunity to “July warriors” will be placed at the next meeting of Council of Advisers for approval. In a post shared on his verified Facebook account on Thursday, Dr Nazrul said July warriors had risked their lives to free the country from fascist rule and ...

Organisational steps will be taken against the party’s nomination deprived and rebel candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections, said BNP’s standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Thursday. ”In some cases, we have taken organisational action and in other cases, we are trying to convince and calm them down. We hope the matter will be resolved,” he saidwhile replying to a ...

A Dhaka court on Thursday set January 13 for placing arguments in a case against 18 people, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her nieces Tulip Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq, over alleged irregularities in allocating a plot in the RAJUK New Town Project. Judge Robiul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 fixed the date as Khurshid Alam, the sole ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has reiterated that no manipulated election will be conducted in the country this time. ”There will be no stage-managed election, so no need for street agitation. InShaAllah, no orchestrated polls will ever be held in this country.” The CEC made the remarks at the Election Commission on Thursday while responding to reporters’ questions ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus said on Tuesday that the collection and analysis of DNA samples from unclaimed bodies buried during the July mass uprising have marked a crucial breakthrough in the quest for justice for families of the missing. Bangladesh Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has collected DNA samples from 114 unidentified bodies buried at Rayerbazar in Dhaka during ...