Bangladesh

A Dhaka court on Thursday approved a seven-day remand for former joint secretary Syed Jaglul Pasha in a case filed over allegations of attempting to murder former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia with “deadly pepper spray,” and obstructing her movement with trucks positioned next to her residence. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Didarul Alam passed the order after police produced him before the ...

After the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government, an audio recording of a phone conversation between her and former Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh circulated widely on social media. In the call, made by Taposh on the morning of 3 August 2024, he told Sheikh Hasina that he had planned to travel to Singapore but had ...

The Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York on Wednesday commemorated July Mass Uprising Day at a reception attended by permanent representatives, diplomats, senior UN officials and representatives of other international organisations. Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury paid tribute to those who sacrificed their lives during the July Mass Uprising, said ...

Acting President Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmad has stated that any documentary made on the July mass uprising without the picture of martyr Abu Sayed cannot be considered a documentary at all. He made the remark while addressing a state event organized on the July Martyr’ Day at China-Bangladesh Friendship Center in the capital on Wednesday, (August 5). He added ...

Jamaat Ameer and Opposition Leader Shafiqur Rahman on Wednesday urged the countrymen to take preparations for joining another uprising which he said is likely to take place “soon” – only two years after the July movement. Addressing the government, he said the Opposition had no reason to get “impatient” had the ruling party not betrayed with the people of the ...

  Dhaka, Bangladesh – 05 August 2026 Applications for prestigious Chevening Scholarships to study in the UK are open from 4 August to 6 October 2026. The programme offers fully funded master’s degrees at UK universities to individuals ready to join a global network of future leaders, equipped with world-class knowledge, UK connections, and shared values to address global challenges and drive sustainable development in their communities and beyond. For more than 40 ...

A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent six leaders of Notun Dhara Bangladesh (NDB), including its Chairman Momin Mehedi and his wife and Senior Vice-Chairman Shanta Farzana, to jail in a case filed over clashes with State Dialogue Forum (SDF) a day earlier. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Kamal Uddin passed the order, said Public Prosecutor Omar Faruk Faruqui. The other accused are ...

Former joint secretary Syed Jaglul Pasha has been arrested by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB) over allegations that he fabricated documents and gave false testimony in the Zia Orphanage Trust case against former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. DB Additional Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam confirmed the arrest on Wednesday (5 August), saying Jaglul Pasha was arrested on Tuesday ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said the July-August Movement became successful because the people wanted change, asserting that its success belonged to the country’s people rather than any individual or political party. “The movement that took place in Bangladesh during July and August was entirely a people’s movement. The July Movement succeeded because the people wanted change. The movement ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday toured the newly inaugurated July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum, viewing exhibits depicting the events leading up to the July 2024 mass uprising and what organisers described as the 16 years of “authoritarian rule” under former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Former interim government Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus accompanied the Prime Minister during the visit. ...