Bangladesh

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 ...

A high-level delegation of European Union (EU) on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman at his office in the capital’s Bashundhara area. The three-member delegation was led by Paola Pampaloni, Director for Asia and the Pacific at European External Action Service (EEAS). Other members included EU Ambassador to Bangladesh Michael Miller and Monika Bylaite, ...

More than 7.72 lakh expatriate Bangladeshis have completed registration to vote through the postal ballots in the upcoming national election and the referendum. A total of 772,542 expatriate Bangladeshis registered from 122 countries to vote through the postal ballots in the election, according to the statistics of the Election Commission. Besides, 761,141 voters including 6,284 prisoners completed registration from inside ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman is scheduled to visit the northern region of the country from January 11 to 14. The party has stated that the visit is mainly part of a religious and social event. It said, the Code of Conduct issued by the Election Commission will not be violated under any circumstances during the tour. In this regard, ...