Bangladesh

Trinamool BNP chairperson Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury has been released from Dhaka Central Jail in two murder cases. AKM Masun, jailer of the central jail, said around 9:53PM on Monday, Shamsher Mobin walked out of the prison. The Trinamool BNP chairperson secured bail in one muder case from High Court, while another from a Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge. He was arrested ...

Nearly 10 lakh taxpayers, out of 15 lakh e-returns, don’t have taxable income, said Chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Md Abdur Rahman Khan on Monday. “The number of quality taxpayers is very negligible in the country. We had taken aggressive policy to increase the tax collection.” While speaking at the pre-budget meeting at ERF event, he said ...

Chief organiser of the National Citizens Party (NCP) Nasir Uddin Patwary on Sunday said the Awami League has no right to engage in Bangladesh politics, regardless of the circumstances or methods. “Whether refined or otherwise, there is no place for the Awami League in Bangladesh’s politics,” he said during a press conference at the NCP head office in the city. ...

National Monitoring and Law and Order Committee has decided to impose Section 144 around SSC exam centers across the country during coming Secondary and School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Committee in the Ministry of Education with education advisor Chowdhury Rafiqul (CR) Abrar in the chair. The ministry published a circular ...

After Hasnat Abdullah explosive Facebook post, the NCP chief organiser (North) Sarjis Alam downplayed the issue, saying he felt no pressure regarding the ‘Refined Awami League’. Sarjis Alam said he does not see the Army chief’s statement as a direct ‘proposal’ but rather as a ‘direct expression of opinion.’ There is a difference between ‘expressing an opinion’ and ‘making a ...

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib ordered to seize a flat and to freeze five bank accounts belonging to former State Minister for Women and Children Affairs and former MP of Gazipur-5, Meher Afroz Chumki. The order was issued on Sunday (March 23) in response to a petition filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Assistant Director Minhaj Bin Islam. ...

The BNP on Sunday submitted its proposals to the National Consensus Commission on key recommendations from five reform commissions. The party submitted its written proposals on reforms related to the constitution, public administration, judiciary, electoral process and the Anti-Corruption Commission. A three-member BNP delegation, led by its Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed, handed over the party’s proposals to commission’s vice-chairman ...

India was aware of an anti-Sheikh Hasina wave building up in Bangladesh ahead of the violent overthrow of the former Prime Minister’s government on August 5, last year, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar informed the Consultative Committee on External Affairs on Saturday, according to The Hindu reports. However, India was not in a position to do much as it lacked ...

The “July Warriors,” a group representing the families of those killed and injured in the July uprising, have issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the interim government to ban the Awami League. At a rally held at the Raju Memorial Sculpture on the Dhaka University campus, the protesters vowed to escalate their movement if their demand was not met. They warned ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Saturday said the interim government will take steps to implement the Media Reform Commission’s proposals that can be done without delay, reports UNB. “We want to implement the reform proposals that are immediately implementable. For that, I would like the Reform Commission to submit the recommendations quickly that need to be done immediately or ...