Bangladesh

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus urged on Tuesday the global leaders not to forget Palestine and Rohingyas crises, saying the Palestinians are not expendable. “The world must not ignore the humanitarian crises that affect people from Palestine to the Rohingyas in Bangladesh,” he said while delivering his keynote speech at Earthana Summit in Doha, Qatar. The chief adviser said impunity ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has proposed making it obligatory to appoint the chief justice from the three most senior judges of the Appellate Division. BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed disclosed this while talking to newspersons in a break during the party’s meeting with the national consensus commission for the third day at the LD Hall of the national ...

The students of Dhaka College and Dhaka City College on Tuesday locked into chases and threw brickbats at each other at Science Lab intersection again for the second time just after a week. At a stage, police dispersed the students, charging batons and firing teargas shells. Several students were seen with sticks as well. The incident broke out around 11:45 ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) began the third day dialogue with the National Consensus Commission on Tuesday morning. A four-member BNP delegation, led by its Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed, participated in the talks at 11:10am at the LD Hall of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. The Commission is holding a series of talks with political parties to forge a national consensus ...

The information that the documents related to journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi murder have been burnt down, is not true. Additional Attorney General Arsadur Rauf confirmed this to media on Tuesday noon, after some times, the state informed the High Court that the documents related to the murder case have burnt down at DB. “This news is not ...

The National Identity Registration Wing of the Election Commission has locked the National Identity Cards (NIDs) of 10 people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. The other members were Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Saima Wazed Putul, Sheikh Rehana, Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, Azmina Siddiq, Shahin Siddiq, Bushra Siddiq, Radwan Mujib Siddiq and Tariq Ahmed Siddiq. The validity of their identity cards was ...

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus left Dhaka for Doha on Monday evening to attend the Earthna Summit 2025. “A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the chief adviser and his entourage departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 7pm,” Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad said. About the Qatar tour of the chief adviser, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam ...

The Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Branch (DB) has arrested former Member of Parliament (MP) of Dhaka-5 constituency Kazi Monirul Islam Monu. He was arrested from Gulshan in the capital on Monday. Monu had been absconding since the fall of the Awami League government on August 5 last year. Kazi Monirul Islam won the Dhaka-5 constituency by voting under the boat symbol ...

The submission of the investigation report in the abduction and murder case of Jhenidah-4 lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar has been deferred once again. A court in Dhaka now set May 27 as the new date for submission. The report was scheduled to be submitted on Monday (April 21), but the investigating officer failed to present it. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate MA ...

Former war crimes prosecutor Tureen Afroz has been shown arrested in a murder case related to July uprising. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan issued the order on Monday after hearing a petition from the case investigation officer. Tureen was produce before the court around 10:30AM. She was then found in a smiling face. Tureen Afroz was arrested at night on ...