Bangladesh

The National Citizens’ Party (NCP) is making its debut with a grand rally at Manik Mia Avenue in the capital. The party has finalized its top ten leadership positions, referred to as the “Super Ten.” According to senior sources within the NCP, Nahid Islam, a former advisor to the interim government, will serve as the party’s convener. Akhtar Hossain has ...

The National Moon Sighting Committee will convene Saturday to determine the sighting of the moon, which will mark the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan in Bangladesh. The meeting is scheduled to take place at 6 PM in the conference room of the Islamic Foundation’s Baitul Mukarram office in Dhaka. Dr. AFM Khalid Hossen, Religious Affairs Adviser, will preside ...

A much talked about new political organisation styled ‘National Citizens’ Party (NCP),’ is set to be officially launched Friday afternoon at a rally in Dhaka, in the spirit of the July-August uprising. Preparations for the stage began on Thursday afternoon at Manik Mia Avenue in Dhaka with the final touches were still going on Friday morning, reports UNB. The formal ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus emphasized the importance of making the upcoming international conference on the Rohingya crisis a major success to raise global awareness of the ongoing humanitarian tragedy and garner more support for the persecuted Myanmar minority. He made this statement during a meeting with UN Refugee Agency head Filippo Grandi at the State Guest House Jamuna. “Let’s ...

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen has expressed interest in importing 1000 metric tons of hilsa from Bangladesh. He said, “There is a huge demand for Bangladeshi hilsa fish in China. Bangladesh has the opportunity to reduce the trade gap through hilsa export.” The Chinese Ambassador shared this information at a meeting with the Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin at ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said that there is a conspiracy to destroy national unity and national elections. He accused the interim government of creating confusion over elections, stating that the party will not participate in any local election traps. “BNP will not fall into the trap of rehabilitating mafia groups involved in genocide, money laundering, and corruption.” While ...

some 104 assistant superintendents of the police (ASP) have been promoted to the rank of additional superintendent of police (SP). Md Mahabur Rahman, deputy secretary of the home ministry’s public security division (police-1), issued two separate notifications in this regard on Wednesday. Among them, 102 were promoted regularly, while two received retrospective promotion The police force has been going through ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has urged all to work together to restore democracy in Bangladesh, warning that fascist collaborators remain active and are still conspiring to destroy the mass uprising achievements. Speaking virtually as chief guest at BNP’s extended meeting on Thursday, she stressed the need for unity in the fight against autocratic rule. “Our struggle is not over yet. ...

Mahfuj Alam has been appointed as the adviser to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus has appointed him on Wednesday. The Cabinet Division published a gazette notification in the afternoon confirming the development. However, the chief adviser has taken responsibility of the Ministry Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology. Earlier on Tuesday, Nahid Islam resigned ...

A new student organization, Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad, has been officially launched by former coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. The announcement was made during a press conference at Madhur Canteen in Dhaka University (DU) on Wednesday. The central committee of the organization will be led by Abu Bakar Mazumdar as Convener, while Jahid Ahsan has been appointed as Member ...