Bangladesh

Police have identified the motorcycle used in the attack on Inqilab Mancha’s spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi. The owner of the vehicle has also been identified as Abdul Hannan, 40. Paltan Model Police Station OC Mohammad Mostofa Kamal Khan said they handed over Abdul Hannan to RAB-2. ”Legal steps are under process,” he added. Meanwhile, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said Hannan ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus have paid rich tributes to the martyred intellectuals marking the Martyred Intellectuals Day. President Shahabuddin paid homage by placing a wreath at the memorial at Mirpur around 7:20AM on Sunday. Followed by the President, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus also paid tribute. They stood there silently for a while as a ...

The nation is observing the ‘Martyred Intellectuals Day’ in a befitting manner on Sunday to commemorate the intellectuals killed systematically by Pakistan occupation forces and their local collaborators at the fag-end of the Liberation War in 1971. Marking the day, President Mohammed Shahabuddin paid homage to the nation’s intellectuals at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in Mirpur at 7AM. He stood ...

The government has decided to immediately launch “Operation Devil Hunt Phase-2” across the country to curb subversive activities involving illegal firearms and suppress what it described as “fascist terrorists” ahead of the national election scheduled for February. Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury announced the decision while briefing reporters on Saturday following a core committee meeting on ...

Leaders of major political parties have pledged to remain united against what they described as coordinated attempts to undermine the July uprising, following the recent attack on Inqilab Moncho spokesperson and Dhaka-8 independent candidate Sharif Osman Hadi. The commitment was made at a meeting held at the state guest house Jamuna under the leadership of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, ...

Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Water Resources Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Saturday stressed the urgent need to conserve coastal areas for afforestation and agriculture. She said coastal challenges are rapidly becoming more complex and must be addressed through far-sighted decisions with clearly defined short- and medium-term goals. Speaking as the chief guest at the inauguration of the two-day ...

BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas has strongly condemned the attack on Sharif Osman Hadi, saying the assault was not only an attack on Hadi but also on democracy itself. Speaking at a protest rally on Saturday in front of the BNP office in Nayapaltan, Abbas said, “Hadi is like my own child. I was mentally shattered when I heard ...

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has announced a reward of Tk 50 lakh for anyone who provides information leading to the arrest of the attackers of Sharif Osman Hadi. The announcement was made on Saturday while speaking to journalists following a meeting of the Law and Order Core Committee held at the ministry conference room ...

Sharif Osman Hadi remains in an extremely critical state after suffering a gunshot wound to the head said Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) neurosurgeons who performed emergency surgery before he was transferred to Evercare Hospital on Friday evening. Although DMCH authorities did not issue any formal update on Hadi’s health, Dr Zahid Raihan, head of the hospital’s Neurosurgery Department, described ...

  The announcement came at a Friday press conference in Gulshan, where BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the party will formally welcome him BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on December 25. The announcement was made on Friday at a press conference held at the party’s headquarters in Gulshan, where BNP Secretary ...