Bangladesh

Bangladesh origin British MP Rupa Huq has said it would be unwise for the UK to give refuge to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “As a British Bangladeshi MP, my inbox is a lightning rod for Bangladeshi issues worldwide. At the moment. pleading mails ask me to ‘ban the butcher’ and similar requests as it is rumoured London is her ...

The South Korean government hopes that the inauguration of Bangladesh’s interim government will lead to the swift restoration of peace and order in Bangladesh. South Korea looks forward to working with the interim government to move Korea-Bangladesh relations forward, said the Spokesperson at the South Korean Foreign Ministry.

A case has been filed against 119 people, including two lawmakers, over the murder of 16-year-old As-Sabur during the Quota Reform Movement at Savar in Dhaka. Sahid Hasan alias Mithu, neighbour of the deceased, filed the case with Ashulia Police Station around 11:30pm on Friday. As-Sabur, a class X student of a school in Savar, was a son of Nayed ...

Students protest at Dhaka University, demanding thorough investigations and justice for every rape case in post-uprising Bangladesh, including those of Tonu and Munia. The protest also expressed solidarity with the ongoing protests against the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Hospital. The demonstration took place at 10 PM on Friday at base of the Anti-Terrorism Raju ...

Sarjis Alam, one of the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, remarked on Friday that the Awami League is now facing the consequences of their past actions while in power and will continue to do so in the future. He made these comments in the morning while speaking to journalists at the Amar Ekushey Hall of Dhaka University, reports UNB. ...

Home Adviser to the interim government Brig Gen (retd) Sakhawat Hossain has been rassigned from his position as the Interim Government’s Advisor for the Ministry of Home Affairs to the Ministry of Textiles and Jute. Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has assigned as the Advisor for Ministry of Home Affairs in replace of Brig Gen (retd) Sakhawat Hossain. The ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said their party’s ailing Chairperson Khaleda Zia will soon be sent abroad for advanced medical treatment. “On the occasion of Madam’s (Khaleda’s) birthday, I would like to give you good news that we have decided to send Madam abroad for treatment very soon if Allah blesses her,” Fakhrul said. He made ...

Four more advisors have been sworn in to the interim government at the Bangabhaban on Friday. The oath-taking ceremony, conducted by Cabinet Secretary Md. Mahbub Hossain, took place in presence of Chief Advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus and other advisors at 4:10 PM on Friday. The newly sworn-in advisors are Wahiduddin Mahmud, an economist who was an adviser to the 1996 ...

Former Major General Ziaul Ahsan, who was relieved of his post in the army after the fall of Sheikh Hasina, was arrested on Friday in a murder case filed with New Market police station. He was taken to the detective branch (DB) office on Mintoo Road in the capital on Friday morning. According to an official of the Dhaka Metropolitan ...

The United Nations has said they are willing to support the interim government and people of Bangladesh as required. “Regarding what you said about support for Bangladesh, I can certainly confirm that we remain willing to support the Government and people of Bangladesh as needed,” said Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Farhan Haq while responding to a question from ...