Bangladesh

Officials and employees, who have been deprived of posts, titles and promotions for the past 17 years, have given a 48-hour ultimatum to the Ministry of Public Administration. The ultimatum came from a meeting held at the secretariat on Sunday. Around three hundred officials and employees were present in the meeting. BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s PS Abdus Sattar chaired the ...

President Mohammad Shahabuddin on Saturday appointed Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed as the 25th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. The appointment was announced by Bangabhaban, and a notification has also been issued by the Ministry of Law on Saturday night. The notification reads,” President Md. Shahabuddin, exercising his authority under Article 95(1) of the Constitution, has appointed Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed as ...

Hundreds of students on Saturday gathered on the High Court premises demanding resignation of the chief justice and the judges of the Appellate Division. The students from different institutions started gathering on the court premises around 10:30am with processions. They demanded resignation of the chief justice by 1pm. Responding to question, Hasnat Abdullah, one of the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination ...

Chief Adviser to the interim government Dr Muhammad Yunus has offered prayer at the grave of Abu Sayed in Rangpur’s Pirganj upazila. At about 11am on Saturday, Prof Yunus reached Abu Sayed’s house at Jaforpara Babonpur by a helicopter. After offering prayer at the grave, he talked to the family members of slain Abu Sayed, a student of Begum Rokeya ...

Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan suddenly postponed his scheduled meeting with all judges from both the High Court Division and the Appellate Division. Confirming the matter at 10am on Saturday, Supreme Court’s public relation officer Md Shafiqul Islam said that the full court meeting will not be held today. The chief justice called the full court meeting at 10:30am to discuss how ...

Adviser to the ministry of law, justice and parliamentary affairs Asif Nazrul has started his first day at the secretariat. He went to the secretariat at about 9:35am on Saturday (August 10). Law and justice division secretary Golam Sarwar and others officials welcomed him there. After that, Asif Nazrul held a meeting with them. Ashif Nazril, who is a professor ...

Long-time Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina had not resigned as prime minister before fleeing this week to India as anti-government protesters marched on her official residence, her son and adviser told Reuters early on Saturday. Hasina has been sheltering in New Delhi since Monday following an uprising that killed about 300 people, many of them students, ending her uninterrupted rule of ...

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Mainul Islam today visited the Central Police Hospital at Rajarbagh in the city to see the policemen injured in the recent countrywide unrest. The IGP inquired about their condition and gave necessary instructions to the hospital authorities for proper treatment of the injured. Md Mainul Islam was appointed as IGP on August 6.

The Cabinet Division has announced the portfolios of the interim government, with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus to oversee 27 ministries and divisions. The announcement, published on Friday by the Cabinet Division, outlines the ministries and divisions that Dr Yunus will lead in the interim administration: • Cabinet Division • Ministry of Defence • Armed Forces Division • Ministry of ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has congratulated Prof Mohammad Yunus on being the chief adviser of the newly formed interim government. “Heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to Professor Muhammad Yunus and all those who have taken responsibility in Bangladesh. I hope our relationship with them will improve further,” she wrote on her verified Facebook account on Friday. “I wish ...