Bangladesh

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday acquitted BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his businessman Gias Uddin Al Mamun from a money laundering case charge. They were sentenced to seven years’ of imprisonment by the High Court in this case. A four-member tribunal, led by Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed, issued this order, said the defendants’ ...

Pakistan s Additional Foreign Secretary (Asia & Pacific), Ambassador Imran Ahmed Siddiqui, held a series of meetings with senior Bangladeshi officials to review and strengthen bilateral cooperation across multiple sectors, including foreign relations, trade, culture, visa and people-to-people exchanges. During his meeting with Mr. Md. Jashim Uddin, Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh, both sides reviewed the current state of Pakistan-Bangladesh relations, ...

A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued an order to freeze 39 bank accounts of former Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury. The total balance of these accounts is approximately 52.6 million (Bangladeshi Taka). Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib passed this order following an application submitted by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). According to Aminul Islam, Assistant Director of the ACC ...

Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar took oath as a new adviser to the interim government on Wednesday morning. He will take charge of the education ministry. The oath-taking ceremony was held 11AM at the Bangabhaban. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath. Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar, also known as CR Abrar, is a former professor of the University of Dhaka’s International Relations Department and ...

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina will stand trial for crimes against humanity, said Prof Muhammad Yunus to Sky News during an interview. Hasina is accused of overseeing a system of enforced disappearances during her time in government, as well as the mass killing of protesters in July and August last year. Prof Yunus said: “A trial will be taking place. ...

A Dhaka court has imposed travel bans on 11 concerned individuals of S Alam Group chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam. Dhaka Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib issued this ban order on Tuesday (March 4), allowing a plea of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The 11 people, who have been barred to leave the country, are Belal Ahmed, Fasihul Alam, Sazeda ...

Professor Dr M Aminul Islam is going to be appointed as a adviser to the interim government. Currently, he is serving as the Chief Adviser’s special assistant with the rank of state minister. Aminul Islam himself confirmed the matter to media on Tuesday. A swearing-in ceremony will be held at Bangabhaban at 11AM on Wednesday, he said. Prof Aminul Islam ...

Former ambassador and freedom fighter Mohiuddin Ahmed has passed away. He breathed his last at a hospital in the capital on Sunday (March 2) due to multiple age-related complications, said his daughter Parveen Ahmed, a journalist and communication consultant. The namaz-e-janaza for the 88-year-old envoy was held on Sunday night at Masjid ut Taqwa in Dhanmondi. He was laid to ...

The importers will have to pay a threefold fine if they fail to collect goods from the ports within the stipulated time, said Shipping Adviser Brig Gen (retd) Sakhawat Hossain on Tuesday. “There is some shortage of edible oil in the market. However, the prices of vegetables have not increased. Adequate quantities of daily necessities have been imported into the ...

BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has not only improved physically, but also greatly improved mentally, getting her dearest family members beside her after nearly seven years, said her personal physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain while informing the development to media on Monday. “She is now much better than before. Doctors visit her regularly at home and are closely monitoring her ...