Bangladesh

The High Court (HC) has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, May 22, on a petition filed by Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, challenging her three-year jail sentence in a corruption case. Justice Md Khasruzzaman’s bench fixed the hearing date after her lawyers, Kaiser Kamal and Zakir Hossain Bhuiyan, appeared before the court on Wednesday. Zubaida ...

Demanding reconstitution of the Election Commission and arrangement of local government elections, National Citizen Party (NCP) are staging demonstrations in front of Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital’s Agargaon. The protesters announced that they will continue the protest movement until resignation of five Election Commissioners, including Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin. The party’s Mirpur thana leader Saiful Islam said, ...

BNP leader Ishraque Hossain’s supporters have blocked Matsya Bhaban, halting the traffic in and around the area. From the Wednesday morning, the protesters started thronging at High Court gate, Jatiya Press Club and Shikkha Bhaban. Their slogans stirred up the whole area. From there, they went to Matsya Bhaban. Meanwhile, there was no gathering in front of Nagar Bhaban today. ...

Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus is set to embark on an official visit to the United Kingdom shortly after Eid-ul-Azha, with a focus on revitalizing bilateral relations and addressing key economic and financial issues, including the recovery of laundered funds. The visit, tentatively scheduled for June 9–13, comes as both Dhaka and London seek to strengthen cooperation in trade, ...

Norway has reiterated its unwavering support for Bangladesh’s interim government and democratic transition, as Norwegian State Secretary for International Development, Stine Renate Håheim, met with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday. During the meeting at State Guest House Jamuna, Håheim extended warm greetings from Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and praised the longstanding ties between the two nations. ...

A Satkhira court on Tuesday sent former Member of Parliament from a reserved women’s seat, Laila Parvin Sejuti, to jail in connection with a case filed over subversive activities. She was produced before Satkhira Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, which ordered her detention. Shaminul Haque, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said Sejuti was arrested from her residence early Tuesday. She currently ...

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has hinted that Government employees are likely to receive a dearness allowance. But it is not yet sure what percentage they will receive. “A committee has been assigned which will determine when and how much we can provide.” He disclosed these on Tuesday while responding to reporters’ queries after a meeting of the Advisory Committee ...

BNP leader Ishraque Hossain has requested his supporters, who are continuing protest for his swift swearing-in, to refrain from disrespecting leaders and activists of other political parties during the movement. In a post on his verified Facebook page on Tuesday morning, he gave this instruction to his supporters. “I humbly request the protesting supporters and voters of Dhaka South City ...

A Turkish Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Tuesday morning after pilot noticed sparks in one of its engines. According to the airport sources, a Turkish plane, with 290 passengers, left the airport for Istanbul around 7AM on Tuesday. But within 15 minutes, the pilot found sparks in one of its ...

A young Bangladeshi mountaineer, Ikramul Haque Shakil, has etched his name into the global record books by becoming the youngest person to trek from sea level to the summit of Mount Everest, breaking a long-standing world record. The record-setting expedition, titled “Sea to Summit”, saw Shakil walk an estimated 1,300 kilometers from Inani Beach in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh all the ...