Bangladesh

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convenor Md Nahid Islam today said the party’s decision on participating in the upcoming election depends entirely on the interim government’s reform efforts. “Our top priority remains reform. The decision to join the election will depend on how those reforms progress,” Nahid told reporters after meeting Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin following the submission ...

Just hours after the arrest of former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A K M Nurul Huda, another former CEC, Kazi Habibul Awal, has also been detained. Law enforcement officials arrested Awal on Sunday night, according to a senior police headquarters source. The source confirmed that Awal was apprehended from the Bashundhara Residential Area in Dhaka. DB Joint Commissioner Nasirul Islam ...

Former Member of Parliament from Munshiganj-3, Mohammad Foysal Biplob, was arrested by the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Sunday night. He was detained from his residence in Monipuripara, Tejgaon around 10:00 PM. Confirming the matter, DB Joint Commissioner Nasrul Islam said that Biplob was wanted in a case filed in Munshiganj. Authorities were also investigating whether any ...

Police arrested former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda from Uttara area in the capital on Sunday evening. Confirming the matter,Uttara West Police Stationofficer-in-charge M Hafizur Rahman said that he was taken into custody. “A group of people had surrounded the rented residence of the former CEC in Sector 5 of Uttara. We deployed police personnel for his security ...

BNP central organising secretary Ruhul Quddus Talukdar Dulu and his wife Sabina Yasmin were acquitted on Sunday from a corruption case. Md Abul Kashem, Judge of Dhaka Special Judge Court-1, issued the order. Dulu’s lawyer Borhan Uddin confirmed the acquittal, saying the court found the charges unsubstantiated. The case, filed on April 19, 2007, accused the couple of concealing wealth ...

Vice-chair of the National Consensus Commission Professor Ali Riaz has urged political parties to demonstrate greater flexibility and compromise to help ease the finalisation of the July Charter. “This dialogue has given political parties an opportunity to come closer. We have observed this progress.” Riaz made the request during inaugural speech of Sunday’s session between political parties and the Commission ...

Police used batons, water cannon and sound grenades to disperse job aspirants registered under the 17th batch of the Non-Government Teachers’ Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) as they blocked the Secretariat road on Sunday. The clash broke out around 11AM in front of the Jatiya Press Club when the demonstrators gathered there and started protest blocking the road. For this, ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir met Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson, Charge d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Dhaka, on Sunday. The hour-long meeting, which began around 10AM, was held at the BNP Chairperson’s office in Gulshan. They have discussed various issues, including US increased tariffs and next national elections, BNP Media Cell Member Sayrul Kabir Khan confirmed. BNP ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has filed a case against 19 individuals, including the CECs of the 10th, 11th and 12th parliamentary elections. It also appealed for legal action against the Chief Election Commissioner and election commissioners who conducted the 2014, 2018 and 2024 polls. A BNP delegation submitted the application, signed by the party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has praised the interim government for its initiatives during a time of political transition, saying that their work is setting a positive example for the nation. “The interim government has started working, and undoubtedly they have done some commendable work. They are showing us the way forward,” Fakhrul remarked during a program organized ...