Bangladesh

The European Union (EU) wants free, fair and credible elections in line with international standards. Ambassador and Head of the EU delegation to Bangladesh Michael Miller made this remark on Tuesday while talking to reporters after a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin. He announced that the EU will provide a support package of 4 million euros to ...

Stating that the government is committed to hold elections in February, Law Adviser Asif Nazrul has said that there is no way to delay. ”After that, the interim government will exit.” He made the remarks on Tuesday while responding to journalists’ questions at the Secretariat. ”Such discussions are part of the political process.” Adviser Asif Nazrul said, ”It is the ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has said that the marine fisheries sector can create a new Bangladesh. ”The sea is waiting for us with gifts. This sector can create a new Bangladesh.” Putting emphasis on carrying out research on marine fisheries, Yunus said the issue of deep sea fishing should be included to the university curriculum. Speaking as the chief ...

Election Commission (EC) Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed has said that EC has finalized several key measures and a comprehensive action plan has already been drafted and submitted to the commission for approval in preparation for the upcoming parliamentary elections, and it will be made public within this week. Speaking to reporters on Monday (August 18) at the EC headquarters in ...

A Dhaka court on Monday placed MyTV chairman Nasir Uddin Sathi on a five-day remand in a case filed over the killing of anti-discrimination movement activist Asadul Haque Babu. Metropolitan Magistrate Zia Uddin Ahmed passed the order after CID inspector Khan Md Erfan, the investigation officer, produced Nasir before the court and sought seven-day remand. Nasir was arrested from Gulshan ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Monday issued arrest warrants against five people, including former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary, for killing seven youths in a staged shootout in Gazipur in 2016. A three-member tribunal, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, passed the order after allowing a prosecution plea. According to case documents, law enforcement agencies ...

The government has temporarily suspended former Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Branch (DB) chief Mohammad Harun-ur-Rashid and 17 other police officers. The Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification in this regard on Monday (August 18). The order, signed by Senior Secretary Nasimul Gani and approved by the president, was made under the Government Servants (Discipline and ...

Detectives have arrested former Awami League lawmaker Shafiqul Islam Opu (Jhenidah-2 constituency) from his Dhanmondi residence in the capital. Superintendent of Police Manjur Morshed said a team of DB arrested Opu from his house at about 9:30PM on Sunday. Former MP Opu is accused in three cases, including for vandalism and arson on BNP office in the district. He went ...

Cultural adviser and filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has undergone a successful appendix surgery. He is now under observation in the post-operative care unit, his wife actress Nusrat Imrose Tisha confirmed. As per his medical board’s decision on Sunday afternoon, the two-hour surgery was declared successful, in a Facebook post Tisha confirmed the development. She sought doa for his speedy recovery. ...

Palestine’s Ambassador to Bangladesh, Yousef S.Y. Ramadan, on Monday expressed heartfelt gratitude to the people and government of Bangladesh for their enduring support amid the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza. During a meeting with Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus at the State House Jamuna, Ambassador Ramadan described the dire conditions in Gaza, where civilians—particularly children—are bearing the brunt of ...