Bangladesh

After three-day break, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has sat with the National Consensus Commission. The meeting started at the LD Hall of the National Parliament Building on Sunday morning. BNP standing committee member Salauddin Ahmed is leading the five-member delegation. At the beginning, Salahuddin Ahmed said that the issues discussed in the last meeting with the Consensus Commission were discussed ...

Disciplinary action would be taken against concerned police officials if they fail to control Awami League processions in future, warned Home Affairs Adviser Lt Col (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Saturday. “Two people have already been detained. Instructions have been given to the police to prevent such rallies from taking place in the future,” he said while asking about police’s ...

The upcoming national election will be the best election in the history, said Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus to a delegation of the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL). “We want to ensure that this election will be the best in Bangladesh’s history and a milestone in the country’s democratic progress.” Dr Yunus said Bangladesh will host a ‘free and ...

National Citizen Party (NCP) has urged to create a way for radical change in the state structure. The party convener Nahid Islam urged this at his opening speech during a talks with the National Consensus Commission at the LD Hall of the Jatiya Sangsad Complex on Saturday. “By reform, we mean fundamental reform and the reforms which will bring a ...

An application has been submitted to the international police organisation Interpol to issue a ‘Red Notice’ against ousted autocratic ruler Sheikh Hasina and 11 others. All the 12 individuals are warranted accused in the July uprising case. They are now fugitive. The National Central Bureau (NCB) of Bangladesh Police has submitted the request to the Interpol in three separate phases ...

National Citizen Party (NCP) has started dialogue with the National Consensus Commission. An eight-member NCP delegation, led by its Convener Nahid Islam, attended the dialogue started at 10:30AM on Saturday with Vice Chairman of the Consensus Commission Prof Ali Riaz in the chair at the National Parliament Building. The National Consensus Commission arranged the talks as part of a series ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Professor Mia Golam Parwar claimed on Friday that the student-driven mass movement in July 2024 brought an end to the “fascist rule” of Sheikh Hasina. Addressing a workers’ conference at Laksam Pilot High School in Cumilla, Parwar said that the Awami League (AL) had consistently manipulated electoral processes over the past decade to stay in power. ...

Bangladesh has reiterated its call for the resolution of long-standing historical issues with Pakistan during the latest round of Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) held in Dhaka, even as Islamabad expressed optimism about a forward-looking partnership between the two countries. Following the talks, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement highlighting progress on connectivity and cooperation. The statement welcomed the ...

BNP Vice-Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu on Friday alleged that the government is deliberately delaying the national election in a bid to marginalise the BNP and block its path to forming a government through public support. Speaking at a youth rally organised by Bangladesh Gonotantrik Parishad in front of the Jatiya Press Club, Dudu said, “The government is avoiding the election to ...

Student-citizen across capital united to demand extensive reforms before any elections take place, announcing the formation of ‘Bangladesh Sangskar Andolon’ (Bangladesh Reform Movement) with theme ‘Reforms First, Then Elections; People First, Then Power’ On Friday, April 18, movement took a firm stance, warning an indefinite hunger strike if their demands for a minimum five-year interim government are not met. This ...