Bangladesh

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir stated, “A long time ago, the Chief Justice of Bangladesh referred to Sheikh Hasina as ‘wrong-headed.’ Now, only a wrong-headed person can claim to be the Prime Minister.” Mirza Fakhrul made this remark while responding to a journalist’s question regarding Sheikh Hasina presenting herself as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh during a UK ...

Six top leaders Jubo Dal, Swechchasebak Dal and Chhatra Dal submitted a memorandum to the Indian High Commission on Sunday afternoon. The delegation handed over the document to Narpat Singh, Railway Adviser and Counsellor (Education) at the Indian High Commission at Baridhara in the capital at about 1PM. Monayem Munna said, “We submitted the memorandum. We don’t believe in any ...

Illegal foreigners will not be allowed to stay in Bangladesh, said Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday. He gave this warning while briefing reporters after a meeting on law and order in preparation for the 31st night at the Secretariat on Sunday. A circular in this regard will be issued.

Nine Bangladeshis, who suffered jail terms in India for reportedly entering the neighbouring country illegally, returned home on Saturday night. The returnees are Sujan Fakir, 28, Abdul Monab, 30, Redwan, 25, Nur Alam , 30, Tajir Islam, 28, Shahjahan Gazi, 35, Md Khairul Islam, 29, Samad Mia, 23, Md Shahadat Hossain, 34. They all hail from Jashore, Narail, Sunamganj, Khulna, ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today (Dec 8) upheld a High Court verdict that scrapped five labour law cases against Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus, also the incumbent Chief Adviser of the interim government. A three-member SC bench headed by Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam issued the order, dismissing a leave to appeal petition filed against the High ...

The Election Commission (EC) is taking preparation for the upcoming national elections. For this, the draft voter list will be published on January 2. EC urged all to correct any errors in their National Identity Cards (NIDs) by this time. The EC’s Public Relations Office informed this on Sunday (December 8). EC’s director (Public Relations) Md Shariful Alam said that ...

Jubo Dal, Swechchhasebak Dal and Chhatra Dal, three affiliated organisations of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), started march towards the Indian High Commission in the capital to submit a memorandum. They brought out the march from in front of the BNP’s Nayapaltan central office around 11:25AM on Sunday. Centering the programme, since 9:30AM, thousands of leaders and activists of the organisations ...

The interim government has assumed the responsibility that comes with the office they hold, not ‘power’, like the political parties adopt after forming a government following elections. Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter told this while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion on Saturday. Gana-Akangkha Mancha organised the discussion titled ‘Mass Aspirations, Mass Uprising: Expectations, Achievements and Review ...

A total of 19, 040 people were killed in the country between 2019 and August 2024, the last six years of Awami League (AL) regime. According to the police headquarters, around 280 people were killed per month and 952 killings took place in July-August this year, an average of 476 each month. The crime statistics were published on the website ...

As many as 92 people became martyrs at Uttara in the capital during the July Revolution against Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government. It was disclosed by leaders of the July Revolutionary Alliance while addressing a press conference at Uttara Friends Club ground early Saturday (December 7) afternoon. According to the organization, of the martyrs at Uttara, 25 were students, 19 ...