Bangladesh

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has strongly stated that the essence of the 16th Amendment case was to compromise the independence of the judiciary, branding it as an attempt by a “despotic and fascist government” to control judicial accountability for political gain. The full text of the October 20, 2024 judgment, released on Wednesday, reaffirmed the Supreme Judicial ...

Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances has revealed that Police, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Detective Branch (DB), and Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crimes (CTTC) were the main perpetrators behind the enforced disappearances in Bangladesh, reports BSS. The Commission’s assessment reveals that the majority of enforced disappearances in Bangladesh have been carried out by various units under the Bangladesh police and ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman’s wife Zubaida Rahman left Dhaka for London on Thursday morning. Around 9AM, she went out from Gulshan home in the capital for Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. By a flight of Qatar Airways, Zubaida, also the vice-president of Ziaur Rahman Foundation, left the airport for London. She came to Dhaka on May 6 with her mother-in-law ...

Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus will pay a four-day official visit to the United Kingdom (UK) from June 10 to 13, as Dhaka and London look to reinvigorate their historic partnership through broader cooperation in trade, investment, governance, and global challenges of mutual concern, reports BSS. “This is a very important visit,” Acting Foreign Secretary Ruhul Alam Siddique told reporters ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is poised to regain its political registration and traditional election symbol—the Scales (Dāripalla)—in a major development confirmed by the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday. “Jamaat-e-Islami will soon get back its registration. We are taking necessary steps. The Election Commission has made a decision in this regard,” said Election Commissioner Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah while speaking to reporters after ...

The news of freedom fighter status of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other leaders have been revoked, is not correct, said Liberation War Affairs Adviser Faruk-e-Azam on Wednesday. He made the remarks while responding to reporters’ queries at the Secretariat. The National Freedom Fighters Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, was issued on Tuesday night, revising the definition of freedom fighters. Faruk-e-Azam ...

Pabna Sadar Upazila Parishad former chairman Sohel Hasan Shahin, general secretary of local Awami League unit, was detained by immigration police on Tuesday evening at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka while allegedly attempting to flee the country. The detention was confirmed by Pabna Sadar Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdus Salam. Shahin is a resident of Baliyahalot area under Pabna ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has reaffirmed its stance that only the national parliamentary election should be held under a non-partisan caretaker government, limiting the caretaker’s tenure to no more than 90 days. Speaking to reporters during a break in the ongoing National Consensus Commission talks on Tuesday, BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed clarified the party’s position. “We are ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has proposed that both national and local government elections be held under the supervision of a non-partisan caretaker government, in a move aimed at ensuring electoral credibility. Speaking to reporters during a break in the ongoing dialogue with the National Consensus Commission on Tuesday, Dr Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher, Nayeb-e-Ameer of Jamaat, emphasized the party’s stance on election ...

Unfit vehicles, even if cosmetically refurbished, will be strictly barred from operating on roads during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha holiday, Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Choudhury announced on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters outside his Secretariat office, the adviser stressed that repainting or minor repairs cannot mask a vehicle’s mechanical flaws. “Some owners try to pass off unfit vehicles ...