Dhaka, April 1 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed strongly condemned the ‘July National Charter (Constitutional Reform) Implementation Order, 2025’, issued during the previous Muhammad Yunus-led interim government term, terming it an “endless document of deception” and a “national fraud”, local media reported.Addressing the Parliament during a scheduled discussion initiated by the Leader of the Opposition and Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman, the Home Minister said that the …
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Dhaka, March 28 (IANS) As Dhaka steps up efforts to prevent illegal fuel stockpiling, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have been deployed at various depots nationwide to ensure uninterrupted supply, local media reported on Saturday. Confirming the development on Saturday, BGB Public Relations Officer Md Shariful Islam said that the ongoing crisis in West Asia, coupled with global fuel shortages and rising prices, has prompted attempts at unauthorised stockpiling.He added that BGB has been…
Dhaka, March 11 (IANS) More than a year after Bangladesh’s July uprising, several journalists remain in jail as courts continue to reject their bail petitions in multiple cases, many of which rights groups claim are politically-motivated, according to a report by Dhaka Tribune.Media organisations, lawyers and international bodies have raised concerns over the prolonged detention of journalists without trial, questioning the legal basis of many of the cases filed against them.The Commonwealth J…
Dhaka, Feb 27 (IANS) The Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) on Friday held a protest procession demanding justice for victims of rape and violence across Bangladesh, including Narsingdi district, warning that widespread resistance would follow if justice is not delivered. The procession began on Friday afternoon from the central mosque of Dhaka University and concluded at the Raju Sculpture in the university campus, local media reported.During the protest march, DUCSU leaders rai…
Dhaka, Feb 27 (IANS) Several allegations have surfaced from opposition activists, journalists, local businesspersons and ordinary citizens that the political changeover in Bangladesh in August 2024 was exploited to implicate innocent people in legal cases and settle old disputes and long-standing personal rivalries, local media reported on Friday. The claims come amid a sharp rise in cases filed across the country following the 2024 political transition.Citing sources at the Bangladesh Ministry …
Dhaka, Feb 27 (IANS) The conduct of Bangladesh Bank officials in forcibly removing a senior advisor from the Central Bank headquarters in Dhaka this week sends a troubling signal about the integrity and discipline of the very institution entrusted with safeguarding the country’s financial stability, a report said on Friday. “There is only one word that comes to mind when we look over the events at Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday – disgraceful. We must question: When a mob of officials can forci…
Dhaka, Feb 24 (IANS) Several journalists, Dhaka University (DU) students and one police personnel were injured during an “anti-drug” operation at Suhrawardy Udyan, local media reported on Tuesday.The operation on Monday evening was conducted by Ramna Zone of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), during which seven to eight people were detained, and around 60 to 70 police personnel were deployed, according to DMP Ramna Zone Deputy Commissioner (DC) Masud.”We didn’t arrest that many today — the po…
Dhaka, Feb 22 (IANS) As the Tarique Rahman led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) assumed power in Bangladesh following its decisive victory in the 13th Parliamentary elections, business leaders account for 70 per cent of the newly formed cabinet, with 35 out of 50 ministers and state ministers listing business as their profession, local media reported citing affidavits submitted to the Election Commission (EC).An analysis of the affidavits submitted by the Prime Minister, ministers, and state m…
Dhaka, Feb 14 (IANS) With the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) set to form the next government in Bangladesh following a decisive victory in the 13th Parliamentary election, the party’s chairman, Tarique Rahman on Saturday emphasised the need to maintain law and order “at any cost” and urged everyone to cooperate in building a safe and humane nation, the local media reported. Rahman, who is set to become the next Prime Minister of Bangladesh after his party secured an absolute majority i…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Bangladesh election result has been welcomed by the country’s media as a verdict against fundamentalism and gender inequality, where an alliance led by a more tolerant party won the trust of an overwhelming majority of the 59 per cent of the country’s 12.8 crore electors who exercised their franchise on Thursday. “BNP clocks landslide victory as Jamaat’s religion card fails,” said Bangladesh’s The Business Standard, while the weekly Blitz termed it “A silent revo…