Posts published in “Bangladesh”

by Sujoy Mohajan in Prothom Alo, Aug 3, 2017 at 14:00 pm IBBLAfter major shakeup in ownership and management early this year, Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has shown in recent times signs of decline. Both its deposits and income have fallen, but loan disbursement has increased — a situation that has created cash crunch for the country’s largest private commercial bank. This financial status has been reflected in the statement of the IBBL, which…

by Manik Miazee in Dhaka Tribune, Aug 3, 2017 Over 50 central leaders of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh are planning to take part in the next national election under the banner of various registered Islamist political parties. Although the Qawmi madrasa-based fundamentalist Islamist group claims to be a non-political movement, many of its members have already taken part in several local government elections in recent times, winning a few. Following these victories, Islamist politicians who are affiliated…

By Senior Correspondent in bdnews24.com, Aug 1, 2017 at 20.55pm The BNP has alleged that the Prime Minister’s Energy Adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury lied about the UNESCO’s position on the Rampal power plant near the Sundarbans. Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir levelled the allegation against the adviser at a programme in Dhaka on Tuesday. “UNESCO said in its report that there couldn’t be a power plant in Rampal. Even after having the organisation’s report as…

by Moinul Hoque Chowdhury in bdnews24.com, July 29, 2017 at 10:46 BdST Several Islamist parties that defected from the BNP-led alliance after the 10th parliamentary election are forming a new coalition with the Awami League, a move considered to add a new dimension to the count of votes in the next polls. The initiators of the new alliance wish to take part in the next election, scheduled to be held in one and a half…

Report in The daily star, Aug 1, 2017 Most civil society members during talks with the Election Commission yesterday spoke for restoring “no vote” system and ensuring a level-playing field for all political parties to hold the next election in a free, fair and participatory manner. They also suggested army be deployed alongside regular law enforcers during the polls, due in January 2019, to remove fear among voters, candidates and election officials. Most of the…

More than 320 people have been unlawfully detained or have disappeared in Bangladesh since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party took office eight years ago, according to Odhikar, a Dhaka-based human rights group. Plucked from their homes or off the streets by plainclothes members of Bangladesh’s rapid action battalion or the detective bureau of the Dhaka police, the victims increasingly include members of the political opposition, as well as suspected criminals and Islamist militants.…

by Tarek Mahmud & Arifur Rahman Rabbi in Dhaka Tribune, July 30, 2017 It is well known that the gruesome Holey Artisan Bakery attack last July was carried out by five terrorists. After the arrest of suspected militant Aslam Hossain Rashed alias Rash, police said he was the sixth attacker who never made it to the cafe. Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit’s chief Monirul Islam made the claim on Saturday,…

Report in bdnews24.com, July 29, 2017 at 21.01 hrs Former members of the Jamaat-e-Islami’s student wing now lead neo-JMB blamed for last year’s cafe attack, says the counterterrorism chief. The investigation into the nation’s worst terror attack is almost complete with the arrest of a key suspect, Deputy Inspector General Monirul Islam told reporters on Saturday. Early Friday, police arrested Aslam Hossain alias Rashedul Islam in the northerwestern district of Natore. Hossain, who also used…

by Salman Tarek Shakil in Dhaka Tribune, July 28, 2017 Draft syllabuses and curricula of this proposed new education system have already been prepared by the foundation’s research department Bangladesh Islamic Foundation is moving forward with plans to launch its own line of madrasas where Urdu and Arabic will be given priority. Draft syllabuses and curricula of this proposed new education system have already been prepared by the foundation’s research department. Currently, there are two…

report in bdnews24.com, July 26, 2017 at 23.21hrs A Pakistani poet has demanded punishment for his fellow countrymen who committed war crimes during Bangladesh’s Liberation War. Young people in Pakistan should get their government to realise the need to apologise to Bangladesh, poet Ahmad Salim told a discussion in Dhaka on Wednesday. “Pakistan has not taken lessons from the past. Bangladesh is now a reality. It has done better in development and in maintaining sovereignty.…