Report in The Daily Star, Oct 17, 2023Washington wants dialogue among the political parties for a free, fair and peaceful election in Bangladesh due in January next year, said Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen yesterday. Momen’s comment came after a meeting with Afreen Akhter, the US deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. “The US government endorsed the recommendations of the NDI and IRI. They also spoke about dialogue bilaterally…
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Report in Prothom Alo, Oct 16, 2023The decision on election-time government will be taken after the announcement of the polls-schedule, said governing Bangladesh Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday. He was addressing a press briefing at the secretariat. Asked, Obaidul Quader, also road transport and bridges minister, said there could be an election-time government. The way it was during the previous elections, that is the polls-time government, he insisted. Quader also stated that…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 16, 2023US Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Afreen Akhter is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on a three-day visit today. Her visit will feature prominently the national elections and Rohingya crisis, according to diplomatic sources. She may hold meetings with Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and then visit the Rohingya camp during her visit on October…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Oct 16, 2023 ,The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) held separate meetings on Sunday with three parties, including the Left Democratic Alliance, to finalize its program for its one-point movement demanding the resignation of the government. In these meetings, Tarique Rahman, acting chairman of the party, on a video call from London, spoke to the leaders of the parties and talked about the movement. The other parties that participated in the meeting…
by Iftekhar Mahmud in Prothom Alo, Oct 16, 2023One in four people in the country are food insecure, and 46 per cent of the poor population is in this dire situation according to the data revealed in a survey report released this month by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). The report, titled ‘Bangladesh Food Security Monitoring Report: May-August,’ was released on 3 October. According to the report, the increase in natural calamities in…
by Mohammad Jamil Khan in The Daily Star, Oct 15, 2023On November 20 last year, two death row convict militants, Abu Siddiq Sohel and Moinul Hasan Shamim, escaped from a Dhaka court with help from their associates. While being taken to prison, the convicts assaulted their police escort, untied themselves from shackles and fled on a motorcycle, never to be seen again. Almost a year has passed since that day, but police are yet to…
by Gazi Firoz in Prothom Alo, Oct 15, 2023Chattogram: A new political party from Chhattogram named ‘Pragatishil Ganatantrik Forum’ is going to be formed soon. Chattogram south unit BNP’s former leader and former vice president of Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (CUCSU) Nazim Uddin will be the chairman of the party. Azim Uddin, CUCSU’s former general secretary elected from Samajtantrik Chhatra Front, is going to be the secretary general of the party. Nazim Uddin claimed…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Oct 14, 2023Mentioning various measures of the government to address macroeconomic challenges, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has observed that Bangladesh economy is on the right track. “I think the economy is on the right track in terms of meeting the objective of the program, getting inflation under control and addressing macroeconomic challenges given the difficult global environment,” IMF Director for the Asia and Pacific Department (APD) Krishna Srinivasan said on…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 14, 2023The United States has advised its citizens to exercise increased caution while travelling to Bangladesh ahead of the general election. “The next general election is anticipated to occur before January 2024, and political party rallies and other election-related activities have already commenced. Political rallies and demonstrations may be held with increasing frequency or intensity as the general election draws nearer. Travellers to Bangladesh should practise vigilance and remember…
report in Prothom Alo, Oct 14, 2023Jubo League and Chhatra League leaders and workers chased the procession brought out by the Hindu Boudhha Christian Oikya Parishad in Cumilla. This incident took place at around 11:30 am yesterday, Friday, at the Nazrul Avenue area in Cumilla city. Meanwhile, protesting against the incident, Hindu Boudhha Christian Oikya Parishad (Hindu Christian Buddhist Unity Council) leaders staged programmes at the Shahbagh intersection in the capital and later in front…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 13, 2023The government’s refusal to allow BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to receive treatment abroad could lead to a new political crisis in the country, warned 23 eminent citizens in a joint statement yesterday. They also urged the government to consider the issue. Khaleda’s doctors recommended that she be sent abroad immediately for treatment. And according to the country’s top lawyers, there is no legal barrier to sending her abroad,…