report in Prothom Alo, Sept 29, 2023The internal conflict within both the Awami League and BNP has escalated significantly in Faridpur, in the lead-up to the upcoming national parliament elections. Within the district Awami League, there are two active factions. The first faction is under the leadership of the district president, general secretary, and joint secretary. The second faction operates under the central committee member Bipul Ghosh. Notably, the former president of the district Awami…
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report in The Daily Star, Sept 29, 2023The United States has said it expects that the government of Bangladesh will take all necessary actions to maintain the safety and security of all foreign missions and personnel in the country, including those from the US. “The United States values its relationship with Bangladesh,” US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters at a regular briefing on Thursday, September 28. He, however, said he is not going…
by Selim Zahid in Prothom Alo, Sept 28, 2023The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) wants to reach a conclusion regarding the upcoming general election by putting pressure on the government before the declaration of the election schedule. For this, the opposition wants to hold series of programmes in October to force the government to accept their demand before the declaration of the election schedule in the first week of November. However, the party is yet to…
report in Prothom Alo, Sept 28, 2023Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said the ruling party would play the game in October and December, and also in the first week of January. Quader, also road Transport and bridges minister, made the statement in response to warning by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) that they would take to the streets to remove the government of prime minister Sheikh Hasina if she does not…
by Shuvonkar Karmokar in Prothom Alo, Sept 27, 2023The number of Bangladeshis-owned companies registered in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is on the rise, according to the statistics of one of its emirates. Besides, the number of memberships at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce held by Bangladeshi businesses rose by 47 per cent (1,044 companies) to a total of 10,975 companies in January-June this year. Established in 1965, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce released the…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Sept 27, 2023Unaisi Lutu Vuniwaqa, United Nations assistant secretary general for Safety and Security, has visited the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar. She visited the Kutupalong-2 and Balukhali-8 refugee camps, as well as the extended part of the 20-year-old refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila on Tuesday. Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mizanur Rahman said during the visit, Vuniwaqa spoke to officials of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the UN World…
report in The Daily Star, Sept 26, 2023Bangladesh’s credit rating came under further threat today as Fitch put the country on a “negative” outlook while giving a damning verdict on the central bank’s policy response to the fast-depleting foreign currency reserves. The American rating agency maintained Bangladesh’s BB- rating but warned that the outlook was now negative rather than stable, mirroring the action taken in July by its peer Standard and Poor’s. By the end…
report in Prothom Alo, Sept 26, 2023The ruling Awami League has given BNP a 36-day ultimatum for it to give up its ‘evil politics’. It said that if BNP doesn’t come to the ‘right path’ within this time, it will take the people along and crush BNP’s ‘hand of evil politics’. Awami League said this was a last warning to BNP. Awami League held separate rallies in Uttara and Jatrabari of the capital yesterday, Monday.…
Arifur Rahman in Prothom ALo, Sept 25, 2023Rangpur: Rangpur is called the citadel of Jatiya Party (JaPa). It is home to the party’s founder HM Ershad, who had been in power for 9 years at a stretch. The JaPa candidate Mostafizar Rahman came victorious by a huge margin in the last mayoral election in Rangpur city corporation. Yet, many local leaders think JaPa’s heyday is over in the district. JaPa once had all MPs in…
report in The Daily Star, Sept 25, 2023US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas yesterday said media in Bangladesh may also come under the purview of the US visa policy. He came up with the remark in an exclusive interview with Channel 24 at its office, reports the television channel. “We are applying the policy in a balanced way against anyone regardless of whether they are pro-government, whether they are in the opposition, or whether they…
report in The Daily Star, Sept 25, 2023Two temples in Dhaka’s Nawabganj upazila were vandalised by unidentified miscreants on Saturday night. The incident took place at Bhurakhali village located on the bordering area between Nawabganj and Manikganj’s Singair. “The Kali temple was set on fire around 11:30pm. It was partially damaged as locals doused the fire immediately,” said Ananda Bepari, president of the temple’s management committee. After a few minutes, three idols were vandalised in…