report in Dhaka Tribune, Jan 25, 2023BNP and other like-minded opposition parties, alliances and organizations are set to hold rallies in Dhaka and other divisional cities and district towns on Wednesday as part of the simultaneous movement to oust the current government. The organizers said the program is meant for registering a protest against the introduction of one-party Baksal rule by Awami League on this day in 1975, rise in the prices of power and…
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by Porimol Palma in The Daily Star, Jan 17, 2023The US wants to see Bangladesh as an independent player in the Indo-Pacific region, recognising it as a significant geostrategic actor in the region’s security architecture, says US-based foreign policy expert Anu Anwar. He made the observation during an interview with The Daily Star following the Dhaka visit by Donald Lu, US assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia, from January 14 to 15.…
by Mohammad Al-Masum Molla in The Daily Star, Jan 14, 2023The BNP wants to make a final push to realise its demand for holding the next general election under a neutral caretaker administration only after the top brass finds the party’s Dhaka city units fully prepared for an all-out movement. Insiders said the BNP was successful in staging massive protests in the last few months despite various obstacles from the ruling party and administration. It…
report in The Daily Styar, Jan 11, 2023At least 20 vehicles were vandalised and six buses set on fire by a mob on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gachha area of Gazipur city last evening following a rumour of road crash deaths. Vehicular movement on both lanes of the highway remained closed for about two hours as a result of the attack, according to police. Alamgir Hossain, the deputy commissioner (traffic) of Gazipur Metropolitan Police, said police…
report in Prothom Alo, Jan 10, 2023Newly appointed Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang held an hour-long meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart at a brief stopover at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka early Tuesday. The aircraft carrying Qin stopped at the airport at 1:58 am en route to his visit to Africa. Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen welcomed the Chinese minister at the airport and held a meeting with him at the VIP lounge. Qin…
report in Dhaka Tribune Desk, January 31, 2023 at 1:56 PMThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has given Jamaat-e-Islami two months to prepare the summary of the appeal against a verdict of the High Court that scrapped its registration as a political party. The three member appellate bench headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order on Tuesday. Barrister Tanya Amir, who appeared in representing the writ petitioner, said: “We have taken…
report in Prothom Alo, Dec 22, 2022A court in Dhaka placed Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Md Shafiqur Rahman on a three-day fresh remand in a case lodged with capital’s Jatrabari Police Station for his alleged involvement in militancy, reports BSS. Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Syed Mostafa Reza Nur on Thursday passed the order as police produced the Jamaat chief before the court after the end of his seven-day remand in the case and pleaded for placing him…
report in Daily Asian Age, Dec 18, 2022Police have found evidence of supporting and funding the new militant outfit Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya by Ameer(chief) of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Shafiqur Rahman, said the DMP chief on Saturday. Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq said that the Jamaat Ameer’s son got involved with the militant outfit and later he supported and funded them willingly. He made the comment in reply to a question while briefing…
Report in The Daily Star, Dec 17, 2022Ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance will hold a rally at Shikha Chironton in Suhrawardy Udyan of the capital on December 19 in protest against the BNP-Jamaat’s “anarchy and anti-state conspiracy”. Dhaka City 14-party coordinator and AL Presidium Member Mofazzel Hossain Chowdhury Maya came up with the announcement at a meeting of the alliance at AL central office on Bangabandhu Avenue this afternoon. The leaders expressed their firm determination…
Raised our concerns with Dhaka, says State Dept officialReport in The Daily Star, Dec 16, 2022US Ambassador Peter Haas and embassy staff had to wrap up a meeting in Dhaka early on December 14 due to security concerns, said US State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel. “And we have raised our concerns about this matter at the highest levels of Bangladesh government,” he told a press briefing at the US State Department yesterday. He…
Report in The Daily Star, Dec 14, 2022Bangladesh wants direct Dhaka-Guwahati and Sylhet-Guwahati air connectivity and direct bus service between Sylhet and Shilchar for promoting people-to-people contacts, boosting bilateral ties and ensuring collective prosperity in the region. Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen shares this idea when Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Kumar Verma called on him at his office yesterday. They discussed issues of mutual interest. Momen recalled with satisfaction the arrangements made by…