Home Adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today said law enforcement agencies are fully prepared to ensure a free, fair, impartial and peaceful upcoming 13th National Parliament election and referendum. He made the remarks while briefing journalists after inspecting an ‘Electoral Management Exercise’ at Tetuljhora College polling centre in Savar upazila of Dhaka district. The adviser said the exercise demonstrated polling centre management and the use of modern technology, including body-worn cameras, CCTV, drones and the ‘Election Security App 2026’, adding that maximum use of information technology will be ensured in the election. Senior officials of the Home…
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Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant Professor Ali Riaz today said the July Charter is a pledge signed in letters of blood. “We owe a great debt to everyone—the young people who took to the streets, the youths who left their work to join the protests, the fathers who sent their sons to the rallies and sat in prayer, and the workers who stirred a storm of resistance,” he said. Ali Riaz said: “That debt is the July Charter. Though every letter of it is written in black ink, its backdrop stands on blood. The July Charter is a pledge signed in…
Foreign diplomats based in Dhaka today visited the July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum, days before it is set to open for public. During their visit, Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki briefed the diplomats and guided them through the museum’s key sections, said the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing this evening. At the outset of two-hour long visit, the diplomats observed one minute silence in memory of the nearly 4,000 people, who were martyred during the fascist regime of Sheikh Hasina. Farooki said the July Museum would collaborate with similar institutions in other countries. “The idea behind the museum is to…
Russia launched the “most powerful” attack this year on Ukraine’s battered energy facilities overnight, Kyiv said on Tuesday, leaving hundreds of thousands without heating in frigid temperatures ahead of talks to end the four-year war. Russia’s strikes hit as temperatures dropped to their lowest since the start of the war in February 2022, killing two teenagers in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia and damaging a Soviet-era World War II monument. The attack came a day before Ukrainian and Russian negotiators were due to meet for a second round of US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi. “Taking advantage of the coldest days…
Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today urged members of the Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) to perform their duties with neutrality, professionalism and integrity to ensure a free, fair, peaceful and credible national election and referendum scheduled for February 12. “Perform your duties with complete impartiality and professionalism during the forthcoming parliamentary national election,” he said. The Home Adviser was speaking as the chief guest at a Coast Guard medal distribution ceremony held at the BCG Headquarters in Agargaon. At the ceremony, medals were awarded to 40 officers and sailors for their service. The adviser mentioned that…
US President Donald Trump urged the House of Representatives on Monday to swiftly adopt a spending bill and end the three-day government shutdown. “I hope all Republicans and Democrats will join me in supporting this Bill, and send it to my desk WITHOUT DELAY,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. The shutdown followed a breakdown in negotiations because of Democratic anger over the killing of two protesters in Minneapolis by federal immigration agents, which derailed talks over new money for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Late Friday, the Senate passed a package clearing five outstanding funding bills…
The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune, will be observed throughout the country today night with due religious fervour and devotion. On this occasion, Islamic Foundation has chalked out programmes at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque here. The foundation will hold waz (religious sermons), doa-mahfil, special prayers, recitation from the Holy Quran and Hamd-Naat at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque this evening. Besides, religious sermons centering the Shab-e-Barat will be delivered at different mosques after Maghrib prayers alongside holding special munajat after Isha prayers tomorrow in the country. On the occasion, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has issued a message greeting…
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has started regularly publishing HS Code-based import data on its website to enhance transparency and facilitate easier access to trade-related information for the general public. According to an NBR press release issued today, the initiative has been taken in response to long-standing demands from young entrepreneurs, students, investors, trade researchers, businesspeople, journalists, and analysts seeking reliable and accessible import data. The NBR recently published HS Code-based data on goods imported under commercial and bonded facilities for December 2025 on its official website (nbr.gov.bd) under the Customs section of the Publication portal. The data include…
Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today urged members of the Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) to perform their duties with neutrality, professionalism and integrity to ensure a free, fair, peaceful and credible national election and referendum scheduled for February 12. “Perform your duties with complete impartiality and professionalism during the forthcoming parliamentary national election,” he said. The Home Adviser was speaking as the chief guest at a Coast Guard medal distribution ceremony held at the BCG Headquarters in Agargaon. At the ceremony, medals were awarded to 40 officers and sailors for their service. The adviser mentioned that…
Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today urged members of the Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) to perform their duties with neutrality, professionalism and integrity to ensure a free, fair, peaceful and credible national election and referendum scheduled for February 12. “Perform your duties with complete impartiality and professionalism during the forthcoming parliamentary national election,” he said. The Home Adviser was speaking as the chief guest at a Coast Guard medal distribution ceremony held at the BCG Headquarters in Agargaon. At the ceremony, medals were awarded to 40 officers and sailors for their service. The adviser mentioned that…
