Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of “preparing to wage war”, Eritrea retorts that its neighbour’s words were fuelling “dangerous conflicts”, and analysts fear another war is brewing in the volatile Horn of Africa. – What does Ethiopia want? – For months, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been demanding access to the sea for his landlocked country, while insisting it will be through peaceful means. Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country with some 130 million people, lost its shoreline when Eritrea broke away in 1993. In a statement to parliament on October 28, Abiy asserted he was “a million percent sure that…
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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed a case against eight individuals, including Centre for Research and Information (CRI) chairman Sajeeb Wazed Joy and vice-chairperson Saima Wazed Putul, for alleged tax evasion, embezzlement of state funds, and money laundering linked to implementing political agendas. ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain disclosed the development during a regular press briefing here. Others named in the case include Radwan Mujib Siddiq, a trustee of CRI and son of Sheikh Rehana; former State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid, also a trustee board member; CRI Executive Director Sabbir Bin Shams; National Board…
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Bangladesh Joris van Bommel today held a meeting with BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. The meeting took place at the BNP Chairperson’s Office in Gulshan of the city at 3:30pm, BNP Media Cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan confirmed. BNP Joint Secretary General (Foreign Affairs) Humayun Kabir, Organising Secretary Shama Obaed and member of the Foreign Affairs Advisory Committee to the BNP Chairperson Tabith Awal were present during the meeting.
Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar of the High Court Division has been removed from his position as a judge. A gazette issued by the Law and Justice Division and signed by Secretary Liaquet Ali Molla stated that, based on an investigation by the Supreme Judicial Council, Justice Khurshid Alam Sarkar was found unfit to properly perform the duties of his office. “…therefore, in accordance with the provisions of clause (6) of the reinstated Article 96 of the Constitution, the President has removed him from his position on November 5, 2025,” the gazette added.
A progress report presented before Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today at a meeting on measures taken to address water-logging in Chattogram city stated that 75 percent of water-logging has already been addressed there. Chattogram Divisional Commissioner Dr Muhammad Ziauddin presented the progress report on the projects undertaken to tackle water-logging at the meeting held at the State Guest House Jamuna here this afternoon. “According to the progress report, 88 percent of the four major projects taken aimed at alleviating water-logging have been completed,” Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told a briefing at the Foreign Service…
Ireland has expressed its willingness to share experience and expertise in police reform to support Bangladesh’s ongoing efforts to strengthen accountable and rights-based governance following the July 2024 uprising. Non-resident Ambassador of Ireland to Bangladesh, Kevin Kelly, and Baroness Nuala O’Loan, the first Police Ombudsman in Northern Ireland, made the proposal as they called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at State Guest House Jamuna here today. Baroness O’Loan, who is on a two-day visit to Bangladesh, served as Northern Ireland’s Police Ombudsman for seven years following the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which marked the end of a prolonged period…
The investigation committee formed over an Air Force training aircraft crash at Milestone School and College here found the pilot’s operational error and recommended that all Air Force initial training be conducted outside Dhaka. “The probe body concluded that the tragedy resulted from a pilot’s operational error during flying, which led to a loss of control over the aircraft. Among the major recommendations, the body proposed that, for public safety, all initial Air Force training should henceforth be conducted outside Dhaka,” Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam told a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy this afternoon. He said,…
US President Donald Trump will host all five Central Asian leaders in Washington on Thursday for the first time, a few months after they held separate summits with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping. The West has upped its interest with the resource-rich region, where Moscow’s traditional influence has been questioned since the Kremlin’s Ukraine invasion and where China is also a major player. – Race for influence – Since the Ukraine war, the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have stepped up contacts with other countries in the so-called “C5+1” format. Washington and the European Union…
New York mayoral election winner Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday that he was ready to engage with his arch-critic President Donald Trump on the issue of cost of living. The Muslim-American lawmaker, whose rapid ascent from rank outsider to mayor-elect has stunned observers, joked at a briefing that the “White House hasn’t reached out to congratulate me.” “I continue to be interested in having a conversation with President Trump on the ways in which we can work together to serve New Yorkers,” he said suggesting “delivering on his campaign promises around cost of living” as one. Mamdani, like Trump,…
Ezulwini, Kingdom of Eswatini, 31 October 2025 (ECA) – The Thirty-First Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICSOE) for Southern Africa concluded in Ezulwini, Eswatini, with a clarion call for bold, coordinated action to unlock the African Continental Free Trade Area’s (AfCFTA’s) potential through regional value chains, digital transformation, and climate-resilient industrialization. Convened under the theme “Unlocking AfCFTA’s Potential: Building Value Chains and Overcoming Barriers to Trade in Southern Africa,” the hybrid meeting brought together senior policymakers and experts from nine member States: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe alongside representatives from regional…
