Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul today said that they are committed to hold the trial of the mass killing during July and August in 2024. “Holding trial of the mass killing is one of our commitments. The trial has begun. Inshaallah, we will get the verdict of the trial during tenure of the government of Dr Yunus Sir,” he wrote in his verified Facebook account. There has been a demand in the society of making the trial visible. We made it visible eight months ago with reconstituting the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), he said. After that…
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Bangladesh will seek one billion US dollar soft loan from Japan during the upcoming official visit of Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus to Tokyo, scheduled for May 28-31. “The main focus of this visit is budgetary support,” said Acting Foreign Secretary Md Ruhul Alam Siddique while addressing a curtain-raiser press briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this afternoon. Chief Adviser Yunus is expected to depart Dhaka on May 27 for the four-day visit, during which he will hold bilateral talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on May 30, aimed at deepening cooperation across a wide range of…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has extended his sympathy and support for Rakibul Hasan, a July uprising injured. The injured Rakibul, an electrician and Swechchhasebak Dal activist, was reportedly attacked by members of the ruling party’s student wing Chhatra League and police forces during a movement at the ECB premises in the capital on July 18. As per under Tarique Rahman’s directives, the delegation of ‘Amra BNP Paribar’, a cell of BNP, visited Rakibul’s family today in the Tetultala area of Khilkhet here. The visiting delegation was led by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General and Amra BNP…
Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said the problem regarding the government’s initiative to amend the Government Service Act-2018 can be solved through discussion. “The problem can be solved through discussion,” he said while replying to a question after a meeting on better management of the cattle markets and rawhide selling in his ministry office at Bangladesh Secretariat here. The adviser’s comment came when the employees of the Bangladesh Secretariat are in agitation programme to press home their demand for withdrawal the Government Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 which was approved in principle by the Council of…
Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam today said political parties have expressed their support for the steps taken by the interim government, including reforms. Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus held meetings with 20 leaders of political parties for the second day today. The Press Secretary briefed reporters in front of the State Guest House Jamuna here tonight after the meetings. He said the Chief Adviser discussed various issues, including elections and progress of reforms, with the political parties. Alam said the Chief Adviser has informed the political parties that the elections will be held between December and June next. Prof…
US President Donald Trump issued a rare rebuke to Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Sunday, saying he was “not happy” with him after Moscow launched a record number of drones against Ukraine, killing 13 people across the country. Trump has expressed admiration for Putin in the past, but has in recent weeks shown growing frustration with Moscow’s position in truce negotiations with Kyiv, which are deadlocked. “I’m not happy with what Putin is doing. He’s killing a lot of people, and I don’t know what the hell happened to Putin,” said Trump on the tarmac at Morristown airport before boarding…
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today filed the formal charge in a crime against humanity case lodged over the killings of six innocent people in the city’s Chankharpul area on August 5, 2024. It is the first formal charge filed at the ICT in connection with the July Mass Uprising cases. Confirming the matter to newsmen, prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim said Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam filed the formal charge at the ICT Registrar’s office this noon. The prosecution pressed charges against eight, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Habibur Rahman. The other accused are- then…
Speakers at a seminar today said that export-import policy reform is key to resilience and long-term competitiveness while re-assessing such policies is necessary to meet the challenges of post-LDC period. The speakers said this at a seminar on “Export-import policies in Bangladesh: Requirements and Challenges upon LDC Graduation” at the auditorium of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industries (DCCI) here. Speaking as the chief guest, Lutfey Siddiqi, Special Envoy to the Chief Adviser on International Affairs, said that structural and institutional reforms among the government agencies are also necessary, and the pace of doing the reforms needs to be faster.…
The UK’s serious and organised crime agency has frozen luxury London property worth about £90m belonging to two men linked to the deposed ruler of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, according to The Guardian newspaper. The newspaper in a report published on May 23 said the development came after mounting pressure on the UK to assist Bangladesh in tracing assets linked to the former regime. The Guardian said the National Crime Agency (NCA) obtained nine freezing orders under which Ahmed Shayan Rahman and his cousin Ahmed Shahryar Rahman were prevented from selling the property, including apartments in London’s Grosvenor Square. Their named…
Leaders of different political parties will meet Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus here this afternoon. The political leaders will meet the Chief Adviser at 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm today respectively, Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said. In the first phase, the Chief Adviser will be met by Col.(retd) Oli Ahmed, Bir Bikram, Mahmudur Rahman Manna, Saiful Haque, Junaid Saki, Hasnat Qayyum, Mujibur Rahman Manju, Mujahidul Islam Selim, Khalequzzaman Bhuiyan, Tipu Biswas, Sheikh Rafiqul Islam Bablu and Shahid Uddin Mahmud Swapan. In the second phase, Maulana Sadiqur Rahman, Maulana Rezaul Karim, Maulana Mamunul Haque, Maulana Ahmed…
