Once-thriving Shyampur Sugar Mills Limited, the lone agro-based heavy industry in Shyampur area of Badarganj upazila under Rangpur district, has remained closed for around five years, leaving several thousand sugarcane growers as well as workers to pass days in hardship. Similarly, the closure of
The European Union is closely monitoring Bangladesh’s next general election and aims to see it held successfully, senior BNP leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said. The BNP National Standing Committee member made the statement at a news briefing after a meeting between the EU ambassado
Michael Miller, ambassador and head of the European Union Delegation to Bangladesh, held a courtesy meeting with BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday. The meeting was held at the BNP chairperson’s office in Dhaka’s Gulshan at 11:00 am today, reports bdnews24.c
Police have beefed up security in Dhaka ahead of the banned Awami League’s announced programme on November 13. Law enforcers have conducted overnight raids in different hotels and shared accommodations as Awami League leaders and activists head to the capital for the protest. On Tuesday, the
Supporters of BNP and others on Wednesday morning blocked the busy Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for around one and a half hours in the Tongi College Gate area, demanding restoration of the Gazipur-6 parliamentary seat. Hundreds of vehicles remained stuck on both sides of the busy route, causing suffer
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has cautioned that any decision taken by the interim government beyond the scope of the July National Charter will be the government's sole liability. Addressing an emergency press briefing on Tuesday, BNP standing committee members said the party and other s
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Tuesday said that recognising the ‘July Revolution’ is a prerequisite for participating in the 2026 national election. “Those who do not recognise the July Revolution, there will be no elections in 2026 for them. To give recognition to
National Citizens Party (NCP) wants to form an alliance with those who independently support reforms and oppose Indian hegemony, said party’s chief coordinator for the southern region Hasnat Abdullah on Tuesday. Speaking at the inauguration of the Narayanganj district office of the NCP at th
Urging the interim government to act carefully amid the ongoing political deadlock, BNP on Tuesday said the signatories to the July National Charter are not bound to follow any decision that goes beyond what is stated in the charter. “We want to make it clear that if the government announces
The High Court (HC) on Monday declared illegal an Election Commission (EC) gazette notification that reduced the number of parliamentary constituencies in Bagerhat district from four to three. It also directed the authorities concerned to reinstate all four constituencies in the district. The HC
Supporters of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and seven allied political parties have gathered at Paltan in the capital to press their previously announced five-point demand. The rally is scheduled to begin at 2:00 pm. The decision to hold the rally was announced on November 3 at a press conference by
Testimonies in a corruption case filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 11 others on charges of abusing power to acquire plots in the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha's (RAJUK) Purbachal New Town project concluded on Monday. Judge of the Special Court 5 in Dhaka Md Abdullah Al Mamun th
Two British lawyers have submitted an urgent appeal to the United Nations, raising concerns over fair trial rights and due process in the trial of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina before Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). Hasina is facing charges of crimes against humanity
