Bangladesh-politics

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman has claimed that many questions would have been resolved if Bangladesh Jamaat e Islami had listened to its former Assistant Secretary General Barrister Abdur Razzaq. The minister made the remarks after attending the book launch ceremony of Abdur Razzaq at a hotel in Gulshan in the capital on Friday morning. The book written by Barrister Razzaq is titled Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami: Its History and Politics. The University Press...

The High Court has rejected a writ petition challenging the legality of the ban on the activities of the Awami League. As a result, no legal path has been opened for the party to resume its activities. A High Court bench comprising Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan rejected the petition on Sunday on the ground that it was not presented before the court. The writ petition was filed challenging the legality of a notification issued by the interim government banning the activ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an investigation into allegations of corruption in recruitment, transfers and promotions at the Ministry of Youth and Sports against former Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan. An ACC source confirmed to Agamir Somoy on Wednesday that a four-member investigation team has been formed for this purpose. Along with former Adviser to the Ministry of Youth and Sports Asif Mahmud, the ACC team will also investigate Ministry Secretary Mahbub-Ul-Al...

A Jubodal leader has died after allegedly being punched by a ‘BNP leader’ in Chattogram city. The incident reportedly occurred over a dispute concerning the placement of mobile rickshaw vans on the road for selling goods. Police said the incident took place Friday in the Omar Ali Matbar Bari area under Chandgaon Police Station in the city. The deceased Fazlul Amin was the senior joint secretary of the East Sholashahar Ward Jubodal according to Mohammad Shahed, general secretary of the ci...

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the BNP nominated candidate for president, effectively spent his last day with his party colleagues. A day before the presidential election, he broke down in tears in front of his colleagues. At one point, the former BNP secretary general became emotional while delivering his farewell remarks. Mirza Fakhrul said, “I will always maintain a close relationship with the party leaders and activists. If elected president, I will perform my duties with honesty and de...

State Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Nurul Haque Nur has expressed support for raising the salaries of ministers and members of parliament to a reasonable level in order to keep them honest and free from corruption. Nur made the remarks while attending a discussion at the Abdus Salam Hall of the National Press Club in the capital on Friday. State Minister Nurul Haque Nur attended the event as the chief guest. Speaking about the salary structure of ministers and...

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and opposition leader Dr. Shafiqur Rahman has said the Awami League should not return to politics without expressing remorse or regret to the nation for past events. He said bringing the party back into politics solely for political calculations or to strengthen a political alliance would be an injustice and a heinous crime. He made the remarks at a meeting with journalists at the Bagerhat Circuit House on Friday morning. Responding to a question about the Awami Lea...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party Secretary General and Local Government Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said Sheikh Hasina destroyed democracy in the name of democracy. He said she destroyed every institution of democracy. The main reason for the problems being seen today is that no institutions were properly established here. The Local Government Minister made the remarks while attending an event organized by the TV Editors Council on Friday morning. Mirza Fakhrul said democracy and...

Every person has media in the palm of their hand. They can listen to whatever they want. These days, it is not possible to stop someone’s statements from being broadcast. Barrister Rumeen Farhana made the remarks regarding the court’s ban on broadcasting statements by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted during the 2024 uprising. She made the remarks at a meeting in Sarail, Brahmanbaria, on Wednesday afternoon. The member of parliament from the Brahmanbaria 2 constituency a...

A vehicle of the National Citizen Party (NCP) was attacked in Golapganj, Sylhet. The attack took place at around 3 pm Thursday on the vehicle carrying Sarjis Alam, the party’s chief coordinator for the northern region. Golapganj Police Station Officer in Charge (OC) Mohammad Shabed Ali confirmed the incident. However, police did not provide details. According to local sources, the NCP held a discussion meeting with family members of the July martyrs at the Golapganj Upazila Auditorium in the mor...

Water Resources Adviser and BNP Joint Secretary General Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie said the foundation for the July Uprising was not built in a single day, adding that the BNP had laid that foundation over the past 17 years. He made the remarks Tuesday afternoon while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion held at the National Press Club auditorium. The discussion, titled Unity, Not Division, for Building a Just and Discrimination Free Society, was organized by an organization call...

In Mohammadpur, Dhaka, student activists from the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal handed over 10 leaders and activists of the banned Awami League and its affiliated organizations to police following a protest march. The incident took place on Sunday at the College Gate area of Mohammadpur, where the i...