Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori on Thursday reiterated the position of Japan and said Bangladesh will keep advancing on a path towards stable development through a peaceful and democratic political transition.
He said Japan will continue its support for Bangladesh's development and prosperity, standing side by side with the transition process to be led by Chief Advisor Prof Muhammad Yunus of the interim government.
During his meeting with Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain, the Ambassador mentioned the relations under "Strategic Partnership" enshrined between the two countries.
The Foreign Affairs Adviser said people in Bangladesh in general have a positive feeling about Japan. "The relationship with Japan is excellent."
He also sought Japan's support...
The interim government, led by Prof Muhammad Yunus, is getting expanded with new faces.
The swearing-in ceremony of the new advisers will be held at 4pm on Friday at Bangabhaban.
It could not be known who are going to take oath on Friday.
On July 8, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took the oath of office as head of Bangladesh's interim government after an uprising prompted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step down and flee to India.
After nearly one month of suspension, intercity train services resumed across the country on Thursday.
The services resumed with the departure of the Mohanganj Express from Kamalapur rail station around 1:15 pm.
Other intercity trains have been departing as per schedule from various destinations for Dhaka.
Passengers expressed satisfaction at the full restoration of train services after the long hiatus.
The Bangladesh Railway suspended operations of passenger trains on 19 July amid the violence centring the quota reform movement.
Although operations of passenger trains resumed on a limited scale on August 1, the authorities on August 3 suspended it for August 4 and later halted the operations of all kinds of trains until further notice.
Another murder case was filed against 16 persons, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, as a fourth grade student died in random firing from helicopter over the protesters at city's Mohammadpur on July 19.
Victim's uncle Abdullah Abu Sayeed Bhuiyan filed this case in Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhuri's court today.
The court accepted the statement of the plaintiff and ordered Mohammadpur Police Station to register the complaint as a first information report (FIR).
The other accused in the c...
Justice for all those who died and suffered injuries during the recent student-led quota reform movement in Bangladesh and reforms to the systems to ensure that this justice takes place are not negotiable, an adviser to the Bangladesh interim government, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, told IPS in an exclusive interview
“The interim government has decided to ensure justice and it will be very transparent. Justice will be ensured not only for those who were killed and injured but it will accurately bring the perpetrators to justice so that innocent people are not affected.”
Hasan was sworn in as an advisor to Nobel laureate economist
At a dialogue titled “Challenges and Actions for the Interim Government,” organized by the Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD), speakers called for an extensive constitutional amendment. They stressed the need to address the culture of impunity that has persisted in Bangladesh over the past 15 years and emphasized the importance of constitutional and legal reforms for economic development.
The event, moderated by CPD Executive Director Dr. Fahmida Khatun, began with a minute of silence in remembrance ...
