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Chief adviser to meet BNP leaders this afternoon

Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the Interim Government's Chief Adviser, is set to meet with senior BNP leaders at his residence on Monday around 4:00 PM. The meeting was confirmed by Sayrul Kabir Khan, an officer from the BNP Chairperson's press wing. BNP's standing committee members, led by Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, will attend the meeting at the invitation of Dr. Yunus. This meeting follows the formation of the interim government on August 8, after the ousting of Sheikh Hasina in the wake of a student-led mass uprising.

New law on how parties can do politics coming

Brigadier General (Retd) Sakhawat Hossain, Adviser to the Ministry of Home Affairs, announced today that an initiative has been launched to draft legislation regulating how political parties can operate within the country. "Political parties that adhere to this new law will be allowed to continue their activities. Those who do not comply will be prohibited from participating in politics," he stated at a press briefing at the Secretariat on 11 August. He revealed that a draft is already in the works and wi...

Chief justice resigns

Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan has resigned from his position, said law advisor Asif Nazrul. Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan said, “I informed him (law advisor) that I have taken a decision on principle to step down and I hope all formalities will be completed by today.” The chief justice alleged, “A declaration has been made to attack the Supreme Court. Talks are also making the rounds on attacking my colleagues. Everything has been looted after attacking the residence of the chief justice. Their (justices) residences might also come under attack. There have already been attacks outside of several ...

Hasina did not resign before fleeing, son says

Long-time Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina had not resigned as prime minister before fleeing this week to India as anti-government protesters marched on her official residence, her son and adviser told Reuters early on Saturday.
Hasina has been sheltering in New Delhi since Monday following an uprising that killed about 300 people, many of them students, ending her uninterrupted rule of 15...

Jamaat holds rally in Jibannagar after 15 years

The ruling party Awami League has fallen in the face of anti-discrimination student movement. The leader of the party, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has fled the country. Along with the calm of the unstable situation created throughout the country, the political parties who are victims of oppression are carrying out various programs to make their existence known.
In continuation of that, on the afternoon of August 7 (Wednesday), a joyous procession and a short rally were organized by the Jibannagar branch of Chuadanga district of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islam. From the afternoon, the leaders of all the organizations of Jamaat-e-Islam started gathering from different parts of the upazila.

RAB new DG, new DMP commissioner appointed

The top positions of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) were reconstituted on Wednesday. AKM Shahidur Rahman has been appointed as the new Director General of RAB, replacing Additional Inspector General of Police Md. Harun Ar Rashid. In addition, Md. Mainul Hasan has been named the new commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, taking over from Habibur Rahman. These new appointments were announced today in a notification by the public security division of the home ministry. On ...
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