BNP’s acting chairman, Tarique Rahman, has applied for a “travel pass” to return to the country on 25 December.
He submitted the application to the Bangladesh High Commission in London.
A source in the United Kingdom confirmed the information to Prothom Alo on Thursday evening, saying that Tarique Rahman’s application for a travel pass has already bee...
Osman Hadi no more
Inqilab Mancha spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi, who was critically injured in a gun attack on 12 December, has passed away while undergoing treatment at Singapore General Hospital.
Inqilab Mancha confirmed his death in a Facebook post tonight (18 December).
Earlier on Wednesday night, Singapore's Foreign Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan visited Hadi at the hospital and later called Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus at 9:40 pm and informed him that Hadi's condition was v...
Ordinance on enforced disappearances approved
The government today approved the drafts of 'Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Redress (amendment) Ordinance 2025' and 'Bangladesh Haor and Wetland Conservation Ordinance 2025' and a proposal to establish a new embassy in Bern, Switzerland.
The Council of Advisers today gave the approval at its weekly meeting at the Chief Adviser's Office (CAO) here, with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in the chair, said the Chief Adviser's Press Wing this afternoon. [caption id="attachment_34783" align="alignleft" width="538"]
Victory Day celebrated
The nation celebrated Victory Day on Wednesday, as the country was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces on that day 54 years back through a nine-month-long bloodstained War of Liberation.
On December 16, 1971, Bangladesh was born as an independent country at the cost of the supreme sacrifice of three million people and the honour of two lakh women.
On the occasion, the government has taken extensive programmes to celebrate the great Victory Day, while the day will begin with a 31-gun salute in the city tomorro...
On the occasion, the government has taken extensive programmes to celebrate the great Victory Day, while the day will begin with a 31-gun salute in the city tomorro...
CEC rules out apprehension over election
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir Uddin today ruled out any apprehension about holding the coming election.
“The Election Commission (EC), alongside the law-enforcement agencies, is fully prepared. So there is no fear regarding the election. The election will be held, Insha’Allah, with everyone on board and with everyone’s cooperation,” he asserted.
The CEC made the remarks while speaking as the chief guest at the inauguration of the GenVote Festival in the capital’s Gulshan-1 area this morni...
Tarique Rahman will return home on Dec 25: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has stated that the party's Acting Chairman, Tarique Rahman, will return to Bangladesh from London on December 25.
"I am delighted to announce that our party's acting chairman -- the most beloved leader of millions, who has been in exile abroad for nearly 18 years -- will finally set foot on the soil of Dhaka on December 25," Mirza Fakhrul told a press conference at the BNP Chairperson's office in Gulshan tonight.Addressing today's armed attac...
