Bangladesh

Staff Correspondent: Traffic police have started performing duties on various roads in the capital from Monday morning, after about one week of work abstention due to insecurity after the fall of Hasina government on August 5. Students were seen managing traffic on the roads in the capital and other parts…

Staff Correspondent: The Chief Adviser of the interim government, Dr Muhammad Yunus, will hold a meeting with BNP senior leaders Monday afternoon. BNP standing committee members, led by its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, will join the meeting at the Chief Adviser’s residence at 4pm, said party media cell…

Staff Correspondent: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday urged the interim government led by Dr Muhammad Yunus to create a conducive environment for holding a national election as soon as possible. He also expressed hope that the new interim government will be able to arrange a free…

How much grabbed by Hasina? Mahfuz Emran: After the departure of the BNP-led four-party coalition government (at the end of 2006), the foreign debt of Bangladesh was slightly less than $19 billion. In the two years of the caretaker government, it increased to about $202 million. At the end of…

About 120,000 cops recruited during the period Farhad Chowdhury: The police force plays a key role in maintaining peace and order in the country at the field level. A large number of new posts have been created and recruited in this force in the last 15 years. According to the…

Staff Correspondent: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday expressed concern that some local and international media outlets are misrepresenting political incidents in Bangladesh as communal attacks as part of a plot. Speaking at a press conference at the BNP Chairperson’s office in Gulshan, he also announced that…

Staff Correspondent: Syed Refaat Ahmed, senior judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court, has been appointed as the chief justice of Bangladesh. President Mohammed Shahabuddin appointed him as the 25th chief justice of Bangladesh on Saturday. The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs issued a notification…

Staff Correspondent: Newly formed interim government’s Foreign Affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain has laid emphasis on maintaining a balance with the big powers in terms of relations as the interim government begins its journey. He also said that Bangladesh needs to have good relations with all the countries. “We want…

Staff Correspondent: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus will go to Rangpur on Saturday to meet the family members of Abu Sayeed, according to Chief Adviser’s Press Wing. Abu Sayed was the first student killed in police firing during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. Sayed, a student of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur,…

Staff Correspondent: Members of Bangladesh Army were deployed in seven police stations of Natore to ensure security for the police officials to resume their work. Twenty army personnel have been appointed in each police station of the district to ensure safety of the police officials, said Tariqul Islam, superintendent of…