Author: Desk Report
Stating that the delay in holding the next parliamentary elections is fuelling instability in the country, BNP leader Zainul Abedin Farroque on Friday said his party would be aggrieved if interim government chief Professor Muhammad Yunus were to depart in disgrace. “There appears to be a wave of unrest sweeping the country. Who are the main culprits behind this instability? Who is attempting to delay the election? We wish to know these things from a great person like you (Dr Yunus),” he told a protest rally. Farroque, a member of the BNP chairperson’s advisory council, said…
Amid the speculation over the resignation of the chief adviser, Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has said that the next national election will be held either by December this year or by June next year as committed by Prof Muhammad Yunus. “Shifting a day from this timeline… from our side, there is no chance,” she asserted. Rizwana made the remarks clarifying the government’s stance regarding the election while talking to reporters after attending the “24th National Conference and AGM 2024 of the Zoological Society of Bangladesh” at Dhaka University on Friday. She said, “We are not in…
The latest voter list update in Chattogram has added more than 300,000 new voters, bringing the district’s total registered voter count to approximately 6.85 million. According to the updated data released by the Election Commission, 304,283 new voters have been enrolled in the district. Among the upazilas, Banshkhali saw the highest increase with 22,822 new voters. Other notable increases include 24,327 in Anwara, 21,376 in Rangunia, 17,740 in Fatikchhari, and 18,083 in Satkania. Additional figures show voter increases in Mirsarai (15,051), Patiya (17,016), Hathazari (16,748), Sitakunda (16,062), Lohagara (21,214), Rauzan (13,989), Sandwip (13,796), Chandanaish (12,805), Boalkhali (12,017), and…
BNP’s continued support for the government will be difficult if the government does not announce the roadmap for the national election by December this year, said Standing Committee Member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday. The top priority is now to establish a political government, imbued with the spirit of the July mass upsurge, in a bid to restore the people’s democratic, constitutional, voting and human rights, he said. “We demand a clear roadmap for the national election to be held in a free, fair and impartial manner by December this year. It should be the main agenda of…
The government has issued gazette of the Cyber Security Ordinance, 2025, to identify, prevent, suppress, and subsequently to try the crimes committed in cyberspace for ensuring cyber security. Confirming the matter to BSS, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry spokesperson Dr Md Rezaul Karim said the gazette was issued on May 21, and the ordinance will come into effect immediately. Earlier on May 6, Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul said the ordinance will be announced within the week after vetting by the ministry of law affairs. The 32-page gazette said the president is formulating and issuing…
Pakistan will not get water from rivers over which India has rights, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, a month after a deadly attack in Indian Kashmir led New Delhi to suspend a key river water-sharing treaty between the neighbours. The suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, negotiated by the World Bank in 1960, was among a slew of measures announced by India against Pakistan last month after the April 22 attack that killed 26 men, mostly Hindu tourists. New Delhi had said the attack was backed by Pakistan – an accusation Islamabad denied – and…
BNP leader Ishraque Hossain today announced the ongoing protests over his mayoral oath suspended for the next 48-hours. He made the announcement while talking to the party men outside Kakrail mosque this afternoon. “Following the High Court verdict, our party has decided that the movement will remain suspended and we will observe the government’s actions in the next 24 to 48 hours. The next course of action will be taken based on this,” he said. The announcement came hours after he urged protesters not to leave the streets and to intensify their movement. He…
The protesting officials, under the banner of “the NBR Reform Unity Council,” today announced a fresh five-day programme, demanding the immediate removal of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman alongside the repeal of the new ordinance. The development, which apparently shows a deepening crisis in the revenue administration over the dissolution of the NBR through a new ordinance, comes as the officials resumed demonstrations this morning, saying that talks with government advisers over the repeal of the new ordinance had not been fruitful. With this, the demonstration entered its sixth day, hampering trade, business operations, and…
Law enforcers on Tuesday night arrested three more accused over the murder of Chhatra Dal activist and Dhaka University (DU) student Shahriar Alam Shammo, bringing the total number of detainees to six, the university authorities confirmed in a press release on Wednesday. DU authorities are communicating with law enforcers round-the-clock to swiftly detain all those involved in the murder on Suhrawardy Uddyan over a week ago, the press statement noted. Furthermore, during a meeting with DU officials, Shammo’s family has expressed satisfaction at DU’s assistance for the murder investigation, the press release added. Shammo’s father, Md Fakrul…
NCP’s Chief Coordinator Nasiurddin Patwary on Wednesday threatened that the youth-led party will lead a strong movement to force three interim government advisers to resign for their pro-BNP mindset. He pointed out Economic Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed, Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud and Law Adviser Asif Nazrul as the “pro-BNP advisers.” Nasiruddin made the remarks during an NCP protest rally in front of the Election Commission (EC), which began on Wednesday morning, and ended around 2pm. Party leaders have warned the demonstration would resume Thursday and continue indefinitely until the EC is reconstituted. During the demonstration, Nasiruddin Patwary also…