BNP appreciates Feb election plan as step towards democracy

August 6, 2025

NEWS DESK BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday welcomed the announcement to hold the next national election in February 2026, saying the party sees it as a step towards restoring democracy in Bangladesh. “BNP welcomes the announcement made, setting February 2026 as the timeframe for the next election following the meeting between […]Continue Reading

CA Prof Yunus to write CEC to arrange national election in February

August 6, 2025

NEWS DESK Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said he, on behalf of the interim government, will send a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner so that the Election Commission can hold the national election before the next Ramadan in February next. “Now it is our turn to fulfill our final duty – holding […]Continue Reading

Netanyahu meets security officials as Israel considers full Gaza takeover

August 6, 2025

NEWS DESK Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met senior security officials to finalise a new strategy for the nearly two-year war in the Gaza Strip, his office said on Tuesday, with media reporting he favoured a complete military takeover of the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory. Despite intense international pressure for a ceasefire to ease hunger and […]Continue Reading

July Declaration: Legal protection pledged for protesters and families of the fallen

August 6, 2025

The interim government has formally recognised the victims of last year’s mass uprising, pledging legal safeguards for protesters and their families, and vowing constitutional acknowledgement of the events. Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus unveiled the July Proclamation on Tuesday, on the first anniversary of the 2024 uprising that led to the ousting of the Awami […]Continue Reading

July Declaration to be granted constitutional recognition: Chief Adviser

August 6, 2025

NEWS DESK Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday formally announced that the July Declaration, which commemorates the 2024 student-led mass uprising, will be granted state and constitutional recognition. Reading the declaration from the steps of the South Plaza of the National Parliament in Dhaka, Prof Yunus said, “The people of Bangladesh desire that the Continue Reading

Prof Yunus unveils ‘July Declaration’, says it reflects people’s aspirations

August 6, 2025

NEWS DESK Unveiling the ‘July Declaration’, a crucial political document, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said the people of Bangladesh expressed their expectations to protect the rights of the present and the future generations through an environmental friendly, climate resilient, sustainable and inclusive development strategy. “Therefore, the people of Continue Reading

No one to be allowed to ‘kill democracy’ or ‘bring back fascism’, warns Tarique  

August 6, 2025

NEWS DESK BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday unequivocally said no one will be allowed to ‘murder democracy’ or ‘bring back fascism’ again in Bangladesh. “An unprecedented national unity against fascism has been formed on the blood-stained streets through the sacrifices of our thousands of martyrs. Fascism will never return to Bangladesh. No one […]Continue Reading

Five-member BNP delegation to attend July Declaration event 

August 5, 2025

A five-member delegation from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), headed by its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, will take part in the  July Declaration event to be held at Manik Mia Avenue in the capital on Tuesday. The other members of the delegation include BNP Standing Committee members Mirza Abbas, Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, […]Continue Reading

UK marks one year of student-led mass uprising in Bangladesh

August 5, 2025

The United Kingdom (UK) on Tuesday commemorated the first anniversary of the student-led mass uprising in Bangladesh, honouring the memory of those who lost their lives and expressing solidarity with the people of Bangladesh. In a post from its official Facebook page, the British High Commission in Dhaka stated, “Today marks one year since the […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh freed from Hasina’s autocracy in stiff mass resistance Aug 5

August 5, 2025

NEWS DESK Bangladesh was finally freed from Sheikh Hasina’s autocracy in the face of massive people’s resistance and supreme sacrifice on August 5 as she fled to India bowing down to an unprecedented student-people uprising, ending her almost 16 years authoritarian rule.  The downfall of Sheikh Hasina was in a culmination of hundreds of people’s […]Continue Reading