Prof Yunus, Tarique agree on pre-Ramadan election if preparations complete

June 13, 2025

Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus and BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman met for 90 minutes and agreed to hold the next election in the week before Ramadan 2026, instead of early April, if all preparations are completed in time. A joint statement from the Chief Adviser and Acting BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman was issued following […]Continue Reading

UK freezes assets of disgraced Sheikh Hasina ally

June 12, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has frozen properties in the United Kingdom owned by Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, Bangladesh’s former Minister of Land, according to Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit). The move follows legal requests from Bangladesh authorities to take action against assets owned by Chowdhury, a political ally of deposed Bangladesh Continue Reading

Indian DP World officials visit Chattogram port, raising concerns over lease process

June 3, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK A delegation of 34 officials from Dubai-based logistics company DP World, including 21 Indian nationals, entered the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) in Chattogram last month, drawing strong reactions from port workers and union leaders as debate over the facility’s proposed lease intensifies, Ajker Patrika has learned.  The terminal, a strategic Continue Reading

Roadmap delay may raise questions about govt’s intent: Fakhrul

June 3, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said any delay in announcing an electoral roadmap could raise questions about the government’s intentions. “I hope the interim government will act wisely and sincerely, starting with a prompt announcement of the roadmap,” he said in a Facebook post on Tuesday. “The longer the […]Continue Reading

BNP, NCP spar over election timing during consensus talks

June 3, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the National Citizens Party (NCP) engaged in a sharp exchange of views on Monday (2 June) during a meeting with the National Consensus Commission, led by Chief Adviser Dr Yunus, over the timing of the upcoming national parliamentary election. The meeting, held at the Foreign Service […]Continue Reading

Pakistan’s President Zardari hosts Tigers, says ‘need to mend hearts’ over 1971

June 1, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pakistan intends to forge strong bilateral relations with Bangladesh in all areas including commerce, trade, sports, culture, and people-to-people ties, Pakistan’s The Nation reported on Sunday. Speaking at a reception hosted for the Bangladesh and Pakistan men’s cricket teams at the Governor’s House in Punjab Continue Reading

Heavy rain and hill runoff flood Rajasthali; crops damaged, livelihoods affected

June 1, 2025

RAJASTHALI CORRESPONDENT Record rainfall over two consecutive days, caused by a low-pressure system in the Bay of Bengal, has led to flooding in several low-lying areas of Rajasthali upazila in Rangamati. The rain, accompanied by hill runoff, has caused widespread hardship for residents, particularly low-income and working-class communities. Several areas of the upazila, Continue Reading

Chief Adviser Yunus to receive King Charles Harmony Award in London

June 1, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Chief Adviser of the interim government, Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus, is set to visit London on 10 June at the invitation of King Charles III. During the visit, Dr Yunus will receive the King Charles Harmony Award at a ceremony hosted by the British royal family on 12 June. He is scheduled […]Continue Reading

SC allows Jamaat’s appeal against HC verdict cancelling party registration

June 1, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday allowed an appeal by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, overturning a 2013 High Court verdict that had declared the party’s registration illegal. A four-member bench led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed delivered the judgment, stating: “Civil Appeal No. 139 of 2013 is allowed and Civil […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh’s ‘chicken necks’ more vulnerable than India’s, says Assam CM

May 25, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that Bangladesh has two narrow land corridors similar to India’s Siliguri Corridor, which he described as “far more vulnerable”. According to a report by Hindustan Times, Sarma made the remarks in a post on social media platform X on Sunday, stating that those who […]Continue Reading