Justice AKM Asaduzzaman, who retired from Bangladesh’s Appellate Division in February, has been appointed chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission as the government reconstitutes the anti-graft watchdog.
A crude bomb attack targeted a Bangladesh Nationalist Party office in Satkhira’s Kaliganj upazila late Friday, leaving one person injured, party officials said that the Business Standard.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy dismissed calls to amend Article 70 of the Constitution before the presidential election, saying any change should come through Parliament.
Prime minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday urged entrepreneurs to make greater use of Bangladesh’s underused waterways to expand fish production, create jobs, and boost exports.
Prime minister Tarique Rahman said Sunday his government is pursuing people-focused policies to turn Bangladesh into a welfare state, while urging citizens to resist efforts to create street disorder.
Bangladesh said Sunday that prime minister Tarique Rahman’s proposed visit to India is unlikely to proceed unless New Delhi acts on Dhaka’s extradition requests for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and other fugitives.
Bangladesh marked the 51st anniversary of the assassination of founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Saturday amid heightened security, arrests and clashes over attempts to hold commemorative events.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman apologized for Bangladesh’s power and gas shortages and said the government was taking urgent steps to ease the crisis within days.
Nearly six months into Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s government, the opposition says the administration has failed to deliver key political and institutional reforms, while the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party argues that 180 days is too little time to judge a government confronting decades of accumulated problems.
Rapid Action Battalion has tightened security nationwide ahead of Aug. 15, citing possible sabotage and disruption by organizations whose activities are banned, extremist groups and criminals.
