Bangladesh’s home minister Salahuddin Ahmed said Thursday that the country’s law and order situation has improved by every measure compared with 2025, rejecting suggestions that crime has worsened.
Families of victims of enforced disappearances gathered Sunday in Dhaka, demanding justice and answers for loved ones who vanished during the former Awami League government.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmakers raised complaints over rural power cuts, weak policing, and fertilizer distribution at a parliamentary party meeting chaired by prime minister Tarique Rahman.
An 11-party opposition alliance in Bangladesh, including Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party (NCP), walked out of parliament Thursday, protesting the government’s handling of constitutional reforms and implementation of a referendum verdict.
Home minister Salahuddin Ahmed said Thursday that the government is moving to amend Article 70 of the Constitution and that the next presidential election would be held under the revised provision.
Bangladesh plans to gradually introduce an artificial intelligence-based automated traffic fine system on highways nationwide after evaluating a system launched on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway, home minister Salahuddin Ahmed said Tuesday.
Bangladesh home minister Salahuddin Ahmed said the government would not act on a recent United Nations Security Council report warning that Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent was seeking to establish cells in Bangladesh, calling the assessment assumption-driven.
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said Saturday that India cannot seek friendly relations with Bangladesh while allowing ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to make statements from Delhi that he said undermine Bangladesh’s democracy.
Home minister Salahuddin Ahmed said Wednesday that the government would fully implement the July National Charter through constitutional amendments and institutional reforms.
Bangladesh’s parliamentary special committee on constitutional amendment held its first meeting Tuesday, formally starting the government’s effort to revise the Constitution.
