150 police sub-inspectors promoted to rank of inspector

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Three days before Bangladesh votes in the 13th parliamentary elections, the government has promoted over 150 police sub-inspectors to the rank of inspector. A total of 153 police off... Read More

Ex-Army chief Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan calls for RAB, DGFI to be dissolved

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Former Bangladesh Army chief Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan has called for the dissolution of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), accusing... Read More

No security threats surrounding general election, says DMP chief Sazzat

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner SM Sazzat Ali says there are no threats of violence surrounding the upcoming 13th parliamentary election. Speaking at a media briefing on... Read More

20 former ministers, MPs and officials in custody vote by postal ballot

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Twenty former ministers, MPs, senior officials and journalists currently in custody have cast their votes in the national election through postal ballots. Forty such inmates had regi... Read More

Drone cameras to be used to monitor law and order situation on election day

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- The Bangladesh Air Force, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) will monitor the law-and-order situation using drone cameras during the 13th parliamentary ele... Read More

'Five deaths linked to polls, not 15': CAO disputes TIB report on election violence

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- The Chief Advisor's Office (CAO) says the figures cited in a recent report by Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on election-related killings require careful verification and... Read More

Energy Advisor Fouzul says final decisions on power, energy sector graft left to next government

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- Energy Advisor Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan has said the interim government has sent documents and information on corruption in the power and energy sector to the relevant authorities, ... Read More

Yunus administration moves to scrap 24,000 'politically motivated' cases of Hasina regime

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- In a sweeping legal reset, the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus has recommended the withdrawal of nearly 24,000 cases it describes as "politically motivated", filed against op... Read More

Bangladesh seeks UN support in investigation into Hadi's killing

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- The government has sought the cooperation of the United Nations Human Rights Office to ensure a fair investigation and justice in the killing of Sharif Osman bin Hadi. The Chief Advi... Read More

Bangladesh's interim govt publishes book setting out reform initiatives

Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- The interim government has published a book detailing the legal, institutional and administrative reforms it says it has undertaken since taking office in August 2024. In a statement... Read More

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