Skipping Constitution Reform Council oath would void MPs' mandate, says Asif Mahmud

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- Former student advisor Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has said skipping the oath as a member of the Constitution Reform Council would render a parliamentary oath "meaningless". A day be... Read More

Yunus urges nation to continue building just, democratic nation as interim tenure ends

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- As the nation prepares for a historic transfer of power, outgoing interim head Muhammad Yunus has delivered a farewell address, appealing to citizens to sustain the reforms initiated... Read More

Appellate Division suspends order to shut schools during Ramadan

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- The High Court's directive to shutter secondary and lower-secondary schools throughout Ramadan has been suspended by the Supreme Court's Appellate Division. It keeps the government'... Read More

NCP reverses boycott to sign July National Charter before Yunus

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP), which had earlier boycotted the signing ceremony citing a lack of a clear legal basis for implementing the July Charter, has finally signed the docu... Read More

CEC Nasir to swear in MPs, Constitutional Council members

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin will administer the oaths to candidates elected in the parliamentary polls. From 10am on Tuesday, members of parliament and the Constitut... Read More

DMP issues traffic curbs, diversions for swearing-in of MPs, ministers

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has put traffic measures in place around parliament ahead of the oath-taking ceremony of newly elected MPs and cabinet ministers at the South Plaz... Read More

Swearing-in of Constitution Reform Council members to follow parliament's oath

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- The newly elected members of the 13th National Parliament will first take their oaths as members of parliament (MPs), followed by their swearing-in as members of the Constitution Ref... Read More

Awami League-free poll's 'inclusiveness' will face more questioning, says TIB

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has found the recently held national election acceptable overall, describing it as reasonably "fair, competitive, participatory, inclusive... Read More

Asif Nazrul says he did nothing, it was the law ministry

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- Law Advisor Asif Nazrul has said the reforms and activities of the past 18 months are the result of teamwork within the law ministry, rather than personal achievement. Responding to... Read More

BNP promises action to curb post-election violence, NCP's Akhter says

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- The BNP has assured that effective measures will be taken to stop post-election violence, National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Akhter Hossen has said. He said the pledge was a step t... Read More

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