The Election Commission (EC) has made it clear that the Army will not be deployed for Gazipur and Khulna city corporation elections on May 15. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) recently demanded Army deployment, arguing that the presence of the Army would create a convenient environment for people…

The European Union has expressed its expectations that Bangladesh government will ensure the conditions for a credible, transparent and inclusive election. The powerful bloc of 28 European nations voiced its optimism while discussing the preparation for the upcoming election in the biennial meeting…

The number of private universities has reached 101, with the government approving two new ones. The two universities are Bandarban University, whose entrepreneur is Bir Bahadur U Shei Ching, MP, and Shah Makhdum Management University in Rajshahi, whose entrepreneur is BM Shamsul Haque, a Bangladeshi…

Quota reform agitators yesterday threatened to wage a tougher movement from May if the government failed to issue a gazette notification on abolishing reservation in government jobs within this month as per the Prime Minister’s announcement in Parliament. Leaders of the quota reform movement issued…

Law minister Anisul Huq yesterday claimed that BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman was no longer a Bangladeshi citizen as he had surrendered his passport to the British government. “Though Tarique’s Bangladeshi citizenship is void, he could be brought back to the country through the Mutual…

The director general (DG) of the Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP), Maj. Gen. Masud Rezuan, has said that there is no relationship between surrendering a passport and citizenship. “A person's citizenship won't be cancelled even if he/she doesn't have a passport,”…

The country's mobile financial service giant, bKash Limited, and the Ant Financial Services Group, the parent company of Alipay, yesterday signed…

The European Union (EU) yesterday extended an arms embargo on Myanmar and prepared a framework for targeted sanctions against the country’s military officials and border guards over human rights abuses. The EU extended the existing embargo on arms and equipment that can be used for internal repression…