100 reserved seats proposed for women
100 reserved seats proposed for women

The Electoral and Constitutional Reform Commissions are submitting significant recommendations for women empowerment, including the increase in the number of reserved seats for women, and election system. According to the recommendation, 100 seats will be reserved for women, who will be elected...

Case filed against Hasina, 343 other members of 12th parliament
Case filed against Hasina, 343 other members of 12th parliament

An attempt to murder case has been filed against 344 members of the 12th parliament, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina. A garment worker named Md Aladul Islam alias Alauddin(28), who got shot on August 5 in Ashulia, Savar, filed the case with the court of Dhaka Senior Judicial...

I predicted Hasina wouldn't last a year, but she lasted only 7 months: Rumeen Farhana
I predicted Hasina wouldn't last a year, but she lasted only 7 months: Rumeen Farhana

Barrister Rumeen Farhana, co-secretary of international affairs for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), stated, I said, Sheikh Hasina, you can hold elections in 2024, but your parliament will not last more than a year. Thank God, it didnt even last seven months. She made these remarks while...

Tulip Siddiq faces £10,000 fine for failing to secure energy certificate for rental property in UK
Tulip Siddiq faces £10,000 fine for failing to secure energy certificate for rental property in UK

United Kingdoms (UK) Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq could be facing a 10,000 fine after failing to secure an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) for her rental property, The Mail on Sunday has learned, reports Daily Mail. This latest issue comes after Siddiq, niece of ousted prime minister of...

Reforms must be people's mandate in parliament: Amir Khosru
Reforms must be people's mandate in parliament: Amir Khosru

BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Tuesday said reforms in the country must be carried out in Parliament with peoples mandate through a democratic process. There is no point in telling us about reforms. Reforms must be implemented through the democratic process with peoples...

Lebanese parliament speaker calls for immediate election of president
Lebanese parliament speaker calls for immediate election of president

In a televised address, the Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri said that Lebanon needs to elect a president as soon as possible, reports Al Jazeera. It should unify all of us. It is a test so that we can protect Lebanon from all the threats including Israeli threats, the speaker said....

BNP wants introduction of bicameral parliamentary system: Tarique Rahman
BNP wants introduction of bicameral parliamentary system: Tarique Rahman

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday said his party, if returns to power, will build Bangladesh so that no one, not even the Prime Minister, can abuse power or emerge as an autocrat. Speaking virtually at a seminar from London, he also said their party will transform the country into a...

Jamaat calls for national election to be held within a reasonable timeframe
Jamaat calls for national election to be held within a reasonable timeframe

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General, Professor Mia Golam Parwar, has called for the national parliamentary elections to be held within a reasonable timeframe. Parwar made the demand, emphasizing the need for timely elections in line with democratic principles, although he did not specify...

10-day remand sought for Ex-MP Suman
10-day remand sought for Ex-MP Suman

The police have sought a 10-day remand for interrogating former member of parliament (MP) Syed Sayedul Haque, also known as Barrister Suman, in an attempt to murder case. Mirpur model police station Sub-Inspector (SI) Abdul Halim, also the investigating officer of the case, filed a petition in...

Ex-MP Barrister Suman arrested
Ex-MP Barrister Suman arrested

Police have arrested former member of the parliament (MP) Barrister Sayedul Haque Suman in murder cases filed over killing students during July revolution, reports The Business Standard. He has murder cases filed against him at both Mirpur Model and Adabor police stations. Suman was arrested in...