Politics

two former advisers were involved in “election engineering” to prevent Jamaat from emerging as a major political force. The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has demanded that former interim government advisers Syeda Rizwana Hasan and Khalilur Rahman (now foreign minister) Senior Reporter : Speaking at the conference, the party’s Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher alleged that the two

  Staff Reporter : National Citizen Party (NCP) spokesperson Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has alleged that efforts are underway to “character assassinate” student leaders since the July Uprising, claiming the attempts intensified after he was informally considered for a city corporation post. Speaking at an emergency press conference held at the party’s temporary office in

Senior Correspondent : Setting out the tone of the government’s diplomacy, Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman has said Bangladesh hopes to establish “very deep relations” with all countries while pursuing a foreign policy guided by “Bangladesh First” principle. After courtesy meetings with more than a dozen foreign envoys over two days, the minister outlined the broad

  The most notable surprise came with the appointment of Khalilur Rahman, a career diplomat. Despite not being an MP or a BNP member, Khalilur, who had served as national security advisor until Tuesday afternoon, now assumes responsibility for managing Bangladesh’s global relations.   Senior Correspondent : After leading his party to a landslide, Bangladesh