The BFIU asked to freeze the accounts after getting reports about suspicious transactions in their names
Secretary Lu’s visit, against these backgrounds, reiterated the message of the past year that the US would like to see a fair and inclusive election in Bangladesh and that it is concerned about the shrinking civic space.
While the government insists the BNP would be given permission to hold its December 10 rally at no other place but the capital’s Suhrawardy Udyan, BNP leaders think it’s a ploy to prevent their activists from joining the rally.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the US State Department's recent human report on the abuse of power by the country's law enforcement agencies is contradictory.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says all Bangladeshi citizens who were threatened by militant or terror outfits will be given special protection.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said 495 people have so far been arrested for illegal migration from neighbouring countries.
A BNP delegation will meet Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal tomorrow over medical treatment of its imprisoned Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
The government places a bar on more than one person riding on a motorbike on Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year. The motorcyclist also cannot carry any bag on shoulder or hand for security concern on the day, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal tells journalists.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan voices suspicion that top militant leader might be inside Atia Mahal, where the army is carrying out “Operation Twilight”.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says that no one has been detained in the ongoing crackdown against militancy with any political motive.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says the government will deal with an iron hand, if anyone tries to extort the businessmen ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.
Apart from BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury, several leaders of other political parties are also involved in a conspiracy against the
Hours into the Buddhist monk murder in Bandarban, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal terms the killing as an isolated incident and points finger at the relatives of the victim.
The HC's observations have upheld what Awami League MP, Asaduzzaman Khan, had forecasted over four decades ago. Asaduzzaman, who was a member of the Constitution Drafting Committee in 1972, strongly opposed the inclusion of Article 70 to impose restrictions on MPs.
Reiterating that there is no presence of Islamic State in the country, Bangladesh home minister terms IS claim of today’s murder of a Hindu tailor in Tangail as baseless.
Admitting that there is existence of homegrown militants in the country, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal claims that they are under control.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday reiterated that there is no base or organisational existence of global militant outfit Islamic State (IS) in Bangladesh.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says that the write-ups of the slain secular activist Nazimuddin Samad are needed to be scrutinised to see whether he wrote anything objectionable about religion.
Vuvuzela, matches and lighters have been banned at Mongol Shovajatra brought out from the Institute of Fine Arts in Dhaka every year to celebrate the Bangla new year, the home minister says.