The Home Ministry today urged the foreigners, who have been staying in Bangladesh illegally, to collect necessary legal documents by January 31.
A precautionary notice signed by Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser for Home Affairs Md Khoda Box Chowdhury today said legal action will be taken against those who fail to comply by the deadline.
According to the notice, there are many foreign nationals who have been staying in Bangladesh without valid documents.
United Nations Resident Coordinator (UNRC) in Bangladesh Gwyn Lewis today said the timing of Bangladesh upcoming national election will be determined by the interim government and the political parties.
"It is really a political party, government decision. We are not touching on timelines or that really a decision of the government and political parties have to make," she told reporters after holding a meeting with Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin at the Foreign Ministry here.
During the meeting, the UNRC led a delegation of the UNDP needs assessment mission, visiting Bangladesh from New York following a request by the Bangladesh Election Commission (EC) for UN technical support to conduct the next general polls.
Hasnat Abdullah, convenor of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, reaffirmed their firm stance against media outlets that support fascism.
“The pens that write in favour of fascism—we will break those pens again,” he said at a public gathering on Tuesday afternoon at the Chashara Shaheed Minar in Narayanganj.
The first issue regarding the Awami League is that they must be put on trial first,” said Hasnat.
People including talk-show participants, university teachers, and intellectuals who advocate for the Awami League human rights, have long supported fascism, he added.
Following his address in Narayanganj, Hasant conducted street meetings in Siddhirganj Chittagong Road and Sonargaon Kanchpur, demanding the Declaration of the July Revolution.
Police arrested seven members of a suspected inter-district robber gang with sharp weapons in connection with the robbery and rape of a housewife in Mohadevpur upazila of Naogaon.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Mohammad Safiful Sarowar revealed this at a press conference at the latter office on Tuesday.
The arrestees were Shariful Islam Pacha, 29, Tarek Hossain, 26, Solaiman Ali, 38, Sagar Hossain, 19, Rubel Sardar, 28, Ripon Ali, 30, Sagar Hossain, 19 (2). All hail from several upazilas of the district.
The police super said a gang of robbers stormed into a house in Khajur village of the upazila at night on December 29 last.