The question on which referendum will be held in FebruaryChief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has sought to put an end to the political debate by setting the date for the referendum on the same day as the parliamentary election. "These include the decision to hold a referendum on the Charter's constitutional amendment proposals and subsequently form a Constitutional Reform Council." Announcing the holding of the referendum, he said: "Considering all matters, we have decided that the referendum will be held on the same day as the next parliamentary election. Like the national election, the referendum will also be held on the same day in early February. On the day of the referendum, you will indicate your opinion on these four issues with a single question by voting “Yes” or “No”.

A group of people have vandalised and torched the Awami League’s central office in Gulistan. They entered the office chanting slogans against the Awami League after 1pm on Thursday, and vandalised it. Around 1 pm, a group marched into the office, vandalised and set fire to it. The Awami League’s central office in Gulistan was also looted and set on fire. Banners with the names of different “July Warriors” have been hung up there at different times.

A court has sentenced Rezaul Karim Reza to death in a case for killing his wife, Dr Jannatul Naim Siddika, after taking her to a residential hotel in Dhaka's Kalabagan. According to the case dossier, Reza and Jannatul met through social media in 2019. Since they eloped in secret from their families, they lived at different residential hotels at different times as husband and wife. On Aug 12, 2022, Reza took Jannatul to a residential hotel in Panthapath on the pretext of celebrating her birthday. Jannatul's father Shafiqul Alam filed a murder case with Kalabagan Police Station over the killing.

The central office of the Workers Party of Bangladesh at Topkhana Road has been attacked in the early hours on Thursday. In a press statement, the Workers Party Politburo protested the incident saying: "From 11pm to 12:30am, the Workers' Party central office was attacked and vandalised by government-backed mob criminals." The statement said that in the name of preventing the “lockdown programme” announced by the Awami League, more than 100 people attacked the Workers’ Party central office while chanting slogans supporting Dr Yunus and also Islamic slogans at 11pm on Nov 12. They demand a fair investigation and trial into the attack on the Workers' Party office and the release of office assistant Monir Hossain. Shahbagh Police Station OC Khalid Mansur said the leaders and activists of NCP were present at the scene, saw one suspect roaming near the Workers’ Party office and informed the police.

India's air force chief made the inaugural landing of a military transport aircraft at a new airbase capable of fighter jet operations close to the disputed Himalayan border with China, a defence official said on Thursday. The Indian Air Force and the defence ministry did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The new airbase, the region's third such key station, is just 30km (19 miles) from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. Mistrust persists between China and India despite the thaw, Indian analysts and officials say, with the Indian Army chief pointing this year to continued heightened troop presence and infrastructure build-up on the border by both sides. India and China share a poorly demarcated border that stretches 3,800km (2,400 miles) and has been disputed since the 1950s.

July Charter referendum to be held on same day as general election, says Chief Advisor YunusChief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has announced that the referendum to implement the July National Charter and the parliamentary election will be held on the same day in February next year. That is, the referendum will be held on the same day as the national elections, in the first half of February. The recommendation stated that the referendum could be held before the parliamentary elections or on the same day as the parliamentary elections after the order was issued. The BNP and some like-minded parties took a stand in favour of holding the referendum on the same day as the general election. On Thursday, the Advisory Council in a meeting chaired by Chief Advisor Yunus at his office approved the July National Charter (Constitutional Reform) Implementation Order, 2025.

Muhammad Yunus, the chief advisor to the interim government, is addressing the nation as Bangladesh awaits a decision on how the July National Charter will be implemented. His speech on Thursday afternoon is being broadcast simultaneously on Bangladesh Television, BTV News and Bangladesh Betar. Although the July National Charter has been signed, political parties have yet to reach a consensus on its implementation process. Yunus delivered his last address to the nation on Aug 5, July Uprising Day. After the fall of the Awami League government, the interim government led by Yunus took office on Aug 8.

President Md Shahabuddin has signed the July National Charter Implementation Order. On Oct 28, the National Consensus Commission submitted two alternative recommendations to the interim government on ways to implement the July National Charter. PROPOSAL 1:(a) The government will issue an order titled “July National Charter (Constitution Amendment) Implementation Order, 2025” to enforce the constitutional reform issues contained in the Charter. PROPOSAL 2:(a) The government will issue an order titled “July National Charter (Constitution Amendment) Implementation Order, 2025,” as reflected in the commission’s attached draft. The commission also drafted the referendum question to be placed before voters:“Do you approve the July National Charter (Constitution Amendment) Implementation Order, 2025, and the constitutional reform proposals included in its Schedule-1?”

Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam says he expects the International Crimes Tribunal to give the maximum punishment to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal in a case of crimes against humanity for trying to suppress the July Uprising. A three-member International Crimes Tribunal bench led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder set the verdict date for November 17 on Thursday, reports bdnews24.com. Apart from Hasina and Asaduzzaman, ex-IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun is also an accused in the case. We expect that this verdict will stand as an example to the future of Bangladesh, In Sha Allah.”Tajul said, “We have prayed to the court for the maximum punishment. The court will exercise its discretion, and our prayer is that the accused be given the maximum punishment for this crime.”The prosecution is seeking the death penalty for both Hasina and Asaduzzaman in the case.

Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam says he expects the International Crimes Tribunal to give the maximum punishment to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal in a case of crimes against humanity for trying to suppress the July Uprising. A three-member International Crimes Tribunal bench led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder set the verdict date for Nov 17 on Thursday. Apart from Hasina and Asaduzzaman, ex-IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun is also an accused in the case. We expect that this verdict will stand as an example to the future of Bangladesh, In Sha Allah.”Tajul said, “We have prayed to the court for the maximum punishment. The court will exercise its discretion and our prayer is that the accused be given the maximum punishment for this crime.”The prosecution is seeking the death penalty for both Hasina and Asaduzzaman in the case.

The International Crimes Tribunal will decide whether or not ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is a “fugitive”, will be punished in a case over crimes against humanity for trying to suppress the July Uprising on Nov 17. A three-member International Crimes Tribunal bench led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder set the date for the verdict on Thursday. The International Crimes Tribunal was reconstituted after the fall of the Awami League government on Aug 5, 2024. Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam sought the death penalty for Hasina and Asaduzzaman on charges of crimes against humanity. Security at the International Crimes Tribunal has been beefed up since Thursday morning.

Fires have reportedly broken out on seven vehicles in the seven hours after midnight on Wednesday in Dhaka, Tangail, Munshiganj, Gopalganj, and Shariatpur. Rashedul Khalid, officer-on-duty at the Fire Service Control Room, confirmed the incidents had taken place from 12 am to 7:20 am on Thursday, reports bdnews24.com. He said fires were reported on a four-wheeler next to Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station around 2:45 am, a Trust Paribahan passenger bus near Pallabi Police Station around 12:10 am, a passenger bus in Tangail’s Baroi Khola around 12:25 am, on a truck in front of the Akij Paper Mill in Munshiganj’s Gazaria around 3:38 am, on a pickup truck and a Pajero jeep near the Gopalganj Public Works Office around 4:40 am, and a truck in Shariatpur’s Naodoba intersection around 7:20 am. No casualties have been reported in any of these incidents, he added.

REUTERSThe Trump administration late on Wednesday froze government-imposed flight cuts at 40 major airports at 6% after air traffic control absences fell sharply, hours ahead of an expected end to the record-long US government shutdown. But it opted to ease those cancellations after disruptions due to air traffic control absences declined dramatically in recent days as the chances of a government reopening rose after a Senate compromise. Air traffic control absences accounted for just 1% of delays on Tuesday, compared with 5% on average before the shutdown, the FAA said. Air traffic absences have led to tens of thousands of flight cancellations and delays since Oct 1, when the 43-day shutdown began. Last weekend, 1.2 million passengers were delayed or had flights cancelled due to air traffic controller absences.

Activists and supporters of the banned Awami League have blocked the Dhaka-Khulna Highway in the Shuwadi Bus Stand area of Faridpur’s Bhanga Upazila as part of the party’s “Dhaka lockdown” programme. The protesters felled a tree and set tires on fire. Many of the protesters blocking the road were armed with sticks and machetes. Locals say that some Awami League supporters and activists had taken up positions on the road since early in the morning in support of the lockdown. Several calls were made to the mobile phone of Ashraf Hossain, chief of Bhanga Police Station, for comment, but he did not pick up.

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