Dr Kamal, B Chy forge new alliance

In a latest development in politics, a new platform has been floated under the joint leadership of Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury and Dr Kamal Hossain to take part in the next general elections.
28 August 2018, 18:00 PM

EC plans EVMs for 100 seats

Just about four months before the national polls, the Election Commission is planning to use electronic voting machines (EVMs) in around 100 out of the 300 constituencies.
28 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Inu for eliminating Khaleda from nat’l politics

Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu says Khaleda Zia must be eliminated from the national politics through the national election of 2018.
28 August 2018, 14:28 PM

BNP rally in Dhaka Sept 1 marking 40th founding anniversary

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announces that the party will hold a rally in Dhaka on September 1, marking its 40th founding anniversary.
28 August 2018, 14:02 PM

NKorea tells US denuclearisation talks may fall apart: CNN

North Korean officials have warned in a letter to the United States that denuclearisation talks were "again at stake and may fall apart", CNN reports, citing people familiar with the matter.
28 August 2018, 10:45 AM

Govt won’t interfere in election: Tofail

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed says that the government will not interfere in the upcoming national parliamentary election.
28 August 2018, 10:38 AM

BNP wants punishment of real culprits, says Fakhrul

BNP yesterday said the party wants exemplary punishment of the real culprits of the August 21 grenade attack, and alleged that the government is making efforts to fulfill its desire, using the case as a political tool.
27 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Govt approves 4 more medical colleges: Nasim

Health Minister Mohammad Nasim says the government has approved four new medical colleges and hospitals to be set up in Magura, Naogaon, Nilphamari and Netrakona districts.
26 August 2018, 09:25 AM

Hasina congratulates Australia’s new PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulates Australia's newly elected Prime Minister Scott Morrison on his assumption of office.
26 August 2018, 08:37 AM

BNP cannot deny involvement: Quader

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the government is not interfering in the trial of August 21 grenade attack case.
25 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Govt seems to influence Aug 21 verdict: Rizvi

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed alleges that the government is trying to influence the verdict in the August 21 grenade attack case.
25 August 2018, 09:26 AM

Morrison new Australian PM

New Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised generational change in the warring Liberal party yesterday, seeking to end an internecine battle that has scarred the conservative government ahead of an election due by May 2019.
24 August 2018, 18:00 PM

BNP to face new crisis over Aug 21 grenade attack verdict: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said BNP will be facing new political crisis after the verdict on the August 21 grenade attack at an Awami League rally as the party is directly related to the crime.
24 August 2018, 10:06 AM

People will resist lopsided election, says BNP

Accusing the government of preparing to hold another lopsided election, BNP warns of putting up a strong resistance against the move.
23 August 2018, 10:46 AM

Australian PM refuses to cede power, offers possible second leadership ballot

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull stubbornly clings to power as senior ministers deserted him, saying he would hold a second leadership vote on Friday only if he received a letter signed by the majority of the ruling party.
23 August 2018, 07:13 AM

Khaleda meets relatives, takes homemade food on eid day

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia passes around an hour with her relatives and took food they cooked for her on the eid day.
22 August 2018, 12:44 PM

BNP leaders fail to meet Khaleda on Eid day

BNP senior leaders fail to meet the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia at the Old Dhaka Central Jail in the capital on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.
22 August 2018, 11:43 AM

PM remarks to affect Aug-21 case verdict: Fakhrul

BNP fears that the PM's comment involving its chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman with August 21 grenade attack may influence the verdict of the case.
22 August 2018, 11:18 AM

Khaleda, Tarique directly involved in Aug 21 grenade attack: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accuses the then BNP government of perpetrating the barbaric grenade attack on an Awami League rally in 2004, saying that there is no doubt that Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman were directly involved in the carnage.
21 August 2018, 10:23 AM

16 ministers from PM Imran Khan's cabinet sworn in

Sixteen members of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's 21-strong cabinet took oath at a ceremony held at the President House in Islamabad this morning.
20 August 2018, 07:30 AM