Khaleda won't be released before JS polls: Tarikat Federation chief

Tarikat Federation, a partner of the Awami League 14-party ruling alliance, categorically says that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia would not be able to walk out of jail before the 11th parliamentary election.
28 April 2018, 13:42 PM

BNP leaders meet Khaleda in jail

Three top BNP leaders enter the old Central Jail in Dhaka to meet the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
28 April 2018, 10:53 AM

Khaleda may get crippled, fear her personal physicians

BNP alleges that its 'critically ill' Chairperson Khaleda Zia cannot be taken to a specialised hospital for better treatment as a file in this regard remains stuck at the Prime Minister's Office.
28 April 2018, 09:52 AM

NKorea media hails summit as Trump presses for full denuclearisation

North Korea's state news agency on Saturday called the inter-Korean summit a turning point for the Korean peninsula, while US President Donald Trump said he would maintain sanctions pressure on Pyongyang ahead of his own unprecedented meeting with Kim Jong Un.
28 April 2018, 04:55 AM

Modi didn’t say anything about polls: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says that they did not discuss anything about the upcoming 11th parliamentary election with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
26 April 2018, 14:42 PM

Govt tries to hang on to power with external help: BNP

BNP alleges that ruling Awami League has visited India to meet its desperate bid to hang on to power again through holding a lopsided election with the help of external power.
26 April 2018, 12:53 PM

No army deployment in local govt polls: EC

The Election Commission has decided not to deploy army in local government elections, including in Gazipur and Khulna city corporation polls scheduled to be held on May 15.
26 April 2018, 12:12 PM

BNP leader Shamsul Islam passes away

BNP leader M Shamsul Islam dies at a private hospital in Dhaka at the age of 86.
26 April 2018, 10:54 AM

Tarique is not a Bangladeshi citizen: AG

BNP acting Chairperson Tarique Rahman is not a citizen of Bangladesh as he has no passport, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam says.
26 April 2018, 08:22 AM

AL will rule as long as Hasina alive: Hanif

Bangladesh Awami League will rule as long as Sheikh Hasina is alive and active, the party’s Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif says.
25 April 2018, 15:20 PM

Khaleda files concise statement on appeals against her bail

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia files two separate concise statements with the Supreme Court on the appeals against the High Court order that granted bail to her in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case in which she was sentenced to five years imprisonment.
25 April 2018, 12:21 PM

PM leaves for Australia tomorrow

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka tomorrow on a three-day official visit to Australia to join Global Summit of Women in Sydney.
25 April 2018, 11:37 AM

United movement to free Khaleda: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has underscored the need for a united movement to press for the demand of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s release.
25 April 2018, 06:31 AM

President Hamid made a unique record

President Abdul Hamid made a unique record in the history of Bangladesh by swearing in as the head of the state for second consecutive term yesterday.
25 April 2018, 06:23 AM

Left-leaning parties demand quota reform in govt jobs

Rejecting the decision of scrapping quota system in government service recruitment, left-leaning political parties demand rational reformation of it.
24 April 2018, 13:46 PM

Quader optimistic of resolving Teesta issue

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader expresses his optimism that the neighbouring India would reach an agreement resolving the long-standing Teesta water-sharing issue.
24 April 2018, 13:34 PM

Relatives waiting at jail gate to meet Khaleda

Five relatives of Khaleda Zia go to Dhaka old central jail to meet the BNP chairperson.
24 April 2018, 11:17 AM

Send Khaleda to United Hospital: SCBA

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) demands of the government to immediately send BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to specialised United Hospital for her treatment.
24 April 2018, 09:06 AM

Anti-VC JU teachers demo at campus

For the seventh consecutive day, a group of Jahangirnagar University (JU) teachers demonstrate at campus protesting “assault” on their fellow colleagues.
24 April 2018, 08:40 AM

Tarique submitted passport for asylum: Fakhrul

BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman submitted his passport to the United Kingdom for seeking asylum, the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.
24 April 2018, 07:21 AM