Label of developed country is meaningless: Moudud

The label of developed country is meaningless when democracy is absent in Bangladesh, BNP Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed says.
21 March 2018, 11:50 AM

Jatiya Sangsad goes into session April 8

The Jatiya Sangsad will go into its 20th session on April 8 after a 38-day vacation.
21 March 2018, 09:31 AM

BNP to meet diplomats today

Senior leaders of BNP will be meeting diplomats deputed in Bangladesh this afternoon.
21 March 2018, 06:28 AM

Myanmar president and Suu Kyi confidant Htin Kyaw resigns

Myanmar's President Htin Kyaw resigns suddenly leaving the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi without a close confidant and political ally as she faces rising international opprobrium over the Rakhine crisis.
21 March 2018, 05:10 AM

2,906 out of 6,152 cast votes in SCBA election

Some 2,906 lawyers out of total 6,152 cast their votes on the first day of the two-day annual election to Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA)’s 14 executive posts.
21 March 2018, 04:33 AM

British lawyer appointed for assisting Khaleda’s lawyers

A British lawyer is appointed to assist BNP chairperson’s lawyers and to help in fighting her cases, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.
20 March 2018, 07:21 AM

Putin says will engage with West after record vote win

Vladimir Putin says he would address disputes with the West after an election that saw him return to the Kremlin with a record vote share, as Moscow faces increasing isolation.
20 March 2018, 06:32 AM

Empowered Xi says China ready to fight 'bloody battle'

President Xi Jinping delivers a blistering nationalist speech, warning against any attempts to split China and touting the country's readiness to fight "the bloody battle" to regain its rightful place in the world.
20 March 2018, 05:05 AM

Schedule of Gazipur, Khulna city polls to be announced Mar 31

Election Commission (EC) will announce schedule for Gazipur and Khulna city corporations elections on March 31.
19 March 2018, 14:37 PM

Govt hits last nail in its coffin denying Khaleda bail: Fakhrul

The government has driven the last nail in its coffin by denying bail to party Chairperson Khaleda Zia, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.
19 March 2018, 08:32 AM

Supreme Court to decide whether Khaleda can take part in parliamentary election: Attorney general

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam says that it depends on the Supreme Court judgement whether BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia can contest the next parliamentary election.
19 March 2018, 06:38 AM

SC stays Khaleda’s HC bail till May 8

The Supreme Court stays until May 8 the High Court order that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case in which she was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.
19 March 2018, 04:32 AM

BNP yet to secure nod for rally

BNP has not yet secured permission to hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan, Dhaka, tomorrow to press for immediate release of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail.
18 March 2018, 11:36 AM

Khaleda’s bail: SC order on 4 petitions tomorrow

The Supreme Court will deliver its order on four separate petitions over the High Court order that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case in which she was sentenced to five years jail.
18 March 2018, 06:15 AM

Sri Lanka lifts nationwide state of emergency

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena says he has lifted a nationwide state of emergency imposed on March 6 after Buddhist-Muslim clashes.
18 March 2018, 04:10 AM

No politician to be jailed if JP voted to power: Ershad

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad pledges that he will not allow sending any senior politician to jail if the party is voted to power in the upcoming general election.
17 March 2018, 14:11 PM

Quader exposed govt’s election ‘blueprint’: Moudud

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed says Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has exposed the government’s “blueprint” for the next polls through his comment that their party's victory is just a formality.
17 March 2018, 11:57 AM

Steps taken to ensure houses for every landless family, she says

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Bangladesh has become eligible to graduate to a developing country from the LDC group after meeting all the three criteria for the first time due to implementation of various development programmes by the government.
17 March 2018, 08:37 AM

Russia to expel 23 British diplomats, halt British council's activities

Russia announces it will expel 23 British diplomats and halt the activities of the British Council in response to London's "provocative" measures over the poisoning of a former Russian double agent and his daughter.
17 March 2018, 08:37 AM

Lawyers denied of permission to meet Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's lawyers, who tried to meet her at the old Central Jail on Nazimuddin Road in Dhaka this afternoon, denied of permission on legal ground.
17 March 2018, 07:29 AM