Trump starts foreign tour in Saudi as scandals mount at home

US President Donald Trump lands in Saudi Arabia for the start of an eight-day foreign tour, taking his first steps on the world stage as scandals mount at home.
20 May 2017, 08:50 AM

Khaleda’s Gulshan office raid: BNP announces countrywide demo tomorrow

BNP will stage a demonstration across the country tomorrow protesting today’s police raid at its party chief’s Gulshan office in Dhaka. Police in the morning conducted the raid for one and a half hours starting at 8:30am.
20 May 2017, 08:27 AM

BNP leaders slam govt for raid at Khaleda’s office

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir comes down heavily on the government over police raid at Gulshan office of the party chief Khaleda Zia.
20 May 2017, 06:19 AM

BNP’s ‘Vision 2030’ actually AL’s reproduction: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina thanks BNP for announcing Vision 2030 shunning the path of destructive politics but criticises it for copying Awami League's Vision 2021 and 2041.
20 May 2017, 04:59 AM

Iran's Rouhani wins re-election

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani wins a resounding re-election victory as voters back his efforts to rebuild foreign ties and kickstart the struggling economy.
20 May 2017, 04:39 AM

Khaleda’s Gulshan office raided

Police conduct a raid at Gulshan office of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Dhaka. A team of Dhaka Metropolitan Police conducted the raid at the party office for one and a half hours starting at 8:30am.
20 May 2017, 03:58 AM

BNP hits back at govt for putting journos on radar

Criticising the government’s directives to monitor the activities of Bangladeshi journalists abroad, the BNP says this directive is “manifestation of the one party government”.
19 May 2017, 10:39 AM

Be careful about your party men, BNP tells PM

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed calls up Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to be careful about the people around her.
18 May 2017, 15:48 PM

BNP's only work is to harm people: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says BNP indulges in plundering when comes to power and burns people to death when goes to the opposition.
18 May 2017, 14:33 PM

Indian Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave dies

Indian Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave passes away in New Delhi this morning at the age of 60.
18 May 2017, 06:25 AM

Awami League trying to mislead people on ‘Vision 2030’: BNP

BNP alleges that Awami League is trying to mislead people about its ‘Vision 2030’.
17 May 2017, 09:37 AM

BNP will go to election: Noman

BNP Vice Chairman Abdullah Al-Noman says that his party will participate in the next general election and compel the government to hold it under an election-time supportive government.
17 May 2017, 09:32 AM

High Court orders transfer of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case

The High Court transfers Zia Charitable Trust corruption case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from Special Judge Court-3 to Special Judge Court-5.
17 May 2017, 08:28 AM

ACC files case against Falu over graft

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) files a case against former BNP lawmaker Mosadek Ali Falu on charges of acquiring wealth beyond known sources of income and concealed information.
15 May 2017, 12:58 PM

Tougher penalty for traffic rule violation in cantonment areas

The cabinet approves the draft of a law incorporating tougher punishment for delaying the construction of buildings and breaking traffic rules in cantonment areas. The approval of the draft The Cantonment Bill-2017 was given at the regular weekly cabinet meeting held at Bangladesh Secretariat in Dhaka with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
15 May 2017, 08:01 AM

New French President Emmanuel Macron to name prime minister on first full day in office

New French President Emmanuel Macron is set to name a prime minister and visit German Chancellor Angela Merkel on his first full day in office.
15 May 2017, 04:55 AM

People to decide on BNP's vision: Nasim

Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim says the mass people will decide whether they would accept or not the BNP's 'Vision 2030'.
14 May 2017, 15:33 PM

BNP expects responsible feedback: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir comes down heavily on Awami League leaders for their “irresponsible feedback” on his party’s “Vision 2030” agenda.
14 May 2017, 14:03 PM

Zia Orphanage graft case shifted to another court

High Court transfers the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from the Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka to another court for running its trial proceedings.
14 May 2017, 11:09 AM

Mother’s Day tweet from Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, in her tweeter message, has called upon all mothers to unite for the welfare of their children and to show them the right paths. She also congratulates South Korean president-elect Moon Jae-in and its people “for preserving democratic principles”.
14 May 2017, 08:17 AM