Niko graft case: High Court lifts bar on BNP leader Moudud Ahmed’s trial

The High Court clears the way for a lower court to resume the trial proceedings against former BNP law minister Moudud Ahmed in Niko corruption case.
12 April 2017, 05:49 AM

PM’s India visit: Khaleda to brief media today

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will hold a press conference at her Gulshan office in Dhaka.
11 April 2017, 17:56 PM

PM fails to realise people’s minimum demand: BNP

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina could not realise any demand of people during India visit due to her “subservient policy”.
11 April 2017, 12:59 PM

No one can stop water flow: Hasina over Teesta water issue

Nobody can stop water flow towards Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says while talking about Teesta water sharing between Bangladesh and India.
11 April 2017, 10:32 AM

Washington Post, NY Times win Pulitzer Prizes for work on Trump, Putin

The Pulitzer Prizes honors The Washington Post for hard-hitting reporting on Donald Trump's presidential campaign and The New York Times for revealing Vladimir Putin's covert power grab, praising their probing of powerful people despite a hostile climate for the news media.
11 April 2017, 04:30 AM

PM’s India visit: BNP to brief media tomorrow

BNP will brief the media on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent India visit.
10 April 2017, 18:17 PM

‘Kuchh to mila', Hasina says on Mamata

“Didi pani nehi diya, lekin bijli to diya…Kuchh to mila.” That was the note of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Mamata Banerjee at the end of her four-day visit to India, which failed to resolve the issue of sharing Teesta waters.
10 April 2017, 08:34 AM

'Have I sold out the country?'

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina slams critics who opposed the deals signed with India and said those who made such remarks are “novice or motivated”.
10 April 2017, 07:26 AM

Teesta: Hasina’s trust on Modi’s words

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is banking on the assurance of her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, on the prospect of sharing water in the Teesta river.
10 April 2017, 06:34 AM

Court wants HC stay order on 11 criminal cases against Khaleda

A Dhaka court asks lawyers of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to submit before it on April 25 the High Court’s stay order on 11 criminal cases including a sedition suit.
10 April 2017, 06:16 AM

Khaleda convenes policy-making meet

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has convened a meeting of the party’s highest policymaking body, the standing committee.
10 April 2017, 06:11 AM

High Court stays trial process in 2 arson cases against BNP chief Khaleda

The High Court stays the trial proceedings of two arson cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The court also issued two separate rulings asking the government to explain why the proceedings of the cases against Khaleda would not be scrapped.
9 April 2017, 09:42 AM

Hasina cooks ‘steamed Hilsa’ for India president

Bangalis are widely known to be the very best in hospitality, and the fact is proven yet again as Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina cooked ‘steamed Hilsa’, a delicacy among the Bangali cuisines, for Indian President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhaban.
9 April 2017, 08:15 AM

North and South Korea face off on Pyongyang football field

South Korea's flag will fly in Pyongyang as its women's football team takes on their neighbours in the first ever competitive soccer match between the two countries hosted by the North.
7 April 2017, 04:53 AM

Shuvo, Liton Chhatra Union's new president, general secretary

Leftist student organisation, Bangladesh Chhatra Union forms its new central committee with GM Zilani Shuvo and Liton Nandi as its president and general secretary respectively.
6 April 2017, 12:33 PM

Tougher action against militancy: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warns of tougher action against terrorism and militancy in the country.
6 April 2017, 11:07 AM

Supreme Court fixes May 14 for hearing war criminal Sayedee’s plea

The Supreme Court fixes May 14 for hearing the review petition filed by war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee against its earlier verdict that sentenced him to imprisonment until death.
6 April 2017, 08:14 AM

Everything with India to be dealt with friendly relation: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina candidly says everything between Bangladesh and India would be dealt out maintaining friendly relations, nothing detrimental to the country would be done.
5 April 2017, 12:54 PM

IPU rights body wants fair trial in Aug 21 grenade attack, Kibria killing

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) expresses deep concern as none was held responsible for in a court of law in the August 21 grenade attack on Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and killing of Shah AMS Kibria in 12 years.
5 April 2017, 10:03 AM

Khaleda appeals HC to scrap 2 arson cases

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia files two separate petitions with the High Court seeking for scrapping the trial proceedings against her in two arson cases.
5 April 2017, 09:09 AM