Don’t blame BNP for foreigner killings: Fakhrul

BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir urges the government not to put the blame on BNP for the killings of two foreigners in Bangladesh.
22 October 2015, 08:47 AM

1 killed in Natore AL infighting

A local activist of the ruling Awami League has been killed and five others injured during infighting at Natore’s Singra upazila.
22 October 2015, 08:07 AM

Govt conspiring to keep BNP leaders out of polls: Nazrul

BNP leader Nazrul Islam Khan alleges that the government is conspiring to keep top BNP leaders away from polls by punishing them in “false cases”.
21 October 2015, 15:03 PM

I’m made loan defaulter with tricks: Kader Siddique

Krishak Sramik Janata League President Abdul Kader Siddique claims that state-run Agrani Bank made him a loan defaulter with tricks to have his nomination paper filed for contesting Tangail-4 by-polls cancelled.
19 October 2015, 15:27 PM

Don’t harass rivals in probing foreigners’ killing: BNP

BNP Spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon calls upon the government not to harass its political opponents in the name of enquiry into the killing of two foreign nationals.
17 October 2015, 14:05 PM

Fakhrul goes to Singapore for treatment

BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir leaves Dhaka for Singapore today for treatment.
17 October 2015, 10:41 AM

BNP leader ‘assaulted inside party office’

A BNP leader is allegedly assaulted inside the party’s Naya Paltan headquarters in Dhaka today.
13 October 2015, 13:10 PM

No blockade now: Ripon

BNP makes it “clear” that it does not have blockade or any other political programmes at present.
12 October 2015, 14:36 PM

Kader Siddique joins Tangail by-poll

Krishak Shramik Janata League President Abdul Kader Siddique joins the November 10 by-election to Tangail-4 constituency.
11 October 2015, 12:57 PM

Travel alert ‘shameful’: Ershad

Jatiya Party President HM Ershad says it is “shameful” for Bangladesh to be on the alert list of foreign countries after the foreigners’ killings.
11 October 2015, 06:54 AM

Bangladeshis are religious, not bigots: BNP

People of Bangladesh are religious, but not bigots and they do not support religious extremism, says BNP.
10 October 2015, 12:22 PM

AFTER THE KISS OF DEATH

The redeeming feature in these bleak circumstances though, is the Zimbabwe national cricket team's firm indication that they are visiting us next year.
8 October 2015, 18:00 PM

AL nominates Sohel Hazari for Tangail-4 by-poll

The ruling Awami League nominates Hasan Imam Khan Sohel Hazari as its candidate for the by-election to Tangail-4 constituency to be held on November 10.
8 October 2015, 16:24 PM

Fakhrul calls for unity against militancy

BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir calls for national unity against militancy and extremism in the country.
8 October 2015, 09:28 AM

A champion of civil liberties

Late Barrister Shadhan Gupta was a role model for visually-impaired people of the sub-continent. He was a lawyer of import, an intelligent person with high morale, a lover of music and a dedicated worker in progressive left politics.
6 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Fakhrul’s bail extended till Nov 2

The Supreme Court extends till November 2 its order that had granted bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three arson and vandalism cases.
6 October 2015, 08:12 AM

Fakhrul gets bail in blast case

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir gets bail in a case filed for blasting bomb in Dhaka during an anti-government blockade in 2012.
5 October 2015, 06:15 AM

PM seeks bigger investment by expats

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the expatriate Bangladeshis in UK to invest in their own country, especially in agro-processing industries, in a bigger way.
3 October 2015, 05:24 AM

Mojaheed to file review petition: Defence

War criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed will file a petition with the Supreme Court seeking review of its judgement that had upheld his death penalty for killing intellectuals during the Liberation War in 1971, one of his counsels says.
3 October 2015, 04:34 AM

Foreign missions’ alert surprises PM

There is no justification of alert, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says expressing her surprise as some diplomatic missions in Dhaka issued the alert for their nationals following the murder of an Italian citizen in Dhaka.
30 September 2015, 07:45 AM