Arrested Rajshahi ex-mayor Minu at ICU

Rajshahi city’s former mayor Mizanur Rahman Minu has been taken to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital.
9 September 2015, 07:17 AM

Khaleda to appear before court tomorrow

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will appear before a Dhaka court tomorrow in Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases.
9 September 2015, 06:04 AM

Abbas’ removal from Dhaka Bank political vengeance: BNP

Senior BNP leader Mirza Abbas’ removal from Dhaka Bank’s director position has been termed “political vengeance” by the party.
8 September 2015, 11:13 AM

2 ex-MPs among 13 Jamaat leaders held with bombs

Police detain 13 leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami including former lawmakers Mia Golam Parwar and Mujibur Rahman from Dhaka’s Pallabi and seized 20 crude bombs from their possession.
7 September 2015, 11:12 AM

No place for attackers on religious minorities: Syed Ashraf

Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam says there is no place for the perpetrators, who attack on religious minorities, in Bangladesh.
5 September 2015, 13:36 PM

Govt popularity: IRI findings contradictory, says BNP

BNP turns down US-based International Republican Institute’s survey findings that ruling Awami League government’s popularity has increased, saying the results are “contradictory and devoid of reality”.
5 September 2015, 11:04 AM

SC scraps Mockbul’s acquittal

The Supreme Court scraps a High Court verdict that acquitted former Awami League lawmaker Mockbul Hossain and his wife in a corruption case.
3 September 2015, 15:10 PM

Bodi is innocent: Kamal

Ruling Awami League lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi’s involvement was not found in any drug smuggling case, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said today.
3 September 2015, 11:33 AM

No cooperation from countries sheltering Bangabandhu killers: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alleges that government is not getting cooperation from US, Canada and Pakistan governments to bring back Bangabandhu’s killers, now living in those countries.
2 September 2015, 15:28 PM

Power, gas price hike: 20-party demo Saturday

The BNP-led 20-party alliance announces a countrywide demonstration for Saturday protesting the recent power and gas price hike.
2 September 2015, 12:43 PM

Implications for Bangladesh

Over the past several weeks, the world witnessed the #YouStink anti-government protest in Lebanon popularly known as the 'garbage movement', comprising of people from across the sectarian and political spectrum.
1 September 2015, 18:00 PM

No politics of vengeance: Khaleda

Urging national unity, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia today said she would do fair politics for the greater interest of the people forsaking politics of revenge.
1 September 2015, 15:55 PM

Latif Siddique resigns from parliament

Ruling Awami League MP and sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique announces his resignation from the Jatiya Sangsad.
1 September 2015, 13:45 PM

Jatiya Party MPs stage walkout protesting power, gas price hike

Lawmakers of the Jatiya Party walk out of the parliament protesting hike in prices of power and gas.
1 September 2015, 13:27 PM

Govt unstable, may soon announce polls: Moudud

Claiming that the government is in an unstable situation, senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed says it might soon announce the general election.
1 September 2015, 08:54 AM

Root out ‘weeds’ from AL, BCL: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls for uprooting all “weeds” from Awami League and Bangladesh Chhatra League to build the organisations with Bangabandhu’s ideals.
31 August 2015, 16:09 PM

AL earned Tk 9.5 crore in 2014

Ruling Awami League submits its audited financial statement for 2014 to the Election Commission showing an earning of about Tk 9.5 crore.
31 August 2015, 10:09 AM

Fakhrul’s bail extended for 6 weeks

The Supreme Court extends for six weeks its order that had granted bail to BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three separate arson and vandalism cases.
31 August 2015, 04:57 AM

Khaleda urges UN to probe enforced disappearance incidents

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia calls upon the United Nations to carry out an investigation into the enforced disappearance of Bangladeshi people that took place between 2009 and 2015.
30 August 2015, 16:00 PM

Ex-PMO secretary Waheeduzzaman’s FF certificate scrapped

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq says freedom fighter certificate of former PMO secretary Molla Waheeduzzaman has been scrapped.
30 August 2015, 15:35 PM