SC upholds Khaleda’s bail in Cumilla murder case

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court order that granted bail to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed on charge of killing eight people by torching a bus in Cumilla in 2015.
7 April 2019, 06:02 AM

Lok Sabha election in India: 117 polling stations for women in Mizoram

There would be 117 all-women polling stations with women polling officials and security staff for the lone Lok Sabha seat in the north eastern state of Mizoram in India.
7 April 2019, 05:26 AM

Mainstream media should come forward against fake news: Law minister

Law Minister Anisul Huq calls upon the country’s mainstream media houses to come forward for fighting ‘fake news,’ saying the government cannot do the job alone successfully.
6 April 2019, 13:23 PM

Govt to consider if Khaleda seeks parole: Home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says that the government would consider if BNP’s imprisoned Chairperson Khaleda Zia submits a prayer formally seeking her release from jail on parole.
6 April 2019, 12:03 PM

Anti-aircraft shells found near Imran’s Banigala house

Over a dozen live shells of an anti-aircraft gun are found from a plot located about half a kilometre from the Banigala residence of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
6 April 2019, 06:10 AM

GM Quader to act as JP chief in absence of Ershad

Jatiya Party Co-Chairman GM Quader is to act as the party chief in absence of the party Chairman HM Ershad.
6 April 2019, 05:16 AM

False democracy in country: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says a state of false democracy is prevailing in Bangladesh.
5 April 2019, 16:03 PM

AL picks Titu for maiden MCC polls

Ruling Awami League has chosen Ekramul Haque Titu as its candidate in the maiden Mymensingh City Corporation (MCC) elections slated for May 5. Titu, the vice president of city unit AL, was also the mayor of now-defunct Mymensingh Municipality.
5 April 2019, 15:57 PM

Quader released from Singapore hospital

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, who is now undergoing treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, is released from the hospital.
5 April 2019, 06:15 AM

Gonoforum to take steps against Mukabbir

Gonoforum will take organisational steps against its lawmaker Mokabbir Khan as he took oath as a member of the 11th parliament on Tuesday defying the party’s decision, a party statement says.
4 April 2019, 15:58 PM

Ershad reinstates GM Quader

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad reinstates his younger brother GM Quader as the deputy leader of the opposition party in the parliament removing his wife Raushan Ershad.
4 April 2019, 15:14 PM

Khaleda’s health condition improved significantly: BSMMU

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) authorities claim that the health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's has improved significantly.
4 April 2019, 14:21 PM

How brand Modi plays in Indian election

If Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wins this spring’s general election, as is widely expected, it will also be another massive victory for the marketing machine created to amplify Brand Modi into every Indian living room.
4 April 2019, 13:04 PM

Meet Lini Zurlia, the poster girl for protest voting in Indonesia presidential election

It never occurred to Lini Zurlia that she would become the subject of a controversy surrounding golput (voting abstention) on social media. A photo she posted late last month, depicting her holding up a sticker saying “Saya Golput”, was originally intended as harmless self-expression.
4 April 2019, 04:23 AM

Khaleda Zia being pushed towards death day by day

The Supreme Court Bar Association’s outgoing president Advocate Zainul Abedin demands immediate release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail on bail, saying that “she is being pushed towards death day by day”.
3 April 2019, 12:32 PM

HC stays ACC summon on JP’s Howlader

The notice on Jatiya Party leader ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader to appear before Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been stayed for four weeks by the High Court.
3 April 2019, 09:12 AM

PM asks businessmen not to hike prices of essentials during Ramadan

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the businessmen not to hike the prices of essentials during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan.
3 April 2019, 07:57 AM

Tougher demo if no action against attackers by April 8: Nur

Ducsu VP Nurul Haq Nur threatens to launch a tougher movement if the authorities of Dhaka University do not take any action by April 8 against those who assaulted him and a resident student in two separate incidents.
3 April 2019, 07:16 AM

Quader may be released from hospital on Friday or Saturday

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, who is now undergoing treatment at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, is likely to get clearance from the hospital on Friday or Saturday next.
3 April 2019, 06:23 AM

BCL men ‘confine’ DUCSU VP Nur at SM hall

Bangladesh Chhatra League men reportedly confine Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur and its Social Welfare Secretary Aktar Hossain at Salimullah Muslim Hall of Dhaka University.
2 April 2019, 14:14 PM