Subarnachar rape: HC denies bail to Ruhul Amin

Ex-Awami League leader Ruhul Amin, the alleged instructor of a rape in Noakhali’s Subarnachar, is denied bail at the High Court.
27 March 2019, 09:41 AM

Bringing Tarique back may take time: UK envoy

Bringing back BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to Bangladesh may take time, British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson says.
27 March 2019, 07:14 AM

Thailand's opposition forms alliance, claims lower house majority

Thailand's Pheu Thai party said on Wednesday it had formed a "democratic front" with six other parties after a disputed election, claiming the opposition alliance had won a majority in the lower house of parliament and the right to try to form a government.
27 March 2019, 04:07 AM

Free Khaleda through movement: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir urges people to make a fresh pledge for restoring the country’s democracy and free party chief Khaleda Zia from jail through movement.
26 March 2019, 13:32 PM

Quader doing well: Doctor

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Qauder has been shifted from Intensive Care Unit ( ICU) to a cabin of the Mount Elizabeth Hospital.
26 March 2019, 09:12 AM

Working to build a prosperous future for children: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her government trying to build a future where the children will have a beautiful, secure and prosperous life.
26 March 2019, 07:17 AM

BNP Ex-MP, 8 others held in Kushtia

Police arrest nine BNP leaders and activists including its president and secretary of Kushtia district unit when they went to the memorial situated on DC Court Chattar to pay homage to the martyrs on the occasion of the 49th Independence and National Day.
26 March 2019, 06:20 AM

Will wage movement for rights: Dr Kamal

Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain says a movement will be waged to establish the rights of the people.
26 March 2019, 05:39 AM

Raushan acknowledged as deputy leader of main opposition in JS

The immediate past opposition leader in parliament Raushan Ershad has been acknowledged as deputy leader of the main opposition by the parliament secretariat.
25 March 2019, 16:19 PM

People being denied of benefits of independence: BNP

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that a vested quarter from home and abroad is engaged in hatching conspiracy to destroy the country’s independence and sovereignty.
25 March 2019, 12:03 PM

SC puts stay on ex-MP Rana’s bail

Former lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana’s High Court bail in the Freedom Fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case has been put on hold.
25 March 2019, 08:16 AM

Govt aims to take benefits of independence to villagers: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the prime aim of her government is to reach the benefits of independence to each house in villages.
25 March 2019, 07:35 AM

Thailand awaits election results as junta poised to retain power

Thailand awaits the results of its first election since a 2014 coup, with the junta primed to retain its grip on power after a vote that saw its main rival diminished but vaulted a new pro-democracy force into the kingdom's politics.
25 March 2019, 04:15 AM

UN monitors spread across Bangkok to watch polls

Foreign observers representing the United Nations fan out across Bangkok and its outskirts to monitor the long-delayed election.
24 March 2019, 05:26 AM

UZ polls: Cop, 4 others shot in Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar polls clash

Five people including a policeman suffers bullet injuries in separate clashes centering upazila parishad elections in Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar districts.
24 March 2019, 05:02 AM

Polls close in Thailand's first general election since 2014 coup

Thais began the nail-biting wait to see whether the ruling junta will return to power as a civilian government, or if pro-democracy parties can triumph against the odds, as polls closed in the country's first general election since a 2014 coup.
24 March 2019, 04:45 AM

3rd phase UZ polls: Addl BGB, Rab men deployed in risk-prone areas

The Election Commission deploys additional members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in 24 risk-prone upazilas ahead of the tomorrow’s third phase of upazila elections.
23 March 2019, 14:34 PM

Take steps to free transport sector from political influence: Dr Kamal

Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain calls upon the authorities concerned to take steps for freeing the country’s transport sector from political influence and enforce laws properly to restore discipline in the sector.
23 March 2019, 13:21 PM

Decision on Hasina’s life term Ducsu membership in next meeting: DU VC

Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor and Ducsu President Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman says that they will reach a decision later over the proposal of giving life term membership of the university's students’ union to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
23 March 2019, 12:55 PM

Trump decides against more NKorea sanctions at this time- source

US President Donald Trump said he has decided against imposing new large-scale sanctions on North Korea in a confusing tweet that seemed to imply he was reversing measures against two Chinese shipping companies, a US administration source familiar with the matter says.
23 March 2019, 12:29 PM