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Autocratic ruler is in power: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaled Zia says that a new autocratic force is running the country ignoring the people’s democratic, fundamental and human rights.
16 November 2015, 13:51 PM

Shahriar Rumi quits BNP

Shahriar Rumi, a central executive committee member of BNP and vice president of its Faridpur unit, resigns from all posts of the party intending to return to the ruling Awami League.
15 November 2015, 12:07 PM

Govt to blame for rise of militancy: Moudud

BNP blames the government of Sheikh Hasina for “giving militants and terrorists a chance to raise their heads by weakening democratic forces.”
14 November 2015, 14:16 PM

Conspirators won’t be allowed to make country a terrorist state: PM

Renewing her allegation that Khaleda Zia wants to tarnish Bangladesh’s image by killing foreigners, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says people will not allow conspirators to make the country a terrorist state.
12 November 2015, 12:33 PM

No bar to arrest Tangail-3 MP Rana

The Supreme Court clears way for police to arrest Awami League lawmaker of Tangail-3, Amanur Rahman Khan Rana and his brother Shahidur Rahman Khan in the Faruk Ahmed murder case.
12 November 2015, 11:07 AM

JSD man’s death sparks violence in Kushtia

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) activists torch seven houses in Kushtia after one of their fellows, who was injured in a clash with Awami League men, died at a Dhaka hospital.
12 November 2015, 09:04 AM

Bodi’s trial in graft case gets go ahead

The High Court paves way for a lower court to continue graft trial proceedings against Awami League lawmaker from Cox’s Bazar Abdur Rahman Bodi.
10 November 2015, 11:08 AM

MPs slam TIB for its statement over JS

Several treasury and opposition bench lawmakers calls upon the Speaker of the parliament to summon Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) to the Privilege Committee of the House to grill the anti-corruption watchdog for its derogatory remarks about the parliament.
9 November 2015, 15:26 PM

Door for talks should be kept open: Ashraf

Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam says the door for dialogue is needed to be kept open for the sake of politics.
9 November 2015, 15:23 PM

Democracy is confined: Khaleda

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia says the country’s democracy is under attack in a bid to destroy it forever.
9 November 2015, 12:19 PM

Asma Kibria passes away

Asma Kibria, widow of former finance minister and Awami League leader SAMS Kibria, dies of cardiac arrest at a Dhaka hospital.
9 November 2015, 06:12 AM

Nation worried for ‘pressure to admit IS presence’: BNP

BNP says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's remarks regarding international pressure to admit the presence of Islamic State (IS) has worried the nation.
8 November 2015, 13:53 PM

Claim of IS presence ploy to taint Bangladesh's image: PM

PM Hasina says a vested quarter is cooking a plot behind the scene to taint Bangladesh’s image to create a situation like in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Iraq and Syria by saying that there is the presence of Islamic State (IS) in the country.
8 November 2015, 05:56 AM

MP Liton granted bail to attend JS session

A Gaibandha court grants bail to Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton in a case filed for shooting a 10-year-old boy in Sundarganj upazila in the district on October 2.
8 November 2015, 05:49 AM

Blogger killers to be resisted thru’ exemplary punishment: Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says actions will be taken against the killers of bloggers and such criminals will be resisted through carrying out exemplary punishment.
7 November 2015, 08:28 AM

BNP is getting peeled like an onion

Famous American poet, writer and editor, Carl Sandburg, once said that life is like an onion which you peel off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
5 November 2015, 18:00 PM

CU suspends 2 BCL activists

The authorities of Chittagong University (CU) today suspended two activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in connection with Monday’s infighting on the campus.
4 November 2015, 14:58 PM

Panic grips people after cop murder: BNP

BNP spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon says the country’s law and order cannot be called “normal” when law enforcers are being killed by criminals.
4 November 2015, 14:32 PM

BNP’s Gayeshwar sent to jail in arson case

A day after issuing arrest warrant against BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, a Dhaka court sends the BNP leader to jail after he surrendered before it in an arson case.
4 November 2015, 09:20 AM

Kamal, Hanif’s effigies burnt

The activists of Gonojagoron Mancha burn the effigy of Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahabubul Alam Hanif in Rangpur this morning for his “derogatory” comments about the father of slain publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan.
3 November 2015, 07:09 AM