BD Politics

The Three Thousand Stooges

Manufacturing king China decides to double its production capacity by upgrading to a Two Child policy. And when it comes to production efficiency...
5 November 2015, 18:00 PM

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

Khaleda to return to Dhaka by Nov 7

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will return home from London before November 7, her lawyers said during a graft case hearing.
29 October 2015, 08:52 AM

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

Cabinet okays law for partisan local polls

The cabinet has approved the drafts of the law that will allow registered political parties to nominate candidates in the local body elections.
12 October 2015, 07:30 AM

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

MP Liton won’t be spared: Home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan speaks of not sparing ruling party lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton who shot a kid in Gaibandha for “no reason”.
7 October 2015, 08:56 AM

Bogra medical college shut after BCL infighting

Authorities have shut Ziaur Rahman Medical College in Bogra for an indefinite period after an infighting of the college’s BCL.
7 October 2015, 07:48 AM

Bangladesh gets 30 mobile desalination units from Japan

Japan has handed over 30 mobile desalination units to Bangladesh that can turn river water safe for drinking during times of emergency.
21 September 2015, 05:32 AM

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

Gatco graft case: Mosharraf’s bail scrapped

High Court cancels its earlier order that granted bail to former BNP minister of state for energy AKM Mosharraf Hossain in the Gatco graft case.
1 September 2015, 09:13 AM

Zafar Iqbal won’t press for BCL men’s punishment

Prof Zafar Iqbal says he will not press for punishment of the Bangladesh Chhatra League activists over attack on SUST teachers.
31 August 2015, 04:55 AM

'BCL men' attack Sust teachers’ demo

Bangladesh Chhatra League attack a teachers’ demonstration demanding vice-chancellor’s resignation at Shahjalal University in Sylhet.
30 August 2015, 05:02 AM

MPs’ motorcade attacked in Faridpur

Motorcade of Rajbari lawmaker Kazi Keramat Ali and researved seat MP Kamrunnahar Chowdhury comes under attack in Faridpur.
22 August 2015, 08:04 AM

Does our constitution need reform?

A total of 16 amendments have been brought to our constitution over the past four decades. But it is difficult to find any amendment which was actually aimed at improving the constitution's quality, enhancing people's rights and paving the way for flourishing democracy.
17 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Khaleda’s passport scans are fake!

Two curious images of what appears to be BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s passport have been recently floating around facebook.
13 August 2015, 08:38 AM

Amu blames ‘violence perpetrators’ for blogger killings

Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu dubs blogger killings “planned” and blamed the “perpetrators of violence” for the murders.
9 August 2015, 10:12 AM

A ceasefire between the battling Begums!

Another twist in the tale is that where previously Sheikh Hasina wanted to draw Khaleda Zia into elections on her terms, now it is the latter who is trying to draw the Prime Minister into calling a snap election.
30 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Reflection on Bangladesh's democratic governance

It is high time for all of us to accept our own mistakes that led us to the present state of play. Rather than transferring blame onto others, all the stakeholders must talk among themselves first, and then reinvigorate from within. Once we have done that, we can then take the next step to put a common agenda together and place it before the citizens for national consideration.
29 July 2015, 18:00 PM