Politics

Govt to develop country following Bangabandhu’s ideals: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterates her firm resolve to develop the country following the ideals of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
18 March 2016, 13:10 PM

Khaleda calls top leaders ahead of council

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has convened a meeting of the party’s top policy-making body – the standing committee – tomorrow ahead of its national council on March 19.
16 March 2016, 09:50 AM

The Teacher and the Preacher: Lessons of History

Those who are involved in these jihad-inspired terrorist activities are no different from the Pakistani collaborators during the Liberation War in 1971. They wish to turn us again into a subjugated people who will not be able to think for themselves but do the bidding of others.
15 March 2016, 18:00 PM

SC stays Mirza Abbas’ release from jail

BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas’ bail in a graft case has been stayed for a week by the Supreme Court, thereby halting his release from prison.
14 March 2016, 04:57 AM

Fakhrul, 25 others relieved of explosive case

A Dhaka court relieves 26 leaders and activists of BNP-led-20 party alliance including Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir of charges filed under Anti-Terrorism Act in January 2014.
10 March 2016, 16:05 PM

Mirza Abbas free to walk out of jail

The High Court grants bail to BNP leader Mirza Abbas in a corruption case, clearing the way for his walk out of jail.
9 March 2016, 11:51 AM

Fakhrul criticises PM’s comment on Khaleda, Tarique

BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir criticises PM Sheikh Hasina’s comments on Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman.
8 March 2016, 07:47 AM

Govt disowns ministers’ comments on CJ: Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses dissatisfaction over the comment of two ministers on the chief justice. The government would not own the remarks, Hasina says at a regular cabinet meeting.
7 March 2016, 10:28 AM

Zia’s younger brother to form new political party

BNP founder Ziaur Rahman’s younger brother Ahmed Kamal announces that he will form a new political party.
5 March 2016, 12:34 PM

1/11 masterminds had support of politicians: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the masterminds of the 1/11 political changeover would not have dared the move if they did not have support from politicians.
4 March 2016, 14:46 PM

Suu Kyi for party president or foreign minister?

The February 17th meeting was the third between Aung San Suu Kyi and military commander-in-chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing since the National League for Democracy (NLD)'s electoral victory in November last year.
3 March 2016, 18:00 PM

What do we celebrate when we celebrate 'special' days?

We are quite happy, thank you very much, to superficially engage with an issue and then sweep it under the rug as soon as the day is over.
2 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Rizvi collects Khaleda’s nomination, Shahjahan Tarique’s

BNP Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed has collected the nomination for Khaleda Zia, the incumbent chief of the party, for the position of chairperson ahead of BNP’s sixth council.
2 March 2016, 07:41 AM

The yearning for ancestral roots

The distress felt in identity formation is only rarely directed towards religious extremism, but is present nevertheless. The 'unbelonging' is in part because people of Bangladeshi origin living overseas do not see their lives reflected in story telling industries.
1 March 2016, 18:00 PM

The US Election and the Global Economy

Big changes are underway in the United States, as the country gears up to elect a new president, one-third of the Senate, and the entire House of Representatives this November. The outcome will have profound consequences for US economic policy, and thus for the global economy.
1 March 2016, 18:00 PM

A Democracy of Crisis

Psychologists have suggested that humans have a natural preference for negative news, the public experience of which they enjoy via mass media. The reason is not necessarily 'schadenfreude' or secret pleasure derived out of other people's misery.
1 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Stay alert so that Jamaat-Shibir cannot sneak into police: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the authorities concerned to stay alert so that the Jamaat-Shibir activists and those involved in terrorist and militant acts could not be recruited in the police force.
24 February 2016, 16:02 PM

Spare the students

Today, religious parties have hijacked the society to reap political gains. The most unfortunate part is that religion has made deep inroads into the universities.
23 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Khaleda condemns Debiganj priest murder

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has condemned the attack on Debiganj temple and murder of its priest and demanded immediate arrest of the attackers.
23 February 2016, 10:13 AM

MK Anwar released from BSMMU prison cell

BNP Standing Committee member MK Anwar has been released from jail following a High Court order.
19 February 2016, 10:59 AM