Politics

I don’t do politics for personal gain: Ashraf

Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam says he does not do politics for profit.
11 July 2015, 14:49 PM

BNP demands int’l probe into subversive acts

BNP demands an international probe to identify the miscreants who carried out subversive activities during the party’s three-month-long anti-government movement.
11 July 2015, 14:23 PM

Special tribunal for Khaleda after Eid: Inu

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu says a special tribunal will be formed after Eid-ul-Fitr for speedy disposal of cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for instigating arson attacks during the BNP-led alliance’s agitation since January.
11 July 2015, 10:58 AM

Ashraf removed from LGRD ministry

Syed Ashraf has been removed from LGRD ministry, cabinet secretary confirms. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain replaces him as LGRD minister.
9 July 2015, 10:42 AM

SC to pass Fakhrul’s bail order after getting medical report

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul did not get bail from the Supreme Court today as it did not pass order on the government’s petitions that challenged the High Court order that granted the leader bail in three cases.
8 July 2015, 08:02 AM

BNP hits back at IGP over Khaleda remark

BNP calls unbecoming and unexpected IGP Shahidul Hoque’s statement countering Khaleda Zia’s comment and asking her to be “more responsible” in making remarks about police.
6 July 2015, 15:14 PM

Khaleda meets senior BNP leaders

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia meets her party’s senior leaders to discuss the country’s current political situation and the party's next course of political programme after Eid.
6 July 2015, 07:09 AM

Police carried out arson attacks: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia claims that policemen carried out the arson attacks during the BNP-led 20-party alliance’s anti-government movement earlier this year.
4 July 2015, 14:49 PM

Saudi govt didn’t entertain Jamaat, BNP’s requests: Report

Jamaat expected the help of Saudi govt to stop war crimes trial multiple times while BNP chief Khaleda Zia asked for intervention to resolve political impasse. But Saudi Arabia did not respond to the requests, Prothom Alo reports quoting leaked diplomatic documents.
4 July 2015, 09:57 AM

SC bail for Goyeshwar, no bar to release

Supreme Cour upholds a High Court bail for BNP leader Goyeshwar Chandra Roy and paves way for his release from jail.
2 July 2015, 07:25 AM

AL MP's son Rony fired the gunshots that killed 2: Police

Cops confirm Rony, son of AL lawmaker, fired gunshots that killed a pedestrian and an auto-rickshaw driver at New Eskaton in Dhaka on Apr 14, adds there will be no problem to prove it at court.
1 July 2015, 06:58 AM

SC upholds Fakhrul’s bail order

Supreme Court upholds the High Court order that had granted bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three vandalism and arson cases.
28 June 2015, 04:14 AM

British Parliament Dissects Bangladesh: Is it good news?

Whether one likes it or not, Bangladesh does not enjoy good reputation in the West. The latest debate by a British Parliamentary
27 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Away yet not away

Bangladeshi-American engineer Shah Talukder had definite reasons to feel proud when his daughter launched a language coaching programme for poor students back in his motherland four years ago. And he had reasons to be frustrated too when Leilah, in the US, had trouble communicating with her students in Bangladesh due to hartals, weather, or traffic jams.
27 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Politics in cricket and cricket in politics

Sports and politics have collided throughout history, but there are also examples of collaboration between them. South African president Nelson Mandela used rugby to heal the racial tension that divided the blacks and the whites in his country.
25 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Cops tear down makeshift structures around DMCH, but leave alone AL offices

Police tear down makeshift structures around DMCH, but do not scrape three political offices of ruling Awami League located there.
24 June 2015, 08:40 AM

Ballistic confirms Rony’s gun over death of 2

Ballistic reports confirm bullets that killed two people in Dhaka were fired from Ruling Awami League MP's son Rony, police say.
19 June 2015, 07:29 AM

News Analysis: Political enmity beyond borders

While her party men were staging demonstration against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit in London, BNP chief Khaleda Zia in Dhaka on Monday invited Hasina to attend an iftar party she will host in honour of the country's political leaders.
17 June 2015, 11:57 AM

Jamaat hartal tomorrow against Mojaheed's verdict

Appalled by the Supreme Court verdict against war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Jamaat-e-Islami calls a 24-hour hartal from tomorrow.
16 June 2015, 06:35 AM

Opinion: IGP’s big leader formula

The IGP has not only revealed how politicised he was, he also revealed the nexus between the cops and lawbreaking ruling party men.
15 June 2015, 09:26 AM