Politics
Restore political coexistence: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia calls upon the government to restore political coexistence in the country and demanded quick release of her party’s sick and senior leaders from jail.
13 May 2015, 14:41 PM
Comrades in the woods
To make the future even bleaker, the Communist movement in Bangladesh lacks a visionary leadership. The weakening strength of the left is also directly proportional to the rise of rightwing politics.
12 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Salahuddin can't say how he ended up in Shillong
BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, who was missing for the last two months, identified himself but couldn’t say how he arrived at Shillong district of Meghalaya, reports Indian The North East Today magazine.
12 May 2015, 17:23 PM
Inshallah, I am well: Salahuddin tells wife
Wife of Salahuddin, Hasina Ahmed, told the press that she got a call from the NIMHANS Mental Hospital authorities in Shillong at 12 noon today.
12 May 2015, 08:56 AM
Home away from home
The concern of egotistical professionals is confined to criticism and cynicism, instead of attempting to improve the image of their country.
10 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Opinion: Salauddin becomes another forgotten case?
It seems we do not care that a man just disappeared into the blues amidst allegation that the law enforcing agency was behind the Houdini act. He seems to have gone down the annals of disappearance of the likes of Ilias Ali, Chowdhury Alam and labour leader Aminul Islam.
10 May 2015, 08:08 AM
Salahuddin in Rab custody: Khaleda
Alleging that the missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed is “in the hands” of Rapid Action Battalion, Khaleda Zia warns of dire consequences if the elite force do not return back her party’s joint secretary general safe.
9 May 2015, 16:44 PM
Disturbing trend at AMU
There is no inconsistency if a Muslim is made to feel that he has an identity of his own, but the overwhelming identity of all people living in India is Indian.
8 May 2015, 18:00 PM
UK’s youngest MP for 350 years
New MP Mhairi Black is now the youngest elected politician in Britain.
8 May 2015, 14:56 PM
3 city mayors-elect to be sworn-in Wednesday
Newly elected mayors and councillors of three city corporations in Dhaka and Chittagong will be sworn-in on Wednesday morning.
5 May 2015, 16:31 PM
Abbas’ bail hearing deferred again
High Court defers again the bail hearing of senior BNP leader Mirza Abbas until May 24 in two criminal cases.
4 May 2015, 06:09 AM
Ex-BNP MP Nasiruddin Pintu dies
Ex-BNP lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu, who was serving life-term for carnage at Pilkhana headquarters of paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles force, dies of heart attack.
3 May 2015, 07:01 AM
Hasina 'dispels' Ban's worry
Irregularities in last week's city corporation polls and BNP's decision to boycott the election halfway into the voting featured
2 May 2015, 18:00 PM
PM wants UN chief to advise BNP to return to democratic politics
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses her hope that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will suggest BNP to return to the democratic politics shunning the path of terrorist and militant activities.
1 May 2015, 18:04 PM
When the dead speaks to you
THE suicide of Gajendra Singh last Wednesday at a political rally in New Delhi organised by Aam Aadmi Party casts a shadow over India's democracy and development.
29 April 2015, 18:00 PM
It was a free, fair city polls: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that the just concluded elections to Chittagong and Dhaka cities were conducted in a free and fair fashion.
29 April 2015, 06:13 AM
Boycott deflates city polls
Just four hours into the start of voting, BNP’s boycott over irregularities, vote rigging and intimidation of BNP-backed candidates and their workers made the city corporation elections irrelevant.
28 April 2015, 12:00 PM
Opinion: What BNP withdrawal means
With the withdrawal of all three BNP backed mayoral candidates from the Dhaka city north, south and Chittagong city corporation elections by noon, the national politics is back to square one.
28 April 2015, 07:51 AM
Tabith files written complaint
Tabith Awal, BNP-based mayoral candidate for DNCC, submits written complaint to the presiding officer of Tejgaon College saying that his polling agents were barred from entering the polling centre.
28 April 2015, 04:19 AM
Dhaka, Ctg city polls begin
Voting begins in Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations this morning amid fear of violence. Starting from 8:00am, the voting will continue till 4:00pm without any break in between.
28 April 2015, 01:39 AM