Politics
CJ assigns new HC bench to hear Khaleda pleas
A High Court bench is assigned to dispose of four petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging legality of the proceedings of three graft cases.
8 April 2015, 04:45 AM
Khaleda returns with failure: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has returned to her residence embracing failure and defeat after staying 92 days in her office aiming to topple the government.
7 April 2015, 14:31 PM
Cops redeployed at Khaleda’s Gulshan house
A day after BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned to her Gulshan residence, the government Monday evening redeploys police personnel in front of it to ensure her security.
6 April 2015, 17:39 PM
HC stays Rizvi’s remand in vandalism case
The High Court stayed for a month, a three-day remand of BNP joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed under police custody in a vandalism case.
5 April 2015, 11:50 AM
‘Khaleda returning home tomorrow’
BNP chief Khaleda Zia will return to her house tomorrow after 91-day stay at her Gulshan office. Before that she will go to court at 9:30am, a media wing staff says.
4 April 2015, 17:34 PM
Governance and the politics of Islamic militancy
SO far there has been no concrete evidence that Islamic militancy of considerable dimension has been developed in Bangladesh as yet.
1 April 2015, 18:00 PM
PM for partisan local govt elections
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said local government elections should be held in partisan manner and the related laws should be amended to do so.
1 April 2015, 12:29 PM
Paucity of purpose
THE people of Bangladesh do not take any insults hurled at them lightly.
31 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Prof Emajuddin warns EC of dire consequences in failure to hold fair Dhaka, Ctg polls
Pro-BNP academic Prof Emajuddin Ahmed has warned the Election Commission of dire consequences if it fails to hold the upcoming Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation polls in a free and fair manner.
31 March 2015, 13:02 PM
Lee Kuan Yew: Which way now for Singapore?
As Singapore mourn the death of founding father Lee Kuan Yew, questions are also quietly being asked about where the country goes next.
29 March 2015, 14:35 PM
48-hr hartal from Monday
20-party calls 48-hour hartal from Monday demanding return of missing Salahuddin Ahmed. Dhaka, Ctg to remain out of purview.
29 March 2015, 08:33 AM
PM acted against creating level-playing field, alleges mayor aspirant
A mayor aspirant in Dhaka alleges that PM Sheikh Hasina acted against level-playing field in the upcoming city corporation polls by introducing ruling Awami League-backed mayor aspirants
28 March 2015, 14:19 PM
Blockade on, demo new element in 20-party programme
Shortly after announcing fresh agitation programmes for tomorrow, the BNP-led opposition alliance realizes that it had forgot to include blockade. So, it revised the programme and sent out fresh news release
28 March 2015, 12:52 PM
‘Violent acts to save war criminals’
Sector Commanders Forum (SCF) Vice-Chairman Abu Osman Chowdhury said that violent activities are being carried out in the country to save the war criminals.
28 March 2015, 12:02 PM
Haji Salim likely to quit mayoral race
Haji Mohammad Salim is likely to step aside from mayoral race in the upcoming Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) elections upon advice from the Awami League high command.
25 March 2015, 11:07 AM
UK MPs want pressure on Bangladesh to end disappearance
10 British MPs move so that the UK government put pressure on Bangladesh to stop disappearances and extra-judicial killings.
25 March 2015, 04:36 AM
2 held for rumour on Salahuddin’s whereabouts
Detectives arrest two people in Chittagong for spreading rumour regarding the whereabouts of missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed
22 March 2015, 10:59 AM
The choice of the (unaware) 'elakabashi'
I had a dream, which is not unusual given the time that we get to sleep during the traffic jam, which is the hallmark of the ongoing hartal imposed by the opposition out of parliament.
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Khaleda ‘positive’ about Dhaka, Ctg polls
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has expressed her positive attitude about taking part in the upcoming elections to the Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations. “Khaleda Zia did not tell anything negative to us about the three city corporation elections.
20 March 2015, 15:06 PM
Violence decreasing: IGP
IGP AKM Shahidul Hoque says incidents of sabotage have been on the decrease due to police actions
20 March 2015, 12:31 PM