Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh gets WIP Award

Bangladesh has won the Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) Award as a pioneering country in reducing gender discrimination
22 March 2015, 10:07 AM

Confiscate land property of those torching land offices: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the law enforcement agencies to confiscate all the land property of those to be found guilty of torching land offices across the country
22 March 2015, 08:50 AM

'I've proof that cops picked up Salahuddin,' wife says

Reiterating that BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed was picked up by law enforcers, his wife again seeks prime minister’s intervention to trace him immediately
22 March 2015, 06:45 AM

Dhaka BNP declares programme demanding Salahuddin’s return

Dhaka city unit of BNP will bring out processions at all thanas and wards in the capital on Saturday demanding return of missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed
19 March 2015, 12:48 PM

Wife urges PM to help get back Salahuddin

Hasina Ahmed urges Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take necessary steps for getting back her husband BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed who remains traceless since March 10
17 March 2015, 10:45 AM

No more arson death: Hasina

Voicing her high hope that no more people will be burnt to death in the name of hartal and blockade, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vows to turn Bangladesh into a nice and peaceful abode for all
17 March 2015, 10:13 AM

President, PM pays homage to Bangabandhu on his birthday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pays homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of his 96th birthday and the National Children's Day 2015
17 March 2015, 04:43 AM

No talks with Khaleda, reiterates Hasina

Ruling out again the possibility of any dialogue with Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the best option for BNP chief to surrender to court
14 March 2015, 10:23 AM

5 injured in Dhaka crude bomb blasts

At least five people, including two policemen, were injured in separate crude bomb blasts in Dhaka.
11 March 2015, 15:40 PM

Laxmipur Jubo Dal man succumbs to bullet injuries

A Jubo Dal activist, who sustained bullet injuries during a ‘gunfight’ with police at Char Lawrence Berarganj on Laxmipur-Ramgati road in Kamalnagar upazila on March 2, dies at a hospital in Dhaka.
11 March 2015, 11:30 AM

'Building owners to install CC cameras'

In the wake of some recent petrol bomb charges reportedly from the tops of city buildings, the government has decided to ask the owners of high-rise buildings in the capital to install close-circuit (CC) cameras.
10 March 2015, 12:11 PM

3 JCD men held at Shahbagh

Police today picked up three leaders of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, student wing of BNP, near Aziz Super Market at Shahbagh in Dhaka.
10 March 2015, 11:58 AM

ADP slashed by 6.61pc

The government has slashed the allocation for its Annual Development Programme (ADP) by 6.61 percent in the current fiscal year due to slow implementation of projects.
10 March 2015, 10:59 AM

Govt mulls ‘special unit to tackle hartal violence’

The government has plans to form a specialised unit of law enforcers to combat subversive activities during the ongoing blockade and hartal enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.
8 March 2015, 15:31 PM

72-hr hartal again from Sunday

The BNP-led 20-party alliance has called for a fresh spell of 72-hour countrywide hartal from Sunday morning to press home their demands that include general elections under a nonparty administration.
7 March 2015, 11:51 AM

SSC exams for Sunday, Tuesday postponed

The government has postponed Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations scheduled for Sunday and Tuesday after the BNP-led 20-party alliance called a fresh 72-hour hartal from tomorrow.
7 March 2015, 11:37 AM

14 hurt in Dhaka crude bomb blasts

At least 14 people, including a policeman, injure in separate crude bomb explosions in Dhaka
7 March 2015, 11:30 AM

PM addressing Suhrawardy rally

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is addressing a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on the occasion of the historic March 7.
7 March 2015, 11:25 AM

UK urges end to violence

British Foreign Minister Hugo Swire urged all political parties in Bangladesh, the government and others in society to take confidence-building measures necessary to stop the violence.
5 March 2015, 14:09 PM

5 JCD men held at DU

Detectives detained five activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on Dhaka University campus for their alleged attempt to bring out a procession supporting the ongoing hartal and blockade .
5 March 2015, 11:50 AM