Opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance has postponed their pre-scheduled protest rally which was set to be held on Saturday afternoon. BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, on Friday night, said they were compelled to postpone the protest programme as police…
In the awake of the ongoing demand from common people and legal experts, the government has taken decision to amend section 21 (2) of International Crime Tribunal (ICT) Act-1973. The amendment will incorporate a provision for the government to file…
The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by Jamaat-e-Islami was observed in greater Chittagong on Saturday amid stray violence. Pickets vandalized a bus in the port city in the morning and tried to bring out processions across the city during the hartal hours.
Bangladesh information minister Hasanul Hoque Inu has stressed on “cooperation and mutual market access” to develop the Bengali film industry. “If the two Bengals join hands , then we have much to gain,” Inu told the “Ananda Bazar Patrika” in…
Over 3,000 mid-level workers of ready made garment factories have received training on fire safety till Saturday. The burgeoning industry’s apex body Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) initiated the crash programme in the wake of the Nov 24…
Authorities have called off search after rescuers recovered 14 bodies following Friday’s ferry capsize in the river Meghna. Twelve more bodies were retrieved on Saturday after MV SM Sarash with some 50 passengers went down on the Meghna at Gazaria…
Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai arrived in Dhaka on Saturday on a three-day official visit to discuss bilateral and regional issues of mutual interest at a foreign secretary-level meeting. Bangladesh’s Acting Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque told bdnews24.com that they…
Finance Minister A M A Muhith has expressed satisfaction in the “mass uprising”, demanding “capital punishment” for Jamaat-i-Islami leader Abdul Quader Molla on war crime charges.
The law enforcers are still in the dark about the motives behind the murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi, a year after the homicide. The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said after arresting a ‘suspect’ of the couple’s…