Former BNP leader Nazmul Huda on Thursday formally asked the Election Commission not to register the controversial new political party Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) he founded. He, however, admitted that his name was not mentioned in the party’s application letter…
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Shawkat Ali, has expressed his unhappiness over the slow pace of development work and people’s suffering inflicted by river erosion in his constituency Shariatpur.
Bangladesh on Thursday signed the UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War to the Convention on Prohibitions of Restrictions on the use of Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW).
Election Commissioner Md Shah Nawaz on Thursday said inconsistency in the total number of the country’s voters is not a factual error; it might be due to clerical or technical mistakes.
The High Court on Thursday issued a rule upon the authorities of Dhaka University (DU) asking it to explain as to why DU Senate Registered Graduate Representative polls held outside Dhaka on September 14 and September 21 should not be…
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hasan Mahmud Khandker on Thursday directed the policemen to remain alert and perform their duties carefully to ensure peaceful celebrations of Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja.
Hours after the High Court declared the contempt of court law illegal, Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman claimed he had not violated any court order.
Opposition chief whip Zainul Abedin Farroque on Thursday said the ongoing political crisis over the polls-time government can be solved by only amending the constitution.
Over 100 people, including 15 policemen, were injured as garment workers clashed with police at Fatullah while staging demonstration for minimum wage of Tk8,000 for the 6th straight day on Thursday.
Home Minister Dr Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Thursday said any attempt to thwart the upcoming elections would be resisted strongly.
A day after Prime Minister’s Energy Adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury announced the government’s decision to lay the foundation of the coal-based Rampal Thermal Power Plant on Oct 22, the National Committee on Protection of Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, and Power-Port has…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged BNP activists who fought in the country’s Independence War to stand by the ongoing trial of war criminals.
Dhaka – Acting Secretary General of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said Awami League leader Mohammad Nasim unveiled the musk of the government by threatening the public servants to send them back home…
Dhaka – The High Court on Thursday scrapped the Contempt of Court Act 2013 declaring it ultra vires to the Constitution.
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A Russian court has remanded seven Greenpeace activists in custody for two months for allegedly trying to seize a Russian oil platform.
Coordinated GO-NGO efforts and adoption of early preparedness with efficient emergency response management system could reduce risk of natural disasters amid climate change impacts, speakers said here yesterday.
Speakers at a function here on Wednesday stressed the need for checking early marriage anyhow to protect children from malnutrition and various types of diseases and its complexities.
Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Engineer Khondoker Mosharraf Hossain said here on Wednesday that the renovated Sheikh Jamal Stadium, formerly Faridpur stadium, will be upgraded to international standard so that international matches of all major games can be arranged.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in two separate drives arrested five persons and seized ganja plants and phensidyl from their possessions here on Wednesday, RAB and police sources said.