Dhaka – Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Saturday unveiled her party’s election manifesto focusing on peace and stability, national consensus, the trial of war criminals, establishing the rule of law, decentralisation and combating corruption.
Sticking to her guns, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said there is no scope of scrapping the election schedule for the 10th parliamentary polls.
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh Prof Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Saturday called upon the government to help the 18-party opposition alliance to organise its March to Dhaka for Democracy programme instead of obstructing it.
Ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh (HIB) in an open letter on Saturday called upon the people to come forward to defend the country, nation and faith.
Awami League Presidium Member Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP’s ‘march for democracy’ is nothing but a cruel joke as it follows an undemocratic path. “BNP’s programme is not a democratic march, but our (AL’s) programmes are democratic ones as…
Opposition BNP on Saturday alleged that the government itself has created a non-stop blockade against people with the help of the administration in a bid to foil the 18-party’s march for democracy programme.
With the government determined to foil Opposition leader Khaleda Zia’s ‘march for democracy’ to Dhaka from all over Bangladesh, those trying to reach the capital are finding it almost impossible to reach the capital.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up programme to cultivate Irri-Boro paddy in three upazilas of the district during the current season.
Speakers at a training programme here have urged farmers to promote modern technologies especially raised bed system for boosting crop yield to ensure food security of the country\’s gradually increasing population.
Ferry services on the Mawa-Kawrakandi route resumed at 8am on Saturday morning after remaining suspended for around ten hours due to thick fog.
Six Bangladeshi girls returned home through Benapole check post of Jessore district on Friday night after languishing for three years in a Indian jail.
Three people were killed in two road accidents in Jessore Sadar upazila and the district town on Friday.
A man was killed on the spot when a when a covered van dashed him at Sultangonj on Rajshahi-Chapainawabgonj highway under Godagari Upazila of the district last (Friday) early night.
Ferry operation on the Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed on Saturday morning after a suspension for 11 hours due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.
Joint force in a drive arrested 14 activists of the main opposition BNP and its political allies Jamaat-Shibir from five upazilas of the district early Saturday for their involvement in vandalism and subversive activities.
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday urged the county’s people to make the ‘March for Democracy’ programme a success by their spontaneous participation in it braving all obstacles and barriers.”I call upon the country’s people to converge in…
Miscreants have hurled a petrol bomb at the ancestral home of Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad in Chuadanga’s Andulbarhia.
Bus and launch services from Barisal to Dhaka have come to a halt amid tension ahead of BNP-led 18-party alliance’s march to Dhaka on Dec 29 and its rally in the capital. Buses from various other districts in the Khulna…
Vijay Tagore Asia Cup has run into trouble. And that is not only because of the internal strife in Bangladesh and Pakistan’s reported refusal play in that country. There are more issues that are plaguing the biannual continental tournament. The…
Chuadanga – A Bangladeshi national was beaten to death by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Baradi border in Damurhuda upzila on Friday.
Severe traffic congestion has developed on both sides of the Padma river at Mawa-Kewrakandi and Paturia-Doulatdia points, as ferry services remained suspended for several hours because of dense fog.
President Barack Obama has signed a bipartisan budget dea Obama has signed a bipartisan budget deal l easing spending cuts and a defense bill cracking down on sexual assault in the military, marking a modest end to a challenging year…
The Election Commission on Friday dispatched ballot papers amid tight security to returning officers in various districts for the January 5 parliamentary elections. The commission started dispatching the ballot papers to various districts in the morning under strong escorts of…
A Dhaka court has sent BNP leader Mahbub Uddin Khokon to jail in a case concerning connection over the death of a policeman in a bomb attack in Bangla Motor.
Nearly 500 people, most of whom are opposition activists, have been arrested from different parts of the country during the ongoing drive by the joint forces in the past 24 hours on charges of vandalism and acts of sabotage.
The visit of Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Liu Zhenmin who was scheduled to reach here on Saturday has been postponed ‘due to flight cancellation’ following heavy fog in Kunming. “Kunming Airport was closed due to heavy fog and…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday wrapped up the 1st leg of her two-day electioneering in three districts ahead of the 10th national election calling upon the countrymen to go the polling centers and cast their votes, fully prepared to…
Dhaka – Communication of the capital with several districts remained snapped since Friday morning as bus and launch services have been suspended “fearing violence” ahead of the opposition’s March for Democracy towards Dhaka scheduled to be staged on Sunday.
Police have accused 350 leaders and activists of the BNP-led 18-Party alliance of killing a police constable in a bomb attack on a patrol truck in Rajshahi City on Thursday.
Despite the denial of permission by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), opposition BNP is still hopeful that the government will finally permit them to hold their much-hyped rally in the city.