Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said BNP does not believe in a democratic and parliamentary constitution. “They (BNP) formulate and amend the constitution under the martial law,” he said while exchanging views with local Awami League leaders and activists…
Rajshahi University (RU) authorities have suspended two university teachers on charge of sexually harassing some female students. Those suspended are Shaon Uddin, a teacher of RU Management Department, and Sarowar Hossain, a trainer of Teacher-Student Cultural Centre (TSCC) of the…
Terming the opposition’s December 29 programme illogical, State Minister for Home Shamsul Haq Tuku on Wednesday said they have announced this programme to thwart the upcoming national election and the war crimes trial.
Although implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) got a major boost in the last fiscal year (2012-13) hitting 96 percent, its progress in the current fiscal year (2013-14) is likely to suffer a setback due to the ongoing political…
Miscreants have hacked to death a local Awami League leader in Meherpur’s Gangni. Murdered Nurul Amin was the General Secretary of municipality unit Awami League. The miscreants possibly attacked him when he was on his way back home from Banshbaria…
Jatiya Party leader Kazi Zafar Ahmed has announced that Jaitya Party (Kazi Zafar) would join the Dec 29 rally called by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. He termed the matters involving his arrest are strange. He is saying that he is…
Leaders of the 18-party Opposition alliance including BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir have been implicated in a case concerning the death of a policeman in an incident of arson. The policeman died in Dhaka on Tuesday when…
BNP standing committee member Dr RA Ghani and former party MP Sarder Sakhawat Hossain Bakul were arrested from Gulshan area in the city on Wednesday. Law enforcers also detained BNP female MP Shammi Akhter the same evening.
Dhaka – Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday apprehended that the venue of the ICC World Cup T20 Cricket, scheduled to be held in Bangladesh in March-April next, might be shifted to another country if the country’s prevailing political situation…
A police constable has been burned to death while two others sustained burn injuries when miscreants torched a police-requisitioned bus at Dhaka’s Bangla Motor.
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday night warned that the government will have to face the dire consequences if it obstructs the opposition’s December-29 ‘March for Democracy’ towards the capital.
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Prof Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Wednesday called upon the countrymen irrespective of political affiliation to participate in December 29 March for Democracy programme announced by opposition leader Khaleda Zia.
Police have recovered the body of veteran photo journalist Aftab Ahmed from his home in Dhaka. Rampura Police Station OC Kreepa Shindhu Bala told bdnews24.com that they recovered the body around 9am on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday directed the law-enforcing agencies to hunt down the criminals involved in Tuesday’s arson attack on a bus at city’s Bangla Motor that left a traffic police dead.
Dhaka – BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday demanded withdrawal of the ‘false’ case filed against its top leaders in connection with Tuesday’s arson attack on a vehicle that left a traffic policeman dead in the city.
Ahead of January 5 parliamentary polls, the army will be deployed tomorrow (Thursday) covering 59 of 64 districts in the country as striking force to make the atmosphere election-friendly.
The BNP has asked for government’s ‘cooperation’ to hold Sunday’s rally. In a letter sent to the police, the junior Home minister and the Home secretary, the BNP said it wants the government to help it hold the rally peacefully.
Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh (HIB) would set up “Manch” to defend the country and faith if the government fails to resolve the ongoing political impasse.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said BNP does not believe in a democratic and parliamentary constitution.
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A British man has entered the record books as the worlds longest-surviving heart transplant patient.
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It turns out that when Jack Nicholson interview-bombed best actress Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence at last year’s Academy Awards and told her, “I’ll be waiting,” he wasn’t kidding.
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