Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad thinks the Opposition-enforced nonstop blockade will not affect the Jan 5 parliamentary polls. After apprising the President of elections preparations, he told reporters on Thursday, “No vehicle, except the authorised ones, in any…
Dhaka – Lashing out at the opposition leader again for her disparaging remarks against Gopalganj, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday asked Khaleda Zia not to cause further suffering to the country’s people as they want to get rid of it.
The second day of the nationwide nonstop blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance to resist the January-5 ‘one-sided’ parliamentary polls, was marked by stray incidents of violence on Thursday.
A group of lawyers loyal to ruling Awami League on Thursday called upon the judges of the High Court to resume their functions in the interest of justice during political programmes like hartal or blockade enforced by the main stream…
President of Gano Forum Dr Kamal Hossain and general secretary Mostafa Mohsin Montu in a joint statement on Thursday urged the government to postpone January 5 general elections and resolve the political impasse through talks.
Sajeeb Wajed Joy, the son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday blasted the members of civil society who are calling for postponing January 5 general elections.
David Moyes said it was “scandalous” Manchester United were not awarded a late penalty in their Premier League defeat by Tottenham at Old Trafford.
Does the celebration of Mao Zedong’s 120th birth anniversary (Dec. 25) led by President and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Chief, Xi Jinping reflect a silent message from the Third plenum of the 18th Central Committee held from November 9 to…
In his New Year message to the Roman Catholics of Burma, Monsignor Charles Bo called for unity between the “different souls” of “this wonderful nation” and pointed particularly towards the Rohingya Muslims of western Burma, saying those born in the…
An operation is under way in Antarctica to rescue passengers from the ice-bound research vessel Akademik Shokalskiy.
Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has been taken to hospital with a suspected heart problem on his way to court for his treason trial.
A bus has plunged down a deep gorge in the western Indian state of Maharashtra killing at least 27 people, police say.
Chelsea duo Frank Lampard and Branislav Ivanovic have been ruled out of action until the end of January.
The return of Sherlock to BBC One was watched by an average of 9.2 million people, according to overnight figures.
Cinema audiences in the UK and Ireland spent the last weekend of 2013 watching the latest Hobbit film – but not pop star Justin Bieber’s new documentary.
Environmentally 2013 is a remarkable year. A year in review marks the good and the bad.
Unexplained plumes of radioactive steam have been rising from Fukushima’s Reactor Building 3, Could a major meltdown be on the way?
Joint forces in an overnight drive arrested 10 activists of Jamaat-Shibir from different places of the district early Thursday for their involvement in vandalism and subversive activities.
Ferry plying on the Maowa-Kewrakandi river route remained suspended for five hours till Thursday morning due to dense fog.
Joint forces in an overnight drive arrested seven activists of BNP and its political allies Jamaat-Shibir from three upazilas of the district early Thursday on suspicion of their involvement in sabotage acts.
Some unruly activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of of Jamaat-e-Islami, have hurled two bombs at police in Rajshahi on the second day of the BNP-led 18-party enforced indefinite blockade today (Thursday).
Jute and Textile minister and Awami League (AL) presidium member Abdul Latif Siddiqui said on Wednesday that BNP-Jamaat alliance has been carrying out subversive activities across the country.
Hundreds of people including small and marginal farmers have achieved self-reliance through commercial cultivation of high-priced and quick growing fruits in the northern region in recent years.
By by Joe Rao As 2013 draws to a close, it’s time to look forward to the stargazing highlights of the coming year.
David Shukman With the fastest supercomputer in the world and a rover exploring the Moon, Chinese science is enjoying an unstoppable rise. And it’s backed by spending on a scale that would turn most Western scientists green with envy.
In the name of quality education the incumbent government introduced JSC/PSC examination a few years ago. The government apparently wants to show that the quality education has been incresasing during the last few years as shown in the pass rate…
-Rakibul Hasan Bangladesh is a parliamentary democracy. Every five-years it holds general election. The Bangladesh Election Commission is a constitutional body that conducts election as per powers vested under Article 118 of the Constitution. Like in many other developing democracies,…
Bangladesh Bank has issued a circular directing all the scheduled banks in 59 districts to keep their branches closed on Sunday on the occasion of the 10th national election being boycotted by the main opposition BNP and its allies. However,…
Share price index at the country’s twin bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) –registered gain on the first day of the new year on Wednesday, despite political turmoil across the country over the January 5…
Private mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Limited (Robi) got its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) as Supun Weerasinghe joined the post on Wednesday. Supun Weerasinghe replaced outgoing Robi CEO Michael Kuehner, who has retired from full time corporate life. Michael…