BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on late Wednesday night urged all to continue the countrywide nonstop blockade till victory. She said this when a 5-member team of professionals including former Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University and Journalist Union president Shaukat Mahmud…
Law Minister Anisul Huq today strongly condemned the bomb and arson attack on the residence and village home of the High Court Justices who passed an interim order not to broadcast or publish statement of fugitive accused BNP vice-chairman Tarique…
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh Prof Dr Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday called upon the government to hold dialogue with the all opposition parties to resolve the current political impasse. He made the call at a press statement issued on Thursday while…
President of Bharatiya Janata Party Amit Shah has enquired the health condition of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia over telephone. Briefing reporters BNP chairperson’s press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan Sohel yesterday said Amit Shah made a telephone call to Khaleda Zia…
Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB) yesterday said that pepper spray on BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was the violation of Chemical Weapon Convention and the High Court prohibition not to use it. Leaders of the DAB, a pro-BNP professional organisation, made…
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Virat Kohli became the first man to make three Test centuries in his first three innings as captain on an eventful third day of the fourth Test against Australia in Sydney.
Guardians of the Galaxy has received a surprise nomination in the adapted screenplay shortlist, as selected by the Writers Guild of America (WGA).
French police are hunting for two French brothers suspected of carrying out the massacre at the Paris office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 people died.
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The banks in Bangladesh were on Thursday issued guidelines to assess risks of money laundering and terrorist financing in their operations, and were given by three months to complete such assessment 31 March. The output of this assessment will be…
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman on Thursday inaugurated an online payment gateway of Bank Asia and Payonees in Dhaka. Given below is part of the statement he made at the function: I am happy to see Bank Asia, one…
Accusing the government of trying to confuse people by carrying out a false campaign that the 20-party’s blockade programme is going to be postponed, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has called upon all to continue it without any pause. “Besieged Khaleda…
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At least 25 passengers have been injured as the engine and 6 bogies of the Chittagong bound Udayan inter-city train from Sylhet derailed in Moulvibazar on Wednesday midnight. According to some sources fish plates of the rail track were missing.…
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Gunmen have attacked the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people and injuring seven in an apparent Islamist attack. At least two masked attackers opened fire with assault rifles in the office and exchanged shots with…
Three people were killed and 27 vehicles were either torched or damaged across the country on Wednesday, the second day of the countrywide indefinite transport blockade enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance. The killings were reported from in Noakhali and…