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Hefazat-e-Islami Bangladesh, a qaumi madrasah based non-political organisation, is likely to postpone its scheduled rally at Shapla Square in the city on November 15, according to organisation sources.
Islami Andolon Bangladesh on Friday said it would not take in the forthcoming general election without a non-party poll-time governement.
Awami League Presidium Member Kazi Zafarullah on Friday said the tenure of Parliament was extended so that the opposition can come up with their suggestions about the next polls in the House.
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said country’s people want to see an open and unconditional dialogue between Awami League President Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Agartala: India’s second international-standard multi-use Integrated Check Post (ICP) and the first along the Bangladesh border will be opened to people at Akhaurah in Tripura on November 17, officials said here on Friday.
Condemning the recent attacks on minorities, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Friday demanded exemplary punishment of the perpetrators through a fair investigation into the incidents.
After long nine years of wait, Bangladesh has been declared an eligible country for the Threshold Program of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of the USA.
Responding to the call of President Abdul Hamid, the agitating teachers of Jahangirnagar University (JU) withdrew their movement on Friday.
Airtel Bangladesh has launched 3G services in two cities – Dhaka and Chittagong.
The formation of a third political force outside the two major political alliances in the country is yet to get much progress.
The BNP-led 18-party alliance on Friday called a fresh 72-hour spell of nationwide hartal from 6 am on Sunday to push the government for arranging the next election under a non-party caretaker government.
The US President Barack Obama has instructed his officials to “ramp up consultations” with India on the political crisis in Bangladesh, the Indian state news agency, PTI reports.
Hours after the BNP and its allies called a 72-hour countrywide strike, a large police force was deployed and members of the force surrounded opposition leader Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office and residence.
Garment workers’ leaders on Friday threatened to announce tougher programmes if the minimum wage board does not review its recommendation to re-fix the minimum wage at 5,300.
Police have detained BNP Standing Committee members Moudud Ahmed, MK Anwar and Rafiqul Islam Mia, hours after the 18-Party alliance declared a 72-hour nationwide shutdown starting from Sunday.
Opposition BNP on Friday threatened to pursue tougher programmes like blockade after the countrywide shutdown to force the government to reach an understanding over the polls-time administration.
Bt brinjal’s commercial release poses a real threat to our traditional varieties. Bangladesh has approved the commercial release of Bt brinjal. This is the first genetically modified food crop in South Asia to hit the markets.
The incumbent government claims that they have done a lot for a Digital Bangladesh. For publicity they also waste public money as well as individual money.
Younger brothers killed a man allegedly over a land-related dispute at Bagdah Konapara village in Debiganj upazila on Thursday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Khalilur Rahman Khalil, son of late Abdul Jalil of the village.
Three suspected pirates, including their ringleader, were killed in a ‘shootout’ with police in Char Majid area of Surbarnachar upazila early Friday. Five police personnel were also injured in the incident.
Over 30,000 poor families of 250 villages including vast char areas under five districts in Rangpur division have achieved self-reliance through vegetables cultivation during the past five years.
Rajshahi University Model United Nations Association (RUMUNA), a non-political organisation has been launched at Rajshahi Univerrsity.
By Piers Newbery Roger Federer got his ATP World Tour Finals campaign back on track with a straight-sets win over Richard Gasquet.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says Sunday’s trip to Manchester United will be “strange” without Sir Alex Ferguson. The pair were the longest-serving managers in the English game before Ferguson retired as United boss in May.
The Walt Disney Company has announced it will release the next Star Wars film on 18 December 2015. Disney bought Lucasfilm, the company behind Star Wars, from creator George Lucas last year for $4bn (£2.6bn).
By Solvej Schou “You are a vain, greedy, cruel boy,” snarls Sir Anthony Hopkins as the white-haired and bearded god Odin to his rebellious son in 2011’s Marvel Studios film Thor.
PR Newswire A large international consortium, led by the Dutch consultancy firm Twynstra Gudde, has won the European tender for the development of the Bangladesh Delta Plan (BDP2100), a crucial plan for Bangladesh.
By Chris Ellis A project aimed at protecting internationally important seabird populations on two of the Isles of Scilly by killing more than 3,000 brown rats, is under way.