Apparently turning down Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s offer to have a dialogue over the current political crisis on Monday, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday said she would sit with her after the end of their scheduled hartal programme.
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PM shocked as BNP ‘rejects’ her offer
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is upset and concerned after the BNP rejected her dinner invitation to Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia and refused to withdraw the shutdown.
18-party set to enforce 60-hr nonstop general strike: 31 held
The BNP-led 18-party alliance is set to enforce a 60-hour nonstop countrywide hartal from 6am on Sunday despite the Prime Minister’s request to the opposition leader to withdraw the shutdown. The hartal programme will end at 6pm on Tuesday.
Digital Bangladesh
We expected that cost of internet packages would be reduced during the Awami League tenure. But neither the cost nor the Internet speed is in favour of the Internet users.
Civil society members for seizing opportunity
Executive Director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Prof Iftekharuzzaman on Saturday said the telephonic conversation between two top leaders has opened up a ‘bright and big chance’ for an amicable solution, and there will be nothing left except uncertainty if…
Veteran journalist Gias Kamal Chy no more
Dhaka – Veteran journalist Gias Kamal Chowdhury died of old age complications at a city hospital early Saturday. He was 74.
Govt valid till Jan 24: Home Minister
Refuting the opposition’s claim that the government will be illegal after October 27, Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Saturday said the present government will remain valid till January 24 next year.
Avert confrontation; find solution thru’ dialogue: FBCCI
Dhaka – Country’s apex trade body — FBCCI — on Saturday urged the opposition parties to call off their 60-hour hartal for the sake of the economy and keeping the investment unhurt.
Gias Kamal Chowdhury – the legend
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The demise of eminent journalist Gias Kamal Chowdhury has cast a pall of gloom across the country. For many colourful facets of his popular personality he was a living legend in the profession and respected by people…
Nothing to be complacent about MDGs: Kholiquzzaman
Bangladesh must move forward with the target of an integrated human development rather than feeling complacent about some success in terms of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), said chairman of Palli Karma-Shahayak Foundation (PKSF) and noted economist Qazi Kholiquzzaman…
2 BNP front leaders stabbed in Bagerhat
Miscreants stabbed two local associate body leaders of the main opposition BNP at Mandartola in Kachua upazila of the district on Friday.
15 shops gutted in Chandpur
At least 15 shops were gutted by a fire that broke out at Natun Bazar in Matlab (North) Upazila on Friday.
2 killed in Bhola road crash
Two people were killed and six others injured when a bus rammed into a microbus at Bepari Bazar in sadar upazila on Saturday.
535 BNP-Jamaat men sued in Laxmipur
Police filed a case against 535 activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami in connection with Friday’s violence in Ramganj upazila on Saturday.
2 Jamaat leaders held in Mymensingh
Police arrested two local leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in Trishal upazila headquarters on Friday.
Six shops gutted in Sirajganj
Six shops were gutted in a fire incident at Boro Bazar in the district town early Saturday.
62,000 bighas out of cultivation for water stagnation in Bagerhat
Water stagnation along vast tracts of wetland in nine upazilas of Bagerhat has kept 62,000 bighas of land out of cultivation, especially of aman paddy.
Rajshahi region enriched with livestock resources
By dint of house to house cattle farming, the Rajshahi region has started becoming enriched with livestock resources during the last couple of years that has been proved in the recently taken place brisk Eid cattle markets.
Agro-processing enterprises prospects bright in Rajshahi region
Prospects of agro-processing enterprises is bright in the Rajshahi region as it produces surplus crops especially food-grains, fruits and vegetables, business leaders, bankers, agronomists and researchers reveal.
‘Imams can prevent militancy through preaching real meaning of Islam’
The Imams could play the most vital role in preventing militancy, extremism and terrorism through preaching the real sprit of Islam, speakers at a daylong divisional conference said in Rangpur on Sunday.
Sec 144 imposed in Daudkandi upazila of Comilla
The local administration on Monday imposed section 144 in Hasnabad Bhitikandi Bazar of Daudkandi upazila as opposition BNP and ruling Awami League called separate meeting at the same venue and at the same time.
Jamaat leader held for criticising PM’s family
Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Durgapur Bazar of Ashashuni upazila early Monday for making disparaging remarks about the family of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
‘Terrorist’ held with bombs in Jessore
Police arrested a suspected terrorist in possession of two hand bombs in the district town early Sunday. The arrestee was identified as Shahadat Hossain alias Laito Shahadat, 28, of Shankarpur of the town.
Mother hilsa, nets seized in Munshiganj
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard Monday during an overnight crackdown on hilsa netting flouting a ban seized 30 mother hilsa fishes and 60,000 metres of fine fishing nets from the Meghna River in Gazaria upazila.
48-hr truck strike underway in Tangail
The 48-hour strike enforced by the District Truck Workers Union protesting attack on its president Bala Mia by Detective Branch (DB) of police is being observed peacefully in the district on its first day Monday.
Youth crushed to death by train in Comilla
A young man was crushed to death by a train at Tughuria in Monohorganj upazila on Sunday morning.
1 killed as bus overturns in Munshiganj
A man was killed and 30 others were injured as a bus overturned on the Dhaka-Mawa Highway in Louhajang upazila on Monday morning.
Minor boy drowns in Sirajganj
A minor boy drowned in the Fuljor River in Kamarkhand upazila on Sunday evening.
15 hurt in Bagerhat AL-BNP clash
At least 15 people were injured in a clash between local activists of Awami League (AL) and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) at Dingshaipara in Sadar upazila of the district on Sunday night.
Clash over land kills one in Laxmipur
One person was killed and eight others were injured in a clash over a land-related dispute between two groups at Shaharapara village in Ramganj upazila on Sunday night.