Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia to stop killing people during agitation. “You can wage anti-government agitation. But make sure people are not killed and children’s education are not hampered by your movement,” she said…
The BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance could not stage any demonstration in the city even on Monday, the second day of its Dhaka March for Democracy programme, due to tied vigilance by law enforcing agencies and ruling party supporters.
President Abdul Hamid on Monday underscored the need for evaluating the rural talents for checking the growing evil culture in the country. “We’ve countless talents remain scattered across villages who are actually living in their own creative worlds without any…
The success rate in Primary School Certificate (PSC) and Ebtedayee exams has been better this year, despite disruptions suffered during Opposition strikes and blockades.
Bangladesh Bank (BB), on Monday extended the deadline by one year more for adjustment of ‘single borrower exposure limit’ by the commercial banks for financing the operations of their brokerage houses and merchant banks.
The National Press Club and the High Court have been used as a ‘political shield’ by a group, Dhaka Metrpolitan Police Commissioner Benazir Ahmed has said.
Eminent jurist Barrister Rafique-ul-Huq on Monday opted for male leader, not the female one for Bangladesh.
Short-circuit in a refrigerator started the fire at the Russian embassy on Monday morning. But it was controlled by fire fighters in less than an hour. Nobody was injured.
A wayside vendor in Old Dhaka has received gunshot wounds on Monday. 50-year-old Yousuf Ali Khan was hit when police fired to disperse a procession of Opposition supporters at Nababpur area on Monday. He was rushed to the Dhaka Medical…
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), dominated by BNP-Jamaat lawyers, on Monday condemned the inaction of the Chief Justice of Bangladesh over the Sunday’s attack on lawyers loyal to the 18-party opposition alliance.
A court of Dhaka on Monday granted a 2-day remand for BNP Vice Chairman Major (retired) M Hafizuddin Ahmed Bir Bikram in connection with killing a police throwing a petrol bomb on a bus at Bangla Motor intersection in the…
Apparently shifting blame to the opposition for not reaching a consensus on participatory polls, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Monday said BNP and its alliance partners never negotiated in ‘good faith’ for taking part in the elections, rather they…
Dhaka – Dhaka University Teachers’ Association (Duta) demanded exemplary punishment of those who were involved in the attack on the university teachers at Kadam Foara near the High Court in the capital on Sunday.
Police have arrested BNP Vice Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury soon after he came out of party chief Khaleda Zia’s house in Dhaka’s Gulshan.
Dhaka – Defending the government’s strong surveillance and restriction on transports in the city for the last couple of days, Awami League joint secretary Dr Dipu Moni on Monday said it was not a blockade but a government measure to…
Police have released the women leaders of BNP an hour after detaining them in front of Khaleda Zia’s home. They were detained around 1.25 pm and taken to the Gulshan Police Station before they were released.
Indian’s External Affairs minister Salman Khurshid has said that India does not take sides in “friendly” Bangladesh — or bother with who wins elections there.
Dhaka – British High Commissioner Robert Gibson met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan residence, now under virtual siege, on Monday afternoon.
Dhaka – Bangladesh Bar Council, a statutory body regulating the lawyers, on Monday claimed that democracy will get buried if the national election is held on January 5.
The Palestinian negotiation team won’t listen to reason. There can’t be any just and permanent peace agreement between a Zionists dominated Israeli government and the original owners of the “Land of Palestine” as long as Zionist ideology determines Israeli policy.
Two weeks after a Myanmar newspaper ran a story headlined “When bags of money replace judges in court” — highlighting corruption in the judicial system — one of its reporters was thrown in jail in a conviction the daily suggested…
At least 14 people have been killed in a suicide bombing on a trolleybus in the Russian city of Volgograd, investigators say.
A third attempt to rescue a ship stranded off East Antarctica since Tuesday has failed because of fierce winds and poor visibility.
The plan for dealing with the overwhelming smog problem stifling China’s cities seems to be adaptation followed by clean up.
Michael Schumacher, the seven-time Formula 1 champion, is “fighting for his life” after a ski accident in the French Alps, his doctors say.
Jacques Kallis ended his Test career with a victory as South Africa beat India by 10 wickets in Durban.
Cristiano Ronaldo received the Globe Soccer prize for the Best Player of the Year at the gala held in Dubai.
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug has spent a third week on top of the US box office despite festive competition from The Wolf Of Wall Street.
Speakers at a discussion said the challenged people need social support for their proper rehabilitation and family integration.
Bruce Springsteen’s latest album has briefly appeared for download on Amazon’s US site, two weeks ahead of its scheduled release date.