The BNP has described the death of suspected militants in raids as ‘extra-judicial killings’ and termed it a ‘crime against humanity.’ “As a lawyer, I think the killings without solving the mystery these are tantamount to crimes against humanity,” BNP…
Dhaka – The BNP has said that the government “resorts to instantaneous killing of the arrested terror-involved suspects” because it is apprehensive that their interrogation could lead to “revelation of facts embarrassing to the government”.
BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Friday alleged that the government is trying to form another ‘spineless’ Election Commission (EC) through a search committee.
Dhaka – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said the Awami League-led government is trying to eliminate politics from the country in a pre-planned way and conscious manner, like the military-led caretaker government that governed for two…
Dhaka – Stock markets on Wednesday continued the upward trend when the large-cap securities of the market advanced further on active buying. All the major sectors, including ceramics, IT, food and allied, engineering and financial institution, maintained price indices in…
Police found no specific evidence of Tahmid Hasib Khan’s involvement in Gulshan’s Holey Artisan Bakery attack, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia on Wednesday.The DMP chief came up with the information while talking to reporters after inspecting…
Dhaka – Prominent women journalists from around the South Asian region have joined hands against the war hype between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan. In a joint statement of Sepember 30, 2016, they urged political leaders and their colleagues in the…
Saudi Arabia has shifted to the Gregorian or “Western” calendar as a basis for paying civil servants as part of an austerity package. The kingdom adopted the lunar Islamic calendar when it was founded in 1932. The birthplace of Islam…
Dhaka – Bangladesh and the United States on Sunday agreed on the importance of a deeper and stronger partnership in addressing mutual security concerns while upholding the values of human rights and fundamental freedoms, UNB News agency reported.
Dhaka – Speakers at a roundtable on Saturday described the draft of the Digital Security Bill prepared by the ICT Division to prevent cyber crimes as unacceptable, UNB news agency reported.
Ideal Citizen Movement (ICM), a newly floated social group, on Saturday demanded that the government immediately cancel the Rampal coal-fired power plant for the sake of the Sundarbans.The demand was made at a human chain formed in front of the…
Police and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student body of ruling Awami League, allegedly foiled a cycle rally of Rampal power plant protestors at the central Shaheed Minar here on Friday.Witnesses said a group of students and environmentalists under…
New Delhi (AP/UNB) — India said Thursday it carried out “surgical strikes” against militants across the highly militarized frontier that divides the Kashmir region between India and Pakistan, in an exchange that escalated tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors. Pakistan dismissed…
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday issued warrants for the arrest of two people, including BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, in a sedition case filed in 2015, UNB news agency reported. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sarafuzzaman Ansari issued the arrest…
Dhaka – The mortal remains of BNP standing committee member Brig. Gen. (Retd) ASM Hannan Shah was brought to Dhaka from Singapore on Wednesday evening. “Hannan Shah’s body was brought to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by a Bangladesh Airlines flight…
Dhaka – BNP standing committee member ASM Hannan Shah passed away at a hospital in Singapore early Tuesday. He was 76, UNB news agency reported.
The newborn baby girl, Galiba Hayat, who died on Sunday after being found alive during burial was laid to eternal rest here on Monday.
The BNP has described Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s comments about ‘enough scope of politics’ in Bangladesh as ‘bereft of an iota of truth’.BNP Vice-Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu came up with the party’s reaction on Sunday to the prime minister’s recent interview…
Dhaka – A General Diary (GD) was filed by the jailer of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj on Saturday, over receiving death threats for executing death sentences of war criminals, UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka– Five people, including a woman, were killed as a covered van hit a bus at Borotakia in Mirsarai upazila of Chittagong on Saturday morning. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
The University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world and feeder for the British elite, has topped a global education ranking for the first time, but its vice-chancellor warned that Brexit could damage its long-term prospects.
Barisal: The death toll from Wednesday’s launch capsize in the Sandhya River in Banaripara upazila climbed to 23 with the recovery of nine more bodies on Thursday. Of the nine bodies, four were retrieved in the morning while two in…
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has returned home after performing the holy Hajj in Saudi Arabia. A large number of party supporters, activists and leaders welcome the BNP chief standing on two sides of the road from the airport…
New York, Sept 22 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the world community to work together to uproot militancy and terrorism, and plug the sources of funds, arms and ammunition as well as moral and material support…
Dhaka – Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to arrive here on a two-day visit in the second week of October when Dhaka is expected to seek financial support for over two dozens of mega projects, UNB news agency reported.…
United Nations 19 (AP/UNB) – The U.N. human right chief said the summit – the high-level U.N. General Assembly meeting – on refugee and migrants was necessary because the international community has failed to protect those caught in the world’s…
Dhaka – A Bangladeshi young man was shot by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members on Telkupi border in Shibganj upazila on of Chapainawabganj Sunday night, UNB news agency reported.
There is no Bangladesh national among those injured or affected by the explosion occurred at Chelsea in Manhattan, said a Bangladesh diplomat in New York quoting preliminary information on Sunday.
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that the government is arresting BNP leaders and activists as part of its ‘continuous repressive measures against the opposition.
Dhaka-Stating that the entire nation is now in distress due to the government’s wrong steps, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday urged it to engage in dialogue with the opposition to hold the next election in a…