Islami Bank’s Vice Chairman Syed Ahsanul Alam Parvez has claimed most of the bank’s directors support him in his battle against Chairman Arastoo Khan and said they will resign if he is forced to step down. A joint statement was…
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BNP demo Sunday protesting Police rain on Khaleda’s office
BNP will stage demonstrations across the country on Sunday in protest against the raid on its Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programme at a discussion meeting at Dhaka Reporters Unity…
Rouhani leads initial count in Iran; over 70 pc turnout
Tehran, May 20 (AP/UNB)- Iran says incumbent President Hassan Rouhani is ahead of his nearest competitor in an initial count of votes in the election.
Fire razes kitchen markets ahead of Ramadan
Dhaka, May 20 – Amid government’s assurance to keep the Ramadan market stable, retailers have apparently started selling vegetables at higher prices through a newer trick putting consumers in trouble. Now one can hardly buy one kg vegetable at a…
Dhaka’s Banani rape accused Shafat, Sadman ‘confess’
Dhaka – Shafat Ahmed and Sadman Sakif, prime accused in the Banani rape case made confessions admitting their involvement in the city’s Banani rape incident, before two Dhaka courts on Thursday.
No influence can save Banani rape offenders: Asaduzzaman
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday said the offenders involved in the recent rape of two university students in a Banani hotel will be brought to justice if their offence is proven, no matter who they are.…
Cauvery suffers a slow death – urbanisation flourishes
(Editor’s (firstpost.com) note: This is the fourth piece in a multi-part series on the nature of human excesses that have imperiled the fragile ecosystem of the Western Ghats, home to at least 325 globally threatened species of flora and fauna,…
Ruling party misleading people on BNP’s vision 2030: Fakhrul
Dhaka – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday accused the ruling party leaders of indulging in bad argument over the party Vision 2030 which was placed last week.
Nayeem held in Munshiganj over Banani rape
Nayeem Ashraf, 30, one of the accused in a case filed over the rape of two private university girls in a Banani hotel in the capital, was arrested from Munshiganj on Wednesday night. Tipped off, a team of Police Headquarters…
Bangladesh Germany sign agreement on GMG safety
Two bilateral agreements – financial cooperation and technical cooperation – have been signed between Germany and Bangladesh on the ‘financing of environment and safety retrofits in the Bangladesh readymade garment sector’. The objectives of the project are to enhance the…
Three violence cases against Khaleda Zia stayed
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday stayed the proceedings of three violence cases filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in 2015. A High Court bench of Justice Mitfah Uddin Chowdhury and Justice ANM Bashirullah…
Driver gunman of sarafat held in Banani rape case
A court here on Tuesday put Billal, driver of Banani rape case prime accused Shafat Ahmed, on a four-day remand while his gunman Rahmat on a three-day remand, in connection with the case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Lashkar Sohel Rana passed…
Scientists find 38 million pieces of trash on Pacific island
Wellington – When researchers traveled to a tiny, uninhabited island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they were astonished to find an estimated 38 million pieces of trash washed up on the beaches. AP/UNB news agency reported
OMS sales of essential goods for Ramadan starts
The Tradinf Corporation of Bangladesh has started selling major essential commodities at subsidised rates from May 15 to keep their prices and supply line stable before and during the holy month of Ramadan.
BNP accuses PM of snaching Judiciary’s independence
Blaming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for ‘snatching’ the independence of judiciary, BNP on Tuesday slammed her for ‘criticisng’ the Chief Justice for his remark that the country lacks the rule of law. “She (PM) herself has obliterated the rule of…
China Invests $124bn in Belt and Road project
The Chinese government is investing tens of billions of dollars as part of an ambitious economic plan to rebuild ports, roads and rail networks. China’s President Xi Jinping has pledged $124bn (£96bn) for the scheme, known as the Belt and…
Hearing on Sayedee, govt’s review pleas likely Sunday
Dhaka – The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Sunday two review petitions — one filed by the government and the other by convicted war criminal Delwar Hossain Sayedee — against its earlier verdict in a war crimes case.…
Two student-rape case accused put on remand
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Sunday remanded Shafat Ahmed, the main accused in the rape of two private university students, for six days on police custody and Sadman Aqif, another accused, in the case for five days after the…
AL criticising BNP’s Vision-2030 out of nervousness: Khasru
Dhaka – BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Friday said Awami League leaders are criticising BNP’s ‘Vision-2030’ out of their nervousness. UNB news agency reported
Yemen minister says 60 percent of population in dire poverty
Riyadh – Yemen’s planning minister says 60 percent of the country’s population is in dire poverty more than two years since the Shiite rebels forced the country’s internationally recognized government and president out of the capital. AP/UNB news agency reported
AL general secretary rejects BNP’s vision as mockery
Dhaka -The ruling Awami League has outright rejected its arch rival BNP’s 2030 vision terming it as a colourful inflated-balloon of blank promises and It will be deflated soon.
Trump has fired FBI chief James Comey
US President Donald Trump has fired the director of the FBI over his handling of the inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s emails, the administration says. The White House shocked Washington by announcing that James Comey “has been terminated and removed from…
Buddha Purnima Wednesday
Dhaka, May 9 – Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist community, is being celebrated with festive mood across Bangladesh on Wednesday.
Next hearing on16th amendment, May 21
Dhaka – The Appellate Division on Tuesday fixed May 21 for next hearing on an appeal filed against a High Court order that declared illegal the 16th amendment to the constitution establishing Parliament's authority to remove Supreme Court judge.
100,000 tonnes of rice to be imported
Dhaka – Bangladesh will import 100,000 tonnes of rice in an effort to refill reserves and rein in prices of the staple. UNB news agency reported
Car bomb in Thailand’s Muslim-dominated south wounds over 50
Pattani – Suspected insurgents in Thailand detonated a car bomb Tuesday outside a busy shopping center in the south of the country, wounding more than 50 people in a huge blast that ripped the building apart and sent people running…
MPs’ attendence thin at ‘role of lawmakers ‘ workshop
Dhaka – The presence of ruling party lawmakers was thin on the second day of the three-day long workshop on ‘Lawmakers’ role in social media’ organized by Centre for Research and Information (CRI), a non-profit policy research organization of Bangladesh…
HC stays two asron cases filed against Khaleda
Dhaka – The High Court on Suinday stayed the trial proceedings of two arson cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia over arson and vandalism in 2015.
BNP ridicules Ershad’s new political alliance
BNP on Sunday ridiculed the Jatiya Party-led new political alliance, United National Alliance (UNA), saying all the parties there, except two, are created by HM Ershad. “We’ve heard the so-called domestic opposition party has formed an alliance with 58 parties.…
Ershad’s new alliance with over half a century of parties
Dhaka – Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad has finally cobbled together a new alliance of 58 political parties with himself at the helm. The alliance is going to be the biggest coalition of parties in Bangladesh in terms of numbers…