Dhaka – A number of foreign buyers of ready made garments (RMG) are exploiting the Bangladeshi suppliers through buying products from them and then later terming them as ‘non-compliant’, a research report of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) saidon Thursday. TIB,…
Asking members of the Bangladesh Army to gain more trust of people, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday hoped that they will always remain ready to resist evil forces to protect the country’s independence and sovereignty.”I’m sure Bangladesh Army is…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has tried to make a fool of the people through ‘exaggerated publicity of development’ in her televised address to the nation, says the BNP.
At least 45 of 81 whales have died after stranding on a beach in the Indian southern state of Tamil Nadu. The short-finned pilot whales washed ashore on the beach of Tiruchendur, a small port city in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi…
All 10 US Navy sailors detained by Iran after drifting into its territorial waters a day earlier have been freed, the US and Iran said on Wednesday. The US Navy said the American crew returned safely and there were no…
Protesting the Prime Minister’s recent remark that BNP is an illegal party, its acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said Awami League is also an illegitimate party if BNP so.“Awami League had been banned through establishing Baksal…
Washington – The 10 American sailors captured in Iran are being questioned, Iranian state media said Wednesday. The sailors, held by the Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), “acted unprofessionally” after they were captured a day earlier, the state-owned Press TV…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the current pace of progress set the country’s track towards earning the status of a middle income nation by 2021 and developed one by 2041 despite an orchestrated campaign to keep it…
Dhaka – Madrasah students went on a rampage throughout the district town on Tuesday, protesting the death of a fellow student in a clash on the day before. They vandalised 12 establishments, set fire to two others and blocked the…
STAFF REPORTER The government yesterday filed a review petition with the Supreme Court against its verdict that commuted the death penalty of war crimes convict Delwar Hossain Sayedee to imprisonment until death for wartime offences.
Dhaka – Madrasah students on Tuesday blocked rail tracks in the town, halting train communication of Brahmanbaria – about 100 kilometres east of Dhaka – with rest of the country after a fellow student who was wounded during a clash…
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday alleged that the government has created a situation of confinement by controlling all things. “You (the prime minister) have brought such a democracy where we have to take prior permissions…
Public university teachers have rejected Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s call to withdraw their strike against the new pay scale and to return to classes. Prof Farid Uddin Ahmed, president of the Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers’ Associations (FBUTA), said on…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation on Tuesday, marking the completion of two years of her government after the January-5 national election.The address will simultaneously be broadcast by Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar as well as private TV channels…
Dhaka – The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and the Freshwater Action Network South Asia (FANSA) are Monday releasing a new report titled “Leave No One Behind: Voices of Women, Adolescent Girls, Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Sanitation…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated her government’s stance of zero tolerance to terrorism and said no one would be allowed to use Bangladesh’s soil for insurgent acts against any country.
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has asked the judiciary to come forward to stop the executive from usurping all powers.”Beware of the executive; it is trying to take away all our powers,” said Justice Sinha during his inaugural address at…
Dhaka – The first phase of the Biswa Ijtema on the bank of Turag River at Tongi on the outskirts of the capital ended on Sunday with the offering of Akheri Munajat (concluding prayers) joined by thousands of Muslims from…
Large plane, capable of delivering nuclear weapons, flies low over South Korea days after North’s latest bomb test. The United States has deployed a B-52 bomber on a low-level flight over its ally South Korea in a show of force…
Dhaka – BNP senior leader Abdullah Al Noman on Saturday demanded reconstitution of the Election Commission in consultation with political parties to arrange a national election. “The parliament formed through a voter-less election must be dissolved soon. A neutral Election…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday strongly criticised BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia for saying only police and dogs were present at polling stations during the January-5 national election. “I saw some statements in the newspapers…she [Khaleda] said no…
Seoul — North Korea warned of war as South Korea on Saturday continued blasting anti-Pyongyang propaganda across the rivals’ tense border in retaliation for the North’s purported fourth nuclear test. North Korean propaganda is filled with threats of violence, but…
Dhaka – At least 8,642 people were killed and 21,855 others injured in about 6,581 road accidents that occurred across Bangladesh in 2015. Bangladesh Jatri Kollyan Samity (BJKS), a rights group working for welfare of the passengers, said this at…
Dhaka – BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that the Awami League-led government has established fascism in the country undercover of democracy. “We’re now going through an absolute fascist rule undercover of democracy. There’s a…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said Khaleda Zia committed the same crime as war criminals did in 1971 through her destructive politics in early 2015, and there will be no mercy for such offences. “She (Khaleda) is trying her…
STAFF REPORTER BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday that the party had made many mistakes during it past movements.
Dhaka – Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) suffered a split after its chairman Abdul Latif Nizami on Thursday announced that it quit the BNP-led 20-party alliance. IOJ chairman Abdul Latif Nizami made the announcement at the triennial national convention of the…
Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) led by Maulana Abdul Latif Nezami yesterday severed the link with the BNP-led 20-party alliance. However, a section of the partly led by its senior vice chairman Advocate Maulana Abdur Rakib has announced to stay with…
By Ryan Faith The rumbling started early Wednesday morning when a small earthquake was detected near a known nuclear test site in North Korea. Not long after, North Korean state media broadcast the announcement that the country had successfully tested…
By Somini Sengupta, David E Sanger and Choe Sang-Hun United Nations — The United Nations Security Council condemned North Korea for its nuclear test on Wednesday, but there was no evidence yet that the North’s most powerful backer, China, was…