BNP has nominated party’s mayoral candidates in all the 235 municipalities of the country where voting will take place on December 30. However, the list does not include any candidate form the BNP’s key alliance partners including Jamaat-e-Islami Party sources…
Paris 1 Dec, (Hilary Chiew) – French President Francoise Hollande said the agreement from the Paris climate talks can be universal, differentiated and binding where developed countries must assume their historical responsibility as they are the ones that for years…
Election Commissioner M Shahnewaz on Tuesday turned down BNP’s allegation that the Commission has hurriedly announced the municipal election schedule at the government’s behest, saying it is a false statement.
STAFF REPORTER BNP spokesperson Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon yesterday termed the Election Commission as spineless, incapable and subservient one.
A man was killed and 14 policemen were injured as a covered van turned turtle and a microbus plunged into a roadside ditch in an accident at Chuknagar Nornia on the Khulna-Satkhira road in Dumuria upazila on Tuesday morning.The identity…
The Special Judge Court-9 of Dhaka on Monday granted bail to BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia after she surrendered to it in the Niko graft case at 12.15 noon on Monday following a High Court order. Judge Amirul Islam of…
Paris, France — Four of the world’s leading climate scientists, Dr. James Hansen, Dr. Tom Wigley, Dr. Ken Caldeira and Dr. Kerry Emanuel, will issue a stark challenge to world leaders and environmental campaigners attending the COP21 climate summit at…
30 Nov, Paris (Meena Raman) – The Paris agreement is expected to be the most important outcome of the 21st meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 21) to the UNFCCC, to be held from November 30 to December 11.…
At least 10 people suffered injuries as police sprayed rubber bullets during an eviction drive against an illegal truck stand and shops in the city’s Tejgaon area on Sunday.
Strongly condemning the recent terrorist attacks on religious congregations in Bangladesh, Iran on Sunday said there is no doubt that the attackers are intending to disrupt the peace and harmony between the people of different religions and sects in this…
STAFF REPORTER Rights based civil society organizations (CSO) in Bangladesh yesterday urged the Prime Minister to lead country in the Paris Climate Conference and urged her to demand the climate compensation from the countries mainly responsible for the climate change.
Valletta, Malta – France’s president and the secretary general of the United Nations pleaded Friday at the Commonwealth summit for the world to unite and produce an ambitious agreement to combat climate change, with François Hollande saying “man is the…
The government has taken an initiative to redesign the country’s existing coastal embankments keeping in mind the climate-induced changes presumed to take place by 2050 and thus protect the coastal lands from seawater.
The overall situation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts has turned ‘very sensitive’ since the government ‘stalled’ the process of implementing the peace accord, the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) chief Santu Larma stated on Saturday.
The government should specifically say when it will lift the bar on Facebook, Professor Muhammad Zafar Iqbal has said. He was speaking to journalists in the IPvision SUST 5th CSE Carnival 2015 at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST)…
Tension is running high in Bogra as the residents are smarting from the shock and disbelief over Thursday’s shooting at a Shia mosque in the area that left one dead and three injured. Locals say Sunni and Shia Muslims have…
Dhaka –The BNP-led 20-party alliance on Thursday night decided braving all adversities to join the December-30 municipality elections with ensuring a lone candidate in each of the 236 municipalities from the coalition. However, the alliance did not formally announce its…
The European Parliament (EP) on Thursday adopted a ‘non-binding’ resolution asking Bangladesh authorities to restore the full independence of the media.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Ziaur Rahman and HM Ershad can no longer be called former presidents of Bangladesh as the country’s apex court declared them illegal presidents.
The muazzin of a local Shia mosque was killed and three devotees were injured as gunmen stormed into the mosque at Haripur village in Shibganj upazila on Thursday evening and opened fire on them.
Dhaka – Refuting the claims of UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights that there are doubts about Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal’s trials, Dhaka on Thursday said it is ‘highly disturbed’ over the UN rights body’s claims. “Bangladesh…
The BNP will ‘very soon’ decide whether it will field candidates in the next month’s municipal elections.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government wants to develop the whole country and ensure the welfare of its people by using modern technologies.
At least 50 people were injured, including two with bullets, in a series of clashes between a group of farmers and a gang hired by a sand company at Charhogla village in Shambhupur union in Sogargaon upazila on Wednesday.
Dhaka– Members of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami for issuing death threat to politicians and intellectuals from the city’s Tejgaon area on Tuesday night.
Dhaka – Elections to 234 municipalities across the country will be held on December 30 on party basis as per a new law passed by the government. The Chief Election Commissioner announced the election schedule for the 234 municipalities out…
The finance ministry has told the central bank to take action against all financial institutions with links to the Jamaat-e-Islami, pro-government online news agency bdnews24.com reported on Tuesday. The report says, the ministry’s Bank and Financial Institutions Division issued a…
Dhaka- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today put emphasis on reopening roads through the frontier with India that remained closed since the 1965 India-Pakistan war to bolster Dhaka-Delhi connectivity.
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday said the opposition is deprived of all constitutional political rights as there is no sign of democracy in the country. Khaleda came up with this in a statement made in the evening.
Dhaka -Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina said Monday Bangladesh is gradually getting rid of a long time stigma and advancing economically with execution of the verdicts against war criminals. “I think execution of the verdicts of…