Repeating her earlier rigid stance on holding the national election under a caretaker government, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday night demanded immediate polls under any neutral administration, no matter in which name it will be called. “In the last…
At least another 12 people were killed and 15 others injured in several road and railway accidents in five districts on Saturday. The districts are Gopalganj, Manikganj, Gazipur, Laxmipur and Kishoreganj. In Gopalganj, seven people, including three women, were killed…
Green activists at a programme Dhaka on Saturday demanded an integrated step to remove the perennial waterlogging problem from Dhaka city. They said the city dwellers suffer from acute waterlogging in the capital in every monsoon since the authorities give…
BNP on Saturday demanded guarantee from the government to carryout normal political activities in the country. “The people in the government are saying that the BNP would be able to carryout normal political activities. But we want a guarantee from…
The ruling Awami League leaders yesterday urged the BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia not to observe her ‘fake birth anniversary’ on the August 15, assassination day of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. They also called upon the…
Dhaka City Corporations (North and South) yet take any action to remove water logging in the densely populated capital Dhaka. Recently, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Annisul Haque visited several water logging areas and expressed his disappointment at the…
In the wake of widespread protests and demand for quick justice over the killing of teenage boy Rajon and kickback deal with the killers, punitive action has been taken against three police officers of Jalalabad Police Station for their negligence…
Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Thursday said the government will not accept any project by neighbouring India that may be harmful to Bangladesh. “According to media reports, India has taken a move to interlink its rivers, But, I…
Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Mohammad Ziauddin has said Bangladesh is always proactive with Myanmar to repatriate Rohingya refugees and stop further influx but unfortunately the resolution of the problem is still awaited. The Ambassador said the systematic push-on…
Eight people, including a woman, were killed and 20 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Patkhaguri in Basail upazila on Thursday afternoon. Two of the deceased were identified as Jakir Hossain, 23, son of Rafiqul…
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has reached a Dhaka court to attend hearing in two corruption cases on Zia orphanage and charitable trusts. She reached the court at Bakshibazar just after 10am on Thursday. The former prime minister is accused in…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked foreign buyers to raise the prices of Bangladeshi garment products which will ultimately be spent on ensuring the further welfare of RMG workers. The Prime Minister made the request when Dutch Ambassador to…
BNP yesterday extended unconditional support to the government to realise due share of common waters. “The entire people of Bangladesh are united on the question of water sharing. There is no difference amongst Awami League, BNP, Jatiya Party or Communist…
A Shillong court in the Indian state of Meghalaya yesterday framed charges against BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed on alleged trespass into India. The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate KML Nongbri fixed July 30 for starting the trial of the case…
Strongly denouncing the arrest of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal President Rajib Ahsan, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday alleged that the information of recovering drug from him is nothing but a hated and conspiratorial drama. In a statement, she said the…
Mustafizur Rahman’s four-for 37 on Test debut helped Bangladesh restrict the mighty South Africa at 248 runs in the first innings on day one in the first match of the their two-match National Polymer Test Cricket Series at Zahur Ahmed…
Anowarul Haq, Magistrate-3 of Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Tuesday afternoon recorded the confessional statements of two more accused in the Rajon murder case of Sylhet. ACCused Nur Mia and Dulal Mia made confessional statements admitting their involvement in the…
After stunning South Africa in a three-match ODI series for their fourth successive win at home, Bangladesh will now take on the Proteas in the first of two-Test series, starting Tuesday. Chittagong: Bangladesh will look to carry their recent success…
A massive fire gutted around 600 shanties in the city’s Madhya Badda area on Monday, leaving some 2,000 people homeless. Fire service officials said the fire broke out at one of the shanties behind ‘Bhai Bhai Boarding’ at Kha-198 Madhya…
The district unit of BNP enforced a half-day hartal in the district on Sunday protesting an attack on detained Habiganj municipality mayor (suspended) GK Gaus in jail. Vehicular movement on the streets of the district town was suspended due to…
Bangladesh Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim greeted his countrymen after joining the Eid prayers and sought blessings to perform well in the forthcoming Test matches against South Africa. Chittagong: Bangladesh Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim greeted his countrymen after joining the Eid…
At least six people, including three siblings, were killed and four others injured in separate incidents of landslide and wall collapse, triggered by torrential rains for the last couple of days, in the port city early Sunday. Pankaj Barua, sub-inspector…
At least 16 people were killed and 65 others injured in a road accident at Mulibari level-crossing on the western side of Jamuna Bangabandhu Bridge approach road in Sirajganj Sadar upazila early on Sunday. The deceased could not be identified…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday said that the party is going through an overhauling process and will launch a peaceful movement together with people very soon. “Cases after cases have been filed against BNP leaders and activists. A large…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday sought the cooperation of all in continuing the trend of development in the country. “I seek cooperation and blessings from people so that the trend of development we’ve started in the country could be…
The Tigers stamped their authority on the visitors by handing them a nine-wicket thrashing in the series decider on Wednesday. It propelled them to a maiden series triumph against the fourth-ranked ODI side. It was their fourth consecutive ODI series…
The holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in Bangladesh on Saturday as the Shawal moon was sighted in the country’s sky on Friday. The National Moon Sighting Committee took the decision at a meeting at…
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) handed over two members of Myanmar army, who were rescued near the Bangladesh-Myanmar-India border in Bandarban district on Tuesday, to Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) on Friday. BGB handed over the soldiers to BGP in a…
The Bnp on Thursday demanded of the government to immediately arrest the killers of 13-year-old boy Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon in Sylhet and give them exemplary punishment. Party spokesperson Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon made the demand in statement issued on the…
At least ten people including a journalist and the OC of Chokoria Police Station were injured in a clash between police and Sramik League-Jubo League activists at Chiringa Bus Station in Chokoria municipality on Thursday. Police and locals said the…