British High Commissioner Robert W Gibson yesterday called upon all political parties in Bangladesh to fully consider the effects of their actions and refrain from causing further damage to the country’s national interest. He made the call in a statement…
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (Bnp) seems to be seeking UN mediation to facilitate dialogue for ending the political impasse. BNP leader and the country’s former planning minister Moeen Khan told ‘Times of India’ in an email interview that the UN…
Two Bangladeshi cattle traders were killed and another person was injured in Indian Border Security Force (BSF) firing at the Moheshpur border in Jhenidah district early Wednesday morning. The shooting took place at the Lebutala border under Jabadpur Union of…
The BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday extended the ongoing 72-hour countrywide hartal by another 48-hour protesting the killing of opposition activists in the name of “cross fire”, mass arrest, interference in the judiciary, repression on journalists, controlling media and demanding restoration…
The newly appointed US ambassador to Bangladesh, Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, Tuesday called upon everyone for “playing a role to stop the ongoing violence and to move into democratic space to resolve the situation”. “Bangladesh is blessed with democracy and…
At least 11 people, including a trucker and his helper, suffered burn injuries in separate petrol bomb attacks in Feni and Netrakona districts on Tuesday night. In Feni, nine people, including a woman, were burned as miscreants hurled a petrol…
The International crisis group wants the AL government to commit to nonrepressive response to political dissent and the Bnp to non-violent political opposition for steering clear of the present political crisis prevailing in Bangladesh. The brussels-based group in its report…
A total of 32 patients including 10 children have died due to negligence of doctors or wrong treatment at the Sylhet OsmanyMedical College Hospital in 12 hours till Tuesday morning, it is learnt. Of the dead 5 are new born…
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conceded defeat in Delhi state elections after results showed anti-corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal’s party heading for a landslide win. Mr Modi congratulated Mr Kejriwal and promised him complete support. Mr Kejriwal’s anti-corruption Aam Aadmi Party…
Terming those who are burning people to death as enemies of the country, people and humanity, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged all to put up strong resistance against such terrorists. “I feel extreme pain when I see that the…
Nagorik Samaj, a platform of the civil society, on Monday urged President Abdul Hamid, the guardian of the republic, to take an initiative for a dialogue to overcome the current political impasse and violent situation. Letters signed by former Chief…
The ongoing political impasse can be resolved in a day if the government agrees to sit in a dialogue with the opposition alliance, said BNP vice-chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka on Sunday, according to sources available. Speaking at a view exchange…
Police recovered a bullet-hit body of a youth from Madrasapara in Matuail area in Jatrabari on early Monday morning, reportedly following a ‘gunfight’ with the Detective Branch police. Being informed, a team of Jatrabari Police Station, led by sub-inspector Humayun…
Two people were shot to death during a clash between two rival groups at Kalir Char of Banglabazar in Munshiganj sadar upazila on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Foyez Miji, 38, and Mohan Bepari, 35. Additional police super…
Conscious expatriate Bangladeshis of US at a news conference in New York on Saturday urged the government to form a government of national consensus which would hold neutral elections and propose the framework for political reforms within three months with…
The BNP has drawn attention of different embassies and international human rights agencies in Dhaka to extrajudicial killings by law enforcers urging them to investigate the incidents on the spots, according to BNP sources. A member of the BNP chairperson’s…
The government is waiting for court orders to arrest Khaleda Zia even though the BNP chief has been charged with instigating violence and acts of sabotages amid a violent transport blockade. State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told…
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (Bnp) on Sunday urged the business community leaders to suggest that government should resign immediately to create a stable political situation in the country. “The ongoing political stalemate and tension were created due to wrong political…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday called upon BNP to return to democratic process saying the party can go to power only under a democratic process, not over the bodies of innocent people, violence or making the students hostages. She said…
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad and Raushon Ershad had a meeting with diplomats of various countries stationed in Dhaka on Saturday and reportedly discussed the country’s current political situation. A JP source said the diplomats were invited to dinner at…
The BNP on Saturday denounced the petrol bomb attack on a passenger bus at Tulshighat in Gaibandha that left six people dead and many others injured on Friday, and renewed its stand that the 20-party has no link with subversive…
An activist of Jamaat-e-Islami was killed by own bullets in a ‘gunfight’ with police at local bus stand in Nesarabad upazila early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Bachchu,25, an activist of the upazila unit Jamaat and son of Abdur…
Describing the recent activities of the BNP-Jamaat alliance as militancy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday categorically said her government will in no way give in to this menace. “We’ll never surrender to militancy,” she said addressing the inaugural ceremony…
New York – With no end in sight to politically motivated violence and other abuses in Bangladesh, state authorities need to ensure their response respects the rights of all and avoids arbitrary use of force, arrests, and disappearances, Human Rights…
The Bnp-led 20-party alliance on Friday called a 72-hour nationwide hartal beginning at 6am on Sunday till 6am on Wednesday protesting “killing of many leaders and workers in ‘crossfire’, maiming and injuring some of them in shooting and ‘mass arrests…
Blasting BNP-Jamaat nexus for burning people to death and unleashing rampage by enforcing hartals and blockades, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the BNP-Jamaat are committing the same crimes the Islamic State (IS) is doing in the Middle East.…
BNP vice chairman Maj (Retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed yesterday sought explanation from the government as to whether BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is arrested or free as people of intelligence agency sit in front of her office with a register book…
BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday called upon the law enforcers to stop extra judicial killing, refrain from carrying out repression on opposition leaders and activists, injuring innocent people by shooting at them, mass arrest, conducting raids in homes of activists and…
The United States has expressed grave concern over the ongoing unrest and violence in Bangladesh and deplored the unconscionable attacks, including bus burnings, throwing incendiary devices, and train derailments that have killed and wounded innocent victims. “We condemn in the…
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday reiterated that the ongoing movement of her party-led 20-party alliance would continue till it reaches its desired goal and said, she is ready to face any consequence. In a statement signed by BNP vice…