A Dhaka court has acquitted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of corruption charges in the construction of Bangabandhu Novo Theatre. Late finance minister Shah AMS Kibria, late education minister AHSK Sadeque, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury and MP…
The Bnp on Thursday said that two Juba League leaders – Manik and Babul – were held and taken to the thana by police after the bus torching in Chouddagram on Tuesday night, but they were released at the instance…
The United Kingdom on Thursday called on both the government and all parties to exercise restraint and respect the rule of law, and come together to break this cycle of violence and disruption. British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert W…
The Pir Shaheb of Charmonai Mufti Moulana Syed Rezaul Karim on Thursday said that a free and fair election enlisting the participation of all parties is the only solution to the prevailing muddy political atmosphere and said political problem should…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) yesterday called upon all national, international human rights organisations, activists to visit the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office to observe the situation and put present it before the world. “We call upon the UN human rights organisation…
Two suspected miscreants were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in the city’s Jatrabari area early Wednesday.
Ruling out declaration of a state of emergency in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expressed her firm determination to overcome the situation by taking support from the people. “One thing BNP forgets, while many people phone that…
Newly appointed ambassador of the United States to Bangladesh Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat presented her credentials to President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban today. Welcoming the ambassador, the President hoped that the existing relations between Bangladesh and the US would be…
The Bnp-led 20-party alliance on Tuesday demanded punishment of those who are involved in throwing petrol bomb on a bus in Chouddagram, comilla killing seven passsengers and injuring 17 others. In a statement issued to the press Bnp joint secretary…
Leaders and activists of Muktijoddha Projonma League yesterday tried to lay a siege around BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office where Khaleda Zia is staying since January 3. Police, however, obstructed them from going to the office of Khaleda Zia and later…
BNP-led 20-party alliance on Tuesday further extended the ongoing 72-hour countrywide hartal for another 36-hour ending 6:00pm on Thursday in protest against carrying out homicide by joint forces without accepting its demand, resorting to killing, enforced disappearance, attacks and filling…
Seven passengers were killed and at least 16 others injured in a petrol bomb attack on a bus in Chauddagram in Comilla District at dead of night about 3-30 am on Tuesday. The incident took place at Miabazar Jagmohanpur area…
Pro-BNP Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on Monday called a strike at Dhaka University for Wednesday and Thursday demanding that a congenial atmosphere for political coexistence on the campus be ensured. JCD President Rajib Ahsan and General Secretary Akramul Hasan announced…
BNP on Monday warned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that she will be put on trial very soon for the ‘vicious mass killings’ being carried by joint forces across the country. The party also threatened that Sheikh Hasina will be made…
At least five people suffered burn injuries when miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at a commuter train in Sreepur upazila here on Monday amid the ongoing 72-hour hartal and nonstop transport blockade enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.
Nipah virus has claimed the lives of three people, including two children, in Manda upazila of the district in nine days till Friday. The victims are Apple Mahmud, 11, son of Moklesur Rahman, and Kawser Ali, 13, son of Abdul…
A petition was filed with a Dhaka court against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and three others on charge with criminal solicitation in connection with the killing of people in blockade violence. The three other accused are BNP standing committee member…
Three persons were killed and five other injured ,two of them seriously, in a road accident on the Bogra-Nagarbari Highway at Parkula Bazar area under Shahjadpur upazila of the district on Monday morning. he deceased were identified as Ibrahim Hossain,…
A Jamaat leader, who was arrested after a clash with police at Bakua village in Ullahpara upazila on Sunday, died at Sirajganj General Hospital early Monday. The deceased was identified as Saidul Islam, 48, secretary of Bakua union unit of…
Rail communication to and from the port cit of Chittaong has remained suspended since 4 am on Monday as the engine and two bogies of the Nasirabad Express Train coming from Mymensingh derailed at Mirsarai due to removal of some…
Bangabir Kader Siddiqui who along with leaders of his Krishak Sramik Janata League are staging sit-in near his party office in Motijheel in the capital on Sunday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to sit in the negtiating table to resolve…
The first day of the 72-hour nationwide hartal, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance alongside its ongoing nonstop transport blockade demanding restoration democracy and people’s voting right, passed off amid stray incidents of violence on Sunday. The shutdown programme that…
Criticising the perception of Islamic banking, Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Sunday termed it ‘fraudulent’ one set up on ‘wrong perception’. Responding to a question from Habibur Rahman Mollah (Dhaka-5) in parliament, he said, “The system appears to me absolutely…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday day reiterated her call to BNP-Jammat to refrain from blasting bombs and burning people or else be burnt in the fire of the people’s wrath. “We are trying our best to restore peace in…
Bnp joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi who was arrested from a Baridhara house on Friday night has been placed on three-day remand in a case of arson and setting fire. The remand was granted by the Additional Chief Metropolitan…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) yesterday threatened to continue non-stop hartal and blockade programme, if all communication systems including internet, telephone and cable networks are not restored in BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office immediately. “The not-stop hartal and blockade programmes…
A political activist was killed in a reported ‘gunfight’ in the Rupnagar Area of Mirpur on Saturday night. The young man has been identified as Emadullah (20) of Baniarpar in Jamalpur district.
Ruhul Kabir Rizvi who was arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion has been handed over the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. The joint secretary general of the Bnp Rizvi had been issuing press release and making statements on the…
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia termed the disconnecting of power supply to her Gulshan office as ‘despicable cruelty’ and violation of human and citizen’s rights. The BNP chief made the remarks on Saturday afternoon while speaking to her party functionaries, who…
BNP’s executive committee member Khaleda Yasmin and six women lawyers of the Jatoyatabadi Ainjibi Forum were arrested by police from in front of the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office on Saturday evening as they came out after supplying candles as power…