Speakers at a day-long conference on environment in Dhaka on Saturday underlined the need for concerted efforts to ensure the implementation of laws for safeguarding the environment keeping in view the fact that those violating law become more powerful and…
Eminent film director and producer Chashi Nazrul Islam died at a city hospital on Sunday morning. An Ekushey Padak and National Film Award winner Chashi Nazrul Islam was 74. Shahadat Setu, assistant of the noted film maker, said Nazrul, who…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) yesterday reiterated that the information about the telephonic conversations between BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah was cent percent correct. BNP chairperson’s press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan in statement issued…
Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif on Saturday said a movement cannot be carried out by carrying out sniper attacks and strongly criticised the BNP for its ongoing countrywide transport blockade. “Sniper attacks only create panic in public minds……
It has been a week since BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been confined to her office in Gulshan, Dhaka. Khaleda found herself stuck in the office after announcing an agitation plan to mark the first anniversary of the last general…
Shushasoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan), a rights body, on Saturday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to engage in dialogue to beak the present political standoff over a fresh national election. “The initiative has to come first…
Voicing apprehension that the government might carry out ‘subversive’ acts over the 20-party’s ongoing non-stop blockade programme, BNP on Saturday asked its leaders and activists to remain alert about it. “This regime is carrying out acts of sabotage at different…
The “Akheri Munajat” (concluding prayer) of the first phase of Biswa Ijtema on the banks of the river Turag at Tongi will be offered tomorrow, ending the three-day annual Muslim congregation. Tens of thousands of the Muslims from home and…
Gias Uddin (45) a Ward Bnp leader of the of Shyampur Taltala area under Kadamtali police station in Dhaka city was seriously injured when police opened fire from shotgun as reportedly pro-blockade activists were preparing to do picketing at about…
The fourth day of countrywide blockade programme passed off amid stray incidents of violence of setting fire to and damaging vehicles, clashes between police and pro-blockade activists in different parts of the country leaving around 100 people injured. The blockade…
New York – The Bangladesh government should immediately end its use of excessive force, stop arbitrary arrests of members of opposition parties, and lift restrictions on the media, Human Rights Watch said on Friday. Hundreds of opposition activists, including from…
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed yesterday called upon the people and leaders and activists of the 20-party alliance to make the blockade of road, rail and waterways a success applying their all forces and with courage. “The…
Police have brought charges of sedition against BNP leader Tarique Rahman and Ekushey Television Chairman Abdus Salam. A case was filed on Thursday over live telecast of a speech the BNP’s senior vice-chairman delivered in a programme at London three…
Sri Lanka’s long-time leader Mahinda Rajapaksa has admitted defeat in the presidential election, his office says. President Rajapaksa has dominated politics for a decade, but faced an unexpected challenge from his health minister Maithripala Sirisena. The statement said Mr Rajapaksa…
‘Bangladeshi authorities must investigate the killing of protesters and release prisoners , including a prominent journalist and an opposition leader, arrested this week as part of an apparent crackdown against the opposition Bangladesh National Party (BNP),’ Amnesty International said. In…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on late Wednesday night urged all to continue the countrywide nonstop blockade till victory. She said this when a 5-member team of professionals including former Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University and Journalist Union president Shaukat Mahmud…
Law Minister Anisul Huq today strongly condemned the bomb and arson attack on the residence and village home of the High Court Justices who passed an interim order not to broadcast or publish statement of fugitive accused BNP vice-chairman Tarique…
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh Prof Dr Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday called upon the government to hold dialogue with the all opposition parties to resolve the current political impasse. He made the call at a press statement issued on Thursday while…
President of Bharatiya Janata Party Amit Shah has enquired the health condition of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia over telephone. Briefing reporters BNP chairperson’s press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan Sohel yesterday said Amit Shah made a telephone call to Khaleda Zia…
Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB) yesterday said that pepper spray on BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was the violation of Chemical Weapon Convention and the High Court prohibition not to use it. Leaders of the DAB, a pro-BNP professional organisation, made…
The banks in Bangladesh were on Thursday issued guidelines to assess risks of money laundering and terrorist financing in their operations, and were given by three months to complete such assessment 31 March. The output of this assessment will be…
Accusing the government of trying to confuse people by carrying out a false campaign that the 20-party’s blockade programme is going to be postponed, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has called upon all to continue it without any pause. “Besieged Khaleda…
Sri Lanka went to the polls Thursday in its tightest election in decades, with its strongman president battling for survival after accusations of corruption and a failure to bring about national reconciliation. Mahinda Rajapakse appeared assured of victory when he…
At least 25 passengers have been injured as the engine and 6 bogies of the Chittagong bound Udayan inter-city train from Sylhet derailed in Moulvibazar on Wednesday midnight. According to some sources fish plates of the rail track were missing.…
Three people were killed and 27 vehicles were either torched or damaged across the country on Wednesday, the second day of the countrywide indefinite transport blockade enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance. The killings were reported from in Noakhali and…
The Shela river inside the Sunderbans was opened to movement of water transport vessels barely a month from the oil spill disaster that occured early last month. Environmentalists had been demanding closure of the route through the Sunderbans with a…
BNP joint secretary general Rizvi Ahmed yesterday said the 20-party’s countrywide non-stop blockade would continue until they take a fresh decision in this regard. “The blockade programme will continue until further announcement,” Rizvi said while talking to some journalists at…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Wednesday) allowed police to quiz BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at the jail gate within 10 working days. Magistrate Md Tareq Mainul Islam Bhuiyan of the court passed…
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday said the countrywide transport blockade will continue until their 20-party alliance takes a fresh decision in this regard. The BNP leader came up with the announcement at a press briefing at…
The High Court on Wednesday issued a rule as to why directive should not be issued not to give media coverage to statements of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, living in London since September, 2008. An HC division bench comprising…