Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) president HM Badiuzzaman Sohag on Thursday said BNP will be held responsible if any clash and violence takes place centring BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s rally in Gazipur on Saturday. The BCL president came up with the…
An alleged mugger and an alleged robber were killed in separate incidents of gunfight with law enforces in Pabna and Comilla districts early Thursday. In Pabna, a mugger was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and police at Gokulnagar…
Police took control over Bhawal College Ground on Thursday, amid growing tension over Bangladesh Chhatra League’s stance not to allow BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to attend a rally called by the 20-party alliance on the venue on Saturday. With only…
Two Bangladesh workers have been killed after being trapped in wet concrete following the collapse of a floor being levelled at an LRT terminal construction site in Putra Heights near Petaling Jaya in Malaysia. The bodies of the workers were…
The Christian community across the country is celebrating the holy Christmas today commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ amid festivity and religious fervor. Christians are offering special mass to mark the day. Churches have been illuminated, Christmas trees decorated at…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday asked party leaders to hold Saturday’s scheduled public meeting of 20-party alliance in Gazipur at any cost. She made the directives at a meeting with leaders of Gazipur district unit of BNP at her…
Sixteen people were killed and four others injured in truck accidents in Tangail, Naogaon and Manikganj districts on Wednesday. In Tangail, 10 people, including four members of a family, were killed and three others injured in a fatal road accident…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday night urged the leaders and activists of her party’s labour wing Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal to play a strong role in the ongoing movement to make it a success. She made the call when pro-BNP…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said a process is under way to procure significant amount of military equipment from various countries including China and Serbia to make Army more modern, time befitting and all-round. She stated this while addressing…
Accusing the ruling party activists of attacking their peaceful gathering at Bakshibazar in the capital, BNP on Wednesday announced a countywide demonstration for Friday in protest against the incident. Fakhrul said the programme will be observed in the all district…
The Pir Shaheb of Charmonai, and Amer of Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) Mufti Moulana Syed Rezaul Karim on Wednesday that his party would call rigorous movement including hartal soon of the government does not enact law to punish people committing…
In another controversial decision, the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has relieved Awami League MP Enamul Haque of graft charges. The Commission recently cleared the ruling party MP from the allegation of illegal wealth accumulation worth Tk 213 crore, ACC officials…
At least 50 political workers, most of them belonging to the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and some members of police were injured when members of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, BNPs student associate, met in a clash with Bangladesh Chhatra League,…
Dhaka Central Jail will be shifted to Keraniganj from Lalbagh by June next while nine acres land of the existing prison will be utilized for construction of a park with opening of two museums in central jail for public. Prime…
At least Eight people were killed and 40 injured as a bus lost control and plunged into a roadside ditch at Biswasbari in Rajapur upazila of Barisal district on Tuesday afternoon. Four deceased passengers out of the eight so far…
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a project for Bangladesh Railway (BR) to set up two dual gauge double rail tracks from Akhaura to Laksam aiming to develop rail communication and the Akhaura-Chittagong section…
The Islami Andolan Bangladesh on Tuesday started a road march from capital Dhaka to Rangpur to press the party’s demand for capital punishment against blasphemous utterances. Workers of Islami Andolan assebled at the Suhrawardy Uddyan in the morning before starting…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party has expressed its concern over not getting of justice in the ongoing two much hyped cases against party chairperson and former premier Khaleda Zia. BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expressed the concern at a…
An alleged kidnapper was lynched and three others were injured in a mob attack at Madam Bibirhat in Sitakunda upazila on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Tofazzal Hossain, 30.
A court in Mymensingh on Tuesday sent seven suspected activists of the banned Islamic outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to jail in two explosion cases. Judge of the Mymensingh Cognisance Court-2 Mehnaz Siddiqui passed the order after police produced them…
Former Jatiya Party minister Syed Mohammed Kaiser has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 delivered the verdict in Kaiser’s presence on Tuesday. The tribunal found him guilty in 14 of the…
Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Prof AK Azad Chowdhury on Monday said government university colleges need to be brought under public universities to improve the quality of education alongside reducing session jams at the tertiary level. The UGC…
More courts on Monday issued either arrest warrants or summons against him in separate cases filed for his disparaging remarks about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Besides, freedom fighters staged demonstrations in various places across the country protesting his remarks and…
The BNP’s student front asked the ruling Awami League’s student wing to dare stop Khaleda Zia’s Gazipur rally. Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Sunday said it would not allow Khaleda to hold the Dec 27 rally unless her son Tarique…
Although international donor agencies are concerned about the Sunderbans, the government is still reluctant about protecting the mangrove forest and it is indeed taking steps to destroy it, said a BNP probe body in Bagerhat on Monday. “Even though the…
The BNP-led 20-party alliance will form action committee at each thana in the city from Monday to make the movement for a free and fair poll participated by all political parties a success. “The action committees will implement the programme…
The bodies of four unidentified people, including two of women, were found, along railways, in different areas of the capital in just 24 hours’ time till Monday noon. Sub-inspector Rafiqul Islam of Kamalapur Government Railway Police Station said they recovered…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday directed the law-enforcement agencies for taking stern actions against those indulging in crimes, including terrorism, militancy, drug smuggling and anti-social activities irrespective of their party affiliations. “We must maintain the law and order…stern actions…
An expert team of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reached Mongla Port, Bagerhat on Monday afternoon to assess the impacts of the oil spill caused by the oil tanker crash to the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest. “The…
BNP has decided to stage showdown in the city on Thursday as party chairperson Khaleda Zia will appear before the special court set up at Dhaka Alia Madrasha Ground in charge of Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Cherritable Trust cases,…