The SAARC leaders today expressed their firm determination to deepen regional integration for peace and prosperity in South Asia by intensifying cooperation in trade, investment, finance, energy, security, infrastructure, connectivity and culture. In a 36-point declaration issued after the end…
The Saarc Framework Agreement on Energy Cooperation was signed on Thursday afternoon aimed at trading electricity from one country to another and erecting trans-boundary power grids. All the foreign ministers from the eight Saarc member countries signed the deal on…
Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal will meet BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday evening. The meeting will be held at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan residence at 6pm, her press wing member…
Phillip Hughes could not regain his consciousness after he was struck by a Sean Abbott bouncer in a Sheffield Shield match on Tuesday. Team doctor Peter Brukner confirmed his death. Phillip Hughes was a talented South Australian batsman who scored…
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday threw a challenge to the leaders of ruling Awami League that he would quit politics if the BNP does not win, if the election is held under free and fair manner.…
By Stephen Leahy Uxbridge, Canada (IPS) – This December, 195 nations plus the European Union will meet in Lima for two weeks for the crucial U.N. Conference of the Parties on Climate Change, known as COP 20. The hope in…
State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday said a cyber crimes unit of police will be formed soon for dealing with cyber crimes in the country. “We’re reshuffling the police administration to modernize the force as criminals…
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday called on the SAARC member states to fight to resolve common problems like poverty, rather than fighting against each other. Speaking at the inaugural session of the 18th South Asian Association for Regional…
Bangladesh managed to win the ODI series as well by beating Zimbabwe the third ODI by 124 runs on Wednesday. This is their biggest win over Zimbabwe. Losing the toss, Bangladesh batted first and they batted quite well. Much less…
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said no one will be allowed to do politics over removed minister Abdul Latif Siddique. “It’s under the Speaker’s jurisdiction whether Latif Siddique will remain MP or not. The government has…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday urged all to get united to foil the plots of evil forces of democracy killers and ramarked, democracy is set to slip into a deep hole in the country,. “We all must get united…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that his government is making strong efforts to quickly resolve the land boundary agreement (LBA) and Teesta water sharing issues. Modi was at a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the…
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh yesterday said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and chairman of Jatiya Party HM Ershad would be identified to the nation as “villain.” “Sheikh Hasina and Ershad will be treated as villain in the history as…
Members of a joint force have rescued three forest officials, who were reputedly kidnapped by miscreants from Harikata of Langadu upazila, from Naniachar of the upazila 19 days after the incident. The three forest officials–conservator Farid Mia, range officer Robiul…
BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said the government had to send removed minister Abdul Latif Siddique to jail under people’s pressure. “The illegal regime had tried to make its political gain by bringing him back home but…
A man was killed in a gunfight between two factions of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) over establishing supremacy at Jeeptali Talutdarpara in Baghaichhari upazila on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Shyamol Chakma, 35. Marisha zone BGB officials…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Tuesday) passed orders to exhume the body of Shamarukh Mahjabin Sumi, daughter-in-law of Awami League’s former MP Khan Tipu Sultan of Jessore-5 constituency, for another autopsy. CMM Bikash Kumar Shaha issued…
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday expunged the term “there is no real opposition party in this parliament” mentioned by Rustom Ali Farazi, an independent MP. Talking on a point of order, Farazi said this while criticising Finance Minister for his…
Minister for Finance AMA Muhith yesterday criticized the businessman and industrialists saying that they always speak for reducing bank loan interest rate for betterment of investment but the same persons do not want to reduce this debt rate when they…
A Dhaka court here on Tuesday sent sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique to jail in a case filed for hurting the religious sentiments of Muslims through his blasphemous remarks on Prophet (sm) Hajj and Tablig Jamaat. Metropolitan Magistrate Atiqur Rahman…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred the date to November 30 for passing an order on an appeal filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the High Court verdict that had upheld the charge framing order against her in Zia…
Six people were killed and four others injured as a truck crashed into a human hauler carrying a group of farm labourers in Kahalu upazila in Bogra on Monday night. The deceased could not be identified. Witnesses said 10 farm…
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday rejected the view of State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Kamal that taking prior permission from the Speaker is needed to arrest the removed minister Abdul Latif Siddique from outside the parliament premises. “What…
Criticising the government for not taking action against Biman chairman Jamal Uddin Ahmed despite his involvement in various irregularities, including gold smuggling, BNP on Monday wondered why the Prime Minister has been so soft about him and in which interest.…
The three-day People’s SAARC Regional Convergence-2014 concluded in Lalitpur district adjacent to Kathmandu here on Monday adopting a 24-point declaration. “We’ve come together to challenge the systematic and structural marginalisation and exclusion of people through the dominant neo-liberal economic model…
BNP on Monday alleged that sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique who had been staying abroad since his blasphemous remarks against Islam safely came out of the airport on Sunday night with the government’s help despite having arrest warrants. “It’s clear…
Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh on Monday threatened to enforce a daylong countrywide hartal on Thursday if sacked minister Abdul Latif is not arrested by Wednesday for his disparaging remarks against Islam. Hefajat organising secretary Maulana Azizul Haque Islamabadi said that they have…
Md Mobarak Hossain from Brahmanbaria’s Akaura, has been sentenced to death for war crimes during the 1971 Liberation War. The International Crimes Tribunal-1, headed by Justice M Enayetur Rahim, announced his verdict on Monday. Two among the five charges against…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has rejected two leave to appeal petitions BNP chief Khaleda Zia had filed over a case accusing her of graft in the Zia Orphanage Trust. A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice Md…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday night said Awami League has gone mad driven by its thirst for blood. “Awami League has now turned crazy with their thirst for people’s blood. They’re killing people everywhere whenever they get a chance.…