Bangladesh does not get duty free access of the exports to the United States, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said Wednesday. Refuting US Ambassador Dan W Mozena’s claim of zero tariff facility for Bangladesh in the US, Tofail said this in…
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No democracy in Bangladesh, says Ershad
Observing that there is no democracy and good governance in the country, Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Wednesday said they will build a new Bangladesh establishing good governance if his party returns to power. “There’s no democracy in the…
PM hands over national standard to 3 units of EBR
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the members of East Bengal Regiment (EBR) of Bangladesh Army to play their strong role with professionalism and efficiency in building the nation along side protecting national security and integrity. The Prime Minister…
Competent people for good governance if elected: Khaleda
BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Wednesday said that the present government was not only illegal but also s failure in all respects. Because of the posting of incompitent people all state-owned banks have been finished while there was widespread…
JS to thank its Speaker for election as CPA chair
The Parliament which sits for its fourth session Thursday may adopt a thanks giving motion for Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury for being elected as chairperson of the executive committee of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Ruling party whip Atikur Rahman Atik said…
Bangladesh makes brilliant start in third Test
Bangladesh has made a great start in the third test as they scored 303 for the loss of only 2 wickets at the end of day 1. Both the openers Tamim and Imrul went on to score centuries and put…
Warrant against Kader Siddiqui in MK Alamgir libel case
A Dhaka court on Tuesday issued warrant of arrest against Krishak Sramik Janata League president Kader Siddiqui in a defamation case for calling former Minister MK Alamgir a ‘Razakar’. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Masud Sheikh passed the order as…
Halt Kamaruzzaman execution: US
The United States government has called for the execution of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader Md Kamaruzzman to be halted until the proceedings against him ‘can be shown’ to have met the country’s ‘domestic and international obligations,’ leading daily NewAge has reported.…
Bangla-china ties to get boost once BNP is in power: Fakhrul
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the relations between the two countries will get furhter boost if BNP comes to power,” he said while addressing a seminar at Jatiya Press Club in the city. Addressing a…
Russia keen on Dhaka-Moscow direct flight
Russia has expressed interest to launch direct air links with Bangladesh. Russian Ambassador in Bangladesh Alexander A Nikolayev showed his interest in this matter when he met Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon on Tuesday. It has been…
JCD dissidents demand withdrawal of expulsions
The disident leaders of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal yesterday demanded withdrawal of expulsion order against three JCD leaders, removal of BNP student affairs secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie and assistant secretary Sultan Salahuddin Tuku and cancellation of new committee of the…
Rab again: Two alleged bandits killed in ‘encounter’
Two ‘bandits’ have died in an alleged encounter with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at the Sundarbans. Enamul Hawlader alias Daroga, 34, said to be the head of bandit group ‘Daroga Bahini’ and his associate ‘Saiful’, 24, were killed, RAB…
Khaleda asks her advisers to strengthen party base
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday asked party leaders to play their due roles from their respective position to strengthen organisational base of the party. During a meeting with member of her advisory council last night she also called upon the…
Refusal of 7 Nov rally proof of pol intolerence: Hannan Shah
BNP Standing Committee leader Brig (retd) Hannan Shah has said that the rulers do not alllow the opposition to hold 7 November Revolution and Solidarity Day rally in Dhaka or elsewhere in the country because they cannot forget the defeat…
Exports decline in July-Oct period
Exports have declined in the first four months of the current fiscal year compared to the same period in the previous FY. According to the latest data released by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) on Monday, Bangladesh exported goods worth…
Cabinet okays draft of Metro Rail Bill, 2014
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the Metro Rail Bill to give a legal framework to cover the activities of the proposed Metro Rail Project, including its operations and control. The approval was given at the regular weekly…
Khaleda to address rally in Kishoreganj Wednesday
The BNP-led 20-party alliance is all set to hold a public rally in the district town to be addressed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday. The local unit of the 20-party alliance is going to arrange the rally as…
BNP gets tough with student associate JCD dissidents
The BNP has taken a tough stance against its student leaders, who were agitating against keeping them out of the new committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal. The dissident student leaders of JCD, who earlier staged demonstration in front of BNP…
Tear down wall of poverty, Yunus at Berlin Wall fall anniversary
Celebrations marking 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall have concluded with the release of thousands of glowing white balloons into the night sky, fireworks and songs. Some 2 million people gathered in Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate…
World leaders gather in Beijing for Apec summit
Leaders from China, Russia, Japan, the US and other Asia-Pacific states are in Beijing for a two-day summit. Bilateral meetings between top leaders will take place on Monday, followed by a formal leaders’ summit on Tuesday. There is speculation Chinese…
Bangladesh enrols 4.5 million new voters
The Election Commission has registered more than 4.5 million fresh voters in 511 out of the 514 upazilas and thanas across Bangladesh. The figure of new voters is commensurate with the EC’s estimation of finding 46 lakh voters across the…
Noor Hossain sacrifice to inspire freeing democracy: Khaleda
BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Sunday said that democracy freed through a 9-year movement in 1990 has again been chained, and that conspiracies are on to alienate it from the country. The dream of Noor Hossain is yet to…
No dialogue with BNP, no polls till 2019: Tofail
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Sunday ruled out the possibility of dialogue with the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) saying, ‘there can be no dialogue wiith those who had bloods of shaheeds in their hands. There wille be no mid-term…
Sedition complaint lodged against Tarique in Jessore
A sedition case was lodged with a Jessore court on Sunday against BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman for making derogatory remarks about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Advocate SM Afzal Hossain, organising secretary of district Awami League, filed the complaint with…
Govt’s defeat thru movement to take time: Fakhrul
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has defeat of the government through success of movement may take some time. “Today, a democratic government has turned into an autocratic government. They grabbed power illegally. So, it may take some…
Bangladesh ex-judge sent to jail on militancy link charge
A court here on Sunday sent a former assistant judge, who is also an alleged leader of banned Islamist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh, to jail in a case filed in connection with the recovery of jihadi books from his Chittagong…
HRW call Dhaka to halt execution of Kamaruzzaman
New York – The death sentence against Muhammed Kamaruzzman, a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party convicted of war crimes during Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence, should immediately be stayed. Kamaruzzman should be granted a right to appeal against the death…
Why JS power to dismiss judges not illegal: HC
The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain in two weeks why the 16th amendment of the Constitution, which empowered the Parliament to remove Supreme Court judges, should not be declared illegal and unconstitutional. In response…
Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda faces graft case in court
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has appeared in court on Sunday. She has been accused in accused in two cases of corruption for alleged defalcation of money of Zia Orphanage Trust. She left her Gulshan home around 10am for Old Dhaka,…
Bangladesh solar revolution fanfare misses principal actor
The role of the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) has been acclaimed for the installation of three million solar home systems in the country in the last one decade. Amid huge media hype a plan to install another three million…