Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-Ul-Alam Hanif has dismissed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s warning that the situation may go out of control if fresh election is delayed. “The government is not afraid of Khaleda Zia’s warning as it knows about…
Heavy rainfall on Saturday afternoon brought respite to Dhaka dwellers. Most areas of the country received rainfall, due to a low pressure over Bay of Bengal, said the met office. According to the latest weather forecast, the country might see…
At least 17 people were killed and 27 others injured in separate road accidents at different parts of the country on Saturday. According to reports reaching the UNB news desk, the accidents were reported from Bagerhat, Comilla, Savar of Dhaka,…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday reiterated her demand for holding immediately the parliamentary election under a non-partisan government saying that if it is too late the situation may go out of control. “The prime minister will have to bear a…
The scheduled rally of nationalist lawyers in the Supreme Court premises was obstructed by police on Saturday morning. Police prevented lawyers coming from different parts of the country from entering the SC compound, and also broke the podium of the…
The fire that erupted at Chandpai Range of the Sundarbans East Zone on Wednesday afternoon was finally brought under control on Friday. Morelganj upazila fire station officer M Ariful Haque told UNB that the fire is now totally under control…
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president Col (retd) Oli Ahmed on Friday said the Awami League has been running the country with relatives and henchmen, not public representatives. “The faces of the ministers show disappointment as they fear the incumbent government…
Amid the allegation that the fabrics imported for the cent percent export-oriented garment industries under the bonded warehouse system are often smuggled out, the government is planning to slash the supplementary duty (SD) on import of fabrics in a bid…
Lawyers community under the banner of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum will hold a rally at Supreme Court premises at 10:00am on Saturday protesting the increasing incidents of killing, enforced disappearance and abduction across the country. Lawyers from across the country will…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here for Japan on Saturday midnight on a four-day official tour, which is expected to usher in a new horizon in the Bangladesh-Japan relationship. This will be also Hasina’s first bilateral visit to the country…
A van driver was shot dead and several other people were injured in a gunfight between activists of Awami League and BNP at Amishapara Bazar in Sonaimuri upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Zaber, son of Montajul Hoque…
Alleging that Awami League MP Shamim Osman was involved in the sensational seven murders, Santras Nirmul Toki Manch, an anti-terrorist local organisation, on Friday demanded his immediate arrest. “The recorded conversations between Shamim Osman and Nur Hossain over the brutal…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday demanded formation of a commission to investigate all the incidents of killing, forced disappearance and abduction taken place recently across the country. She came up with the demand while addressing a press conference at…
Police on Thursday stopped a rally organised by BNP’s Dhaka metropolitan chapter in protest against a spate of abductions and murders. The rally was to start at 4pm on Thursday at the auditorium of Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) and…
The Cabinet Purchase Committee on Thursday approved a Chinese company’s tender proposal for the construction of Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project involving Tk 12,133 crore. China Major Bridge Engineering Co. Ltd has submitted the proposal for the construction work of the…
District Awami League general secretary and MP of Feni-2 constituency Nizamuddin Hazari on Thursday alleged that Joynal Hazari was involved in the murder of Fulgazi upazila parishad chairman Ekramul Haque Ekram. Nizamuddin Hazari blamed Joynal Hazari in a written statement…
US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena on Thursday urged the government to conduct thorough, timely and credible investigations into all alleged human rights violations and abuses, including allegations against members of Rab for committing abuses and misconducts. “I continue…
A court here on Thursday placed former Rab officials — Tareque Sayeed Mohammad and Arif Hossain — on a fresh eight-day remand in connection with the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case. Senior Judicial Magistrate KM Mahiuddin passed the order when Detective…
Attackers have crashed two cars into shoppers at a market in the Xinjiang capital, Urumqi, and thrown explosives, killing 31 people, Chinese reports say. One of the vehicles exploded in the attack, which happened on Thursday morning. More than 90…
Chairman of Phulgazi Upazila Parishad Ekramul Haque, who was shot and burnt to death on Tuesday, was a victim of upazila unit of Awami League intra party feud, says BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. “The government is…
A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred recording the depositions of the witnesses in the two graft cases against BNP Chief Khaleda Zia and others. Judge of Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-3, Basudeb Roy deferred the new date to June 19 after…
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started collecting information and documents to launch inquiry into wealth of Noor Hossain, the prime accused in the Narayanganj seven murders, based on allegations against him of amassing huge wealth. “The commission started the task…
Midterm election could be held in the country through talks if all political parties agree, says opposition leader Rawshan Ershad. She made this comment while exchanging views with journalists at Media Centre of Jatiya Sangsad in the city. The opposition…
The country’s per capita income has now increased to $ 1180 from $ 1044, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said on Wednesday. The Planning Minister revealed this after a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec)…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday turned down the pleas of BNP standing committee members Barrister Moudud Ahmed and Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain to quash the trial proceedings against them in two graft cases. A four-member Appellate Division bench, headed by…
A case was filed against 36 people, including BNP-backed Fulgazi upazila chairman candidate Mahtabuddin Chowdhury Minar, in connection with the killing of the upazila’s chairman Ekramul Haque Ekram. The election was held in the upazila on March 23. The victim’s…
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed a case against deputy general manager (sacked) of Sonali Bank AKM Azizur Rahman for providing false information in his wealth statement hiding an amount of Tk 1.71 crore. ACC deputy assistant director and investigation officer…
Another case was filed against Narayanganj city councillor Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the seven-murder case, and five of his associates on charge of killing a schoolboy about eight years ago. Kazi Aktar Hossain, father of victim Tipu Sultan,…
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Tuesday refuted the rejoinder issued by Dr Kamal Hossain & Associates on Monday, saying it tried to suppress the truth and was a heinous act to distort history. The PMO, in a rejoinder signed…
A Dhaka court on Tuesday framed charge against juvenile Khadiza Akter Sumi, domestic help of slain Special Branch Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Begum in a case filed in connection with the murder of the couple. Judge Zakia…