Category: Lead News

Dhaka – Voicing concern over the recent inauguration of projects by the Anti Corruption Commission chairman, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the ACC leadership to avoid such matters of conflict of interest.

This year’s Biswa Ijtema has ended with the Akheri Munajat (final prayers) seeking world peace. Hundreds of thousands of devotees reached Tongi on the banks of Turag River to attend the final prayers. It is the second biggest Muslim congregation…

Rajshahi – Over 60 Rajshahi University (RU) students were injured, including 30 with bullets, as police swung into action while they were agitating on the campus in protest against fee hike and continuation of evening master’s programmes. The injured were…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the quarters concerned to present the best creations of Bangla language in the world arena through their translation into foreign languages. “I request you to present the best creations of the Bangla language…

Dhaka – Nobel Peace Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus has urged the word business leaders to pursue the kind of business that does not exploit people and harm the planet. “There is a need for bringing human identity back to the…

Dhaka – BNP standing committee member ASM Hannan Shah on Saturday said they want the 11th parliament polls to be held as soon as possible as per the will of the country’s people. “Many ministers are saying that we’re demanding…

The printing press of the daily Inqilab has been unlocked by police on Saturday evening 16 days after putting it under lock and key in the presence of its journalists and employees. With the opening of printing press of there…

Speakers at a human-chain programme in the city on Saturday demanded preparing a national policy to protect climate refugees. Addressing the human-chain programme organized by Network on Climate Change, Bangladesh (NCC,B) in front of the National Press Club, they also…

The spectre of traffic congestion in the capital is only expected to deteriorate further in the days ahead, compounding the daily suffering faced by commuters in one of the most densely-populated megacities of the world.   “I have to spend about…

The traditional month-long Ekushey Book Fair organized by the Bangla Academy begins at 3 pm Saturday. Bangla Academy authorities have taken all-out preparation to arrange the month-long ‘Amar Ekushey Book Fair’ hoping to witness an increased number of participating publishers.…

Thakurgaon – BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said the government is now taking revenge on people by killing and repressing them as they did not vote it in the January 5 parliamentary elections. “The government…

Dhaka – Terming the verdict in the Chittagong arms haul case a farce, BNP on Friday alleged that those seized the arms have been punished, not the smugglers.  “Unfortunately, those who seized the arms have been punished. It’s a farcical…

Gazipur – The second phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after Hajj, will begin on Friday on the bank of Turag River at Tongi on the outskirts of the capital. The second phase of the Ijtema, being…

Dhaka – Terming killings in crossfire militant acts, BNP on Thursday called upon the government to uphold the constitution and the rule of law by stopping extrajudicial killing.

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Thursday said the 10th Parliament is an addition to the march for democracy in the country. Talking to reporters after placing wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mojibur Rahman at Dhanmondi Road No.…

BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir appeared to a Dhaka court on Thursday morning in four separate cases filed with Ramna and Shahjahanpur Police on charges of creating panic and disruption of vehicle movement on the streets.

Dhaka – The High Court on Thursday declared unconstitutional the latest amendment to the Anti Corruption Commission Act curtailing its power. Passing the judgment upon a wit petition, an HC division bench comprising Justice Kazi Reza-Ul Haque and Justice ABM…

Chittagong –A court here on Thursday sentenced 14 people, including Jamaat-e-Islami ameer and war crimes accused Matiur Rahman Nizami and former State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar, to death in the sensational 10-truck arms haul case, after 10 years…

Dhaka – President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday appealed to the parties that boycotted the 10th parliamentary elections to engage in dialogue with the government to help flourish the country’s democracy. He also appealed to such polls-boycotting parties to help build…

The 10th Parliament has been formed through distorted interpretation of the Constitution, the BNP says, calling its members ‘clowns’. “A Parliament has been installed when another is in effect and a cabinet when another is in force,” said party’s acting…

Chittagong – The verdict in the sensational 10-truck arms haul case will be delivered on Thursday. Chittagong Metropolitan Special Tribunal Judge SM Mojibur Rahman will pronounce the verdict after 10 years of the incident.

Dhaka – The BNP-led 19-party alliance will stage rallies across the country on Saturday protesting the law enforcers’ obstruction to their black-flag processions, killing of a BNP leader and attacks on their activists. BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam…

Dr Shirin Sharmin Choudhury  and Mohammad Fazle Rabbi Miah have been elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker unanimously of the 10th Parliament  on Wednesday at its first sitting on Wednesday with the outgoing deputy speaker Shawkat Ali in the chair. The…