Garment exporters are now breathing easy as foreign buyers are beginning to return, with Bangladesh getting down to business after a spell of political upheaval. Upset over deadly factory fires, collapsing buildings, raging workers’ unrest over wages, and relentless political…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday termed the party’s tie with Jamaat-e-Islami, country’s largest Islamist party, as nothing but an electoral alliance.“There is huge ideological gap between the BNP and the Jamaat. They (Jamaat) have their own ways of working.…
Dhaka – Recalling the great contribution of late National Professor Dr Nurul Islam to the country’s medical science, physicians and educationists here at a commemorative meeting on Friday demanded installation of his statue at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).…
A controversy is lurking over the role of civil society. Eminent citizens of the country attribute the worsening political stuation to both the lack of tolerance among political leaders and loyalty of civil society members to two major political parties…
Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Khaleda Zia on Friday called upon the people to get ready for waging a tougher movement to defeat the anti-democratic usurper of power in the voter less elections to safe journey of multi-party democracy…
‘Salma’, a woman worker who was miraculously found alive beneath the debris several days after the horrific Rana Plaza building collapse at Savar, has committed suicide. Police said the readymade garment worker, who was just 27, hanged herself on Friday…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will tour Gaibandha on Saturday on a day-long visit to meet the family members of those killed and wounded in the recent polls related violence.
Some 30 teachers of Khulna University (KU) have resigned en masse from 33 administrative posts, including head of department and hall provost, protesting the insult of one of their fellows.
A former Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in the city’s Moghbazar area on Thursday evening.
Reaffirming that those attacked Hindu families after the January 5 polls will be brought to justice, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the government will be tough enough to ensure the security of all faiths, including Hindus.
BNP has formed four teams with professionals to investigate the incidents of repression on minorities, violence, human rights violation and killing and extrajudicial killing that occurred before, during and after the 10th parliamentary polls.
The High Court has granted bail to Bar Council Vice Chairman Khandker Mahbub Hossain in a case of instigating violence.
Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed on Thursday said the paramilitary force would rebuild 65 houses of the minority families, damaged in recent attacks in two upazilas of Jessore after the January 5 parliamentary elections.
Former judge Motahar Hossain, who recently acquitted BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s Tarique Rahman in a money-laundering case, has fled abroad as graft allegations against him have kept on evolving.
Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran on Wednesday urged the government of Bangladesh to lift the ban imposed on hilsa export to India.
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) on Wednesday submitted a nine-point proposal to the government stating that the political parties must shun confrontational politics for economic growth, poverty reduction and employment creation.
BNP standing committee member Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman on Wednesday said they will stage a peaceful revolution in the country for restoring its democracy.
The Election Commission is going to deploy some 300 magistrates to deal with the cases of any possible violence during the first-phase of countrywide upazila elections billed for February 19.
Devotees from the far and wide of Bangladesh and the rest of the world are gathering on the banks of river Turag to take part in Bishwa Ijtema set to begin on Friday.
A court of Dhaka Wednesday rejected the bail petitions of five BNP leaders, including BNP Standing Committee members, MK Anwar and Barrister Moudud Ahmed in three cases filed with Motijheel Police Station in the capital. Other leaders are BNP Standing…
The BNP on Wednesday said that Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam spread falsehood over BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s remarks on joint forces operation in Satkhira and brushed aside the claim to call the same treasonable. “There’s nothing seditious…
Dhaka – Bikalpadhara President Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Tuesday alleged that Awami League has formed a hotchpotch cabinet along with the so-called opposition with a mandate of five percent voters. “Those who are now in power, they’re the players…
BNP on Tuesday alleged that both the government and the opposition have been formed illegally and unethically following the January 5 ‘voter-less farcical’ elections. “The government has been formed illegally and unethically through a questionable, farcical election. The formation of…
Echoing his other cabinet colleagues, Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday said the new government has been elected to work for five years. “The new government is there for five years. The Prime Minister has already said that since BNP…
Dhaka – Police recovered the beheaded body of a young man from the rooftop of traffic police barrack in the capital’s Paltan area on Tuesday. The body of the man, aged around 30-35, could not be immediately identified.
Dhaka – LGRD Minister and Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Tuesday urged Khaleda Zia to apologise to the nation in 24 hours for her remarks over the operation by joint forces in Satkhira.
Dhaka – The High Court (HC) on Tuesday declared illegal the remand order issued by the lower court against BNP chairperson’s adviser and vice-chairman of Bangladesh Bar Council Khandker Mahbub Hossain. A bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Jafar…
Dhaka – The High Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to top five BNP leaders, including its standing committee members Barrister Moudud Ahmed, MK Anwar and Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah, in two cases filed with Motijheel Police Station. The two…
Terming the new government illegal and isolated, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday demanded fresh parliamentary polls as soon as possible under a neutral administration. “I call upon this shameless government to prove its popularity by holding a fresh election…
Issuing a strong note of caution to the militants and terrorists responsible in the recent attacks on minority community and pro-Awami League men, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said no one of them will be spared and everyone will…