Dhaka – Violence escalated across the country on the third day of the opposition’s nonstop blockade on Friday, two days ahead of the 10th parliamentary elections, leaving two people dead in Dinajpur. Incidents of arson attack, vandalism and crude bomb…
Dhaka – Opposition leader Khaleda Zia on Friday urged the country’s people to fully boycott the January-5 election terming it a farce in the name of polls. “I call upon the country’s people for completely boycotting the stained and farcical…
The Forests and Environment Minister of the poll-time government has said that actions against those responsible for the recent acts of sabotage will be taken after a new government takes over following Sunday’s elections. “After the elections, stern measures will…
As a delegation of opposition MPs sought his intervention in freeing their leader Khaleda Zia from her apparent confinement, PresidentAbdul Hamid on Friday assured them of taking every possible step in this regard in line with the constitution.
India’s relationship with the Awami League had a “historical context”, but the country has always dealt “with the government of the day”, its envoy in Dhaka has said. Pankaj Saran said the Awami League was in the forefront of Bangladesh’s…
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday accused the government of pushing the country towards a civil war in the name of holding a voter less election.
A US-based Foreign Policy magazine has listed Bangladesh among the world’s ten most dangerous regions.
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday sought the intervention of Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury to free leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia from confinement at her Gulshan residence.
Dhaka – Lashing out at the opposition leader again for her disparaging remarks against Gopalganj, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday asked Khaleda Zia not to cause further suffering to the country’s people as they want to get rid of it.
The second day of the nationwide nonstop blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance to resist the January-5 ‘one-sided’ parliamentary polls, was marked by stray incidents of violence on Thursday.
President of Gano Forum Dr Kamal Hossain and general secretary Mostafa Mohsin Montu in a joint statement on Thursday urged the government to postpone January 5 general elections and resolve the political impasse through talks.
Sajeeb Wajed Joy, the son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday blasted the members of civil society who are calling for postponing January 5 general elections.
Dhaka – Opposition BNP on Wednesday alleged that the government has exposed its worst fascist attitude and political bankruptcy by confining the opposition leader to her residence.
Five Indian states, including West Bengal, that share borders with Bangladesh will beef up vigilance at frontiers 24 hours before the Jan 5 elections.
BNP chief Khaleda Zia is not under house arrest, information minister Hasanul Haq Inu has said.
The first day of the countrywide nonstop blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance as its last-ditch effort to resist the January 5 ‘one-sided’ parliamentary polls, passed off peacefully barring some stray incidents of violence that left a Jubo Dal…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday called upon the people to resist those who would try to thwart January 5 general elections, and give them an appropriate lesson.
A local Jubo Dal man was killed and several blockaders were injured in firing by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members in Sadar upazila on Wednesday evening.
The living cost in the capital witnessed a 11 percent rise in 2013 hitting hard the poorer section of the city’s over 1 crore population, according to an annual report released by the Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB).
At least 504 people, including 15 police and two BGB personnel, were killed and over 22,000 injured in political violence in 2013, according to a report of Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a human rights organization.
Dhaka – The BNP-led 18-party alliance is set to enforce a countrywide non-stop road-rail-waterway blockade on Wednesday, the first day of the New Year (2014), in a bid to thwart the January-5 10th parliamentary elections.
Pirganj – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday strongly hit back at opposition leader Khaleda Zia for her disparaging remarks about Gopalganj, the home district of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Voicing disappointment in absence of any political consensus for credible polls in Bangladesh, the USA has reiterated its call for intensifying dialogue efforts among political parties to find a way forward to holding fair elections fulfilling people’s expectations.
A Dhaka court on Tuesday morning issued arrest warrants against six people of Tazreen Fashions, including its Chairman and Managing Director (MD), in 2012.
Despite the increase in input costs in the outgoing calendar year, the country’s farmers maintained the autarky in food grains production as it has been the order over the last few years.
As the government remained rigid with the January 5 polls, US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena on Tuesday renewed his country’s call to Awamni League and BNP to engage in a ‘serious dialogue’ immediately to find an agreed way forward for…
The BNP-led 18-party alliance on Monday announced non-stop blockade programme across the country from 6:00am on Wednesday protesting the government obstruction to organise March to Dhaka for Democracy programme and demanding cancellation of January 5 general elections.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia to stop killing people during agitation. “You can wage anti-government agitation. But make sure people are not killed and children’s education are not hampered by your movement,” she said…
The BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance could not stage any demonstration in the city even on Monday, the second day of its Dhaka March for Democracy programme, due to tied vigilance by law enforcing agencies and ruling party supporters.
Eminent jurist Barrister Rafique-ul-Huq on Monday opted for male leader, not the female one for Bangladesh.