Category: Lead News

Dhaka – Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday said the United States is awaiting an official explanation from the Bangladesh government on the way the January 5 elections are going to be held next year.

Dhaka – The first day of the fresh 72-hour nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance, was marked by stray incidents of violence at different parts of the country on Tuesday, leaving two people dead in Satkhira and…

Dhaka – Calling upon the government to halt the January-5 ‘farcical election’ process, opposition BNP on Tuesday said an opportunity is still there for announcing a fresh election schedule through talks and compromise.

The US believes the dialogue the Awami League and BNP is still open to find a way to hold credible elections even as it is assessing the current political situation.

The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Bangladesh government to publicly order security forces to avoid using lethal or excessive force when dealing with protesters.

Dhaka – Diplomats of the European Union (EU) in Dhaka on Monday did not attend the Victory Day programme in Savar citing a reason of their urgent ‘coordination meeting’ on Bangladesh’s current situation. They joined the reception hosted by the…

At least one person was killed each in Satkhira and Laxmipur when joint forces led by police undertook operations in Satkhira and Laxmipur on Monday night, BBC reported.

Dhaka – The BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance on Monday called another spell of 72-hour nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade from 6am Tuesday to press for cancellation of the Janury-5 polls schedule and arranging an inclusive national election under a non-party and neutral…

The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold another ‘hearing’ on Bangladesh by the third week of January to arrive at a decision if the country continues to reel under violence.

Dhaka – Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam on Monday alleged that opposition leader Khaleda Zia is working as a Pakistani agent.

It is a unique way of celebrating victory and freedom that befits the passions behind the 1971 Liberation War.

At least eight people were killed in Lalmonirhat, Joypurhat and Laxmipur districts as the daylong nationwide hartal, enforced by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the execution of its leader Abdul Quader Mollah, was marked by violent incidents like clashes at different parts…

Dhaka – Alleging that foreign domineering forces are trying to turn Bangladesh into a subservient state, opposition leader Khaleda Zia has urged the country’s people to get united to save the country and free its democracy from the conspirators and the impending…

Leaders of the ruling Awami League have called on party supporters to resist and fight back the violence unleashed by Jamaat-e-Islami, saying they were ‘Pakistani agents’.

Six senior US congressmen have written to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia urging them “to do everything” to prevent violence and hold a free, fair and credible elections.

The BNP has urged the government to stop the process to organise the next general elections without taking the Opposition in.

Jatiya Party leader Kazi Ahmed Zafar has summoned a meeting of the party’s central council. Ahmed proclaimed himself the chairman of the party soon after his parting with Hussein Muhammad Ershad over joining the Awami-league-led polls-time government.

The nation celebrates the 43rd Victory Day tomorrow (Monday), paying rich tributes to the three million martyrs for their supreme sacrifice for the country and with a renewed call for executing all the verdicts against war criminals.

Dhaka – Opposition BNP on Saturday alleged their 300 leaders and activists remained missing since the arrest by law enforcers, including Rab, during the last one month.

Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said her party would have given ‘walkover’ to opposition BNP in some seats if BNP had joined the ‘all-party’ polls-time government.

There will be no need for balloting in 151 constituencies for the January-5 10th parliamentary election as only one valid candidate is found in those seats each after the final scrutiny.

Dhaka – Accusing the government of trying to burry democracy, BNP leaders on Saturday urged the government to back off from its stance to hold one-sided polls and thus avert dire consequences.

Five people, including three BCL activists, were killed and 47 others injured as Awami League men clashed with BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami activists at Ramganj in Sadar upazila on Saturday.

Noakhali – Six activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student ing Islami Chhatra Shibir were killed and over 50 people, including five cops, injured in a fierce clash between law enforcers and activists of the Islamist party in Companyganj upazila…

Bangladesh has requested the Government of India to restrict issuing visas to Bangladesh nationals trying to cross over to West Bengal following sporadic violence and rioting in different parts of the country, says the “Indian Express”.