Category: Lead News

Dhaka – At least six people were killed as Jamaat-Shibir men went berserk at different parts of the country, including the capital, on Friday following Thursday night’s execution of condemned Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah.

Dhaka – Voicing grave concern over the ongoing political crisis, civil society members at a dialogue here on Friday stressed the need for an immediate initiative by senior citizens to make the ‘silent  majority’ vocal to establish real democracy in…

Dhaka – A record number of 104 candidates, mostly Awami League hopefuls, are set to be elected unopposed in the January-5 national election as the BNP-led 18-party alliance is boycotting the polls.

Dhaka – Condemned Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general Abdul Quader Mollah, was hanged at Dhaka Central Jail at 10:01 pm Thursday. “Quader Mollah has been hanged at 10:01 pm,” IGP Prisons Main Uddin Khandaker told journalists after the execution.

The lawyer of Abdul Quader Molla has expressed dissatisfaction over the dismissal of Jamaat-e-Islami leader’s petition to review his death sentence by the Chief Justice-led Appellate Division bench.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has announced four-day programmes including enforcing a daylong countrywide hartal on Sunday protesting the execution of party leader Abdul Quader Mollah.

Leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia on Thursday called upon the government to widen the path for dialogue and consensus between the government and the opposition by suspending the election schedule, releasing of opposition leaders and activists and stopping killing,…

Dhaka – Kazi Zafar Ahmed,  the sacked senior presidium member of Jatiya Party, on Thursday night alleged that UN Assistant Secretary General Oscar Fernández Taranco’s initiative for a compromise between the ruling and opposition camps has failed due to the…

Four people, including two BNP leader, were killed and 40 others injured in firing by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members on the opposition activists in the district town on Thursday morning.   Three of the deceased were identified as local BNP…

Greenwatch Report The most contentious point in political discourses of the time hovering over the credibility gap between the government and the opposition is the creation of a ‘level playing field’ for the next elections. The main opposition wants the…

Dhaka – Leaving a note for Bangladeshi leaderships that the solution has to be a homegrown one, UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernández Taranco on Wednesday urged both the ruling and opposition camps in Bangladesh to continue…

Dhaka, Dec 11 (UNB) – US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday phoned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and welcomed the dialogue between the ruling Awami League and opposition BNP under the supervision of UN Assistant Secretary General for Political…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and thanked her for extending cooperation to Oscar Fernandez Taranco to mediate talks between the two major parties. He hoped that Bangladesh’s general elections will be inclusive and held in…

Dhaka – The ruling Awami League on Wednesday reaffirmed its determination to hold the next general election on January 5. The firm resolve came from a meeting of some senior AL leaders held with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her…

BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan has said there is no fruitful progress in the talks so far held with the government and warned that the movement for free and fair election would continue until any visible progress developed…

Dhaka – Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on Wednesday told the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court that the Constitution has curbed the right of the person convicted of crimes against humanity during the 1971 Libration War to seek review his…

Bangladesh’s Inspector General of Prisons has been transferred barely five days after an Additional Secretary had been thrust into the job.

Dhaka –The Supreme Court on Tuesday night stayed the execution order of Abdul Quader Mollah until 10:30am Wednesday. Chamber Judge Syed Mahmud Hossain came up with the stay order following his counsel’s appeal.

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernández Taranco on Tuesday said his four days’ efforts to break the political deadlock over the general election in Bangladesh have yielded some positive development as both the parties have agreed to engage…

Dhaka – Acknowledging its meeting with a BNP delegation, the ruling Awami League on Tuesday said in the much-expected parley it emphasised stopping violence, acts of destruction and sabotage and anarchy in the country to create a proper atmosphere for…

BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Tuesday said they will have more meetings for talks with the ruling party to break the ongoing political deadlock.

The Awami League will not accept any attempt to hold the parliament polls without Sheikh Hasina as head of the government, said the party’s presidium member Mohammad Nasim.

Dhaka – Calling upon the government to take effective steps for resolving the ongoing political crisis, opposition BNP on Tuesday warned that they will not allow an empty train of one-party polls reaching its destination.

A court of Dhaka on Tuesday placed Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) President Abdul Quader Bhuiyan Jewel and Senior Vice-President of JCD Dhaka City (North) Sharif Uddin Jewel on six days’ remand in two cases filed with Motijheel Police Station in…