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Former Minister Barrister Nazmul Huda on Monday proposed the name of lone independent Member of Parliament (MP) Engineer Fazlul Azim as the Prime Minister of the poll-time interim government.

The first day of the 60-hour countrywide shutdown, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance, was marked by incidents of violence, clashes, vandalism and crude bomb blasts across the country, leaving at least five people killed.

With the country’s political situation getting complicated, opposition BNP on Sunday turned skeptical about the government’s sincerity about reaching an understanding over the election cabinet through talks because of its ‘continued repressive acts’.

Voicing optimism over holding dialogue between the two major political parties for the formation of an election-time government, Agricultural Minister Matia Chowdhury on Sunday said the basis of the talks will be the constitution.

Voicing concern over countrywide violence and deaths, the USA on Sunday urged the major parties in Bangladesh to engage in constructive dialogue to find an agreed way forward to hold free, fair and credible elections.

The Election Commission still looks for a political compromise to complete the change to the election code of conduct as the countdown for the 10th parliamentary election began on Sunday.

Finance Minister AMA Muhtih on Sunday placed in Parliament the much talked about ‘Grameen Bank Bill 2013’ seeking to abolish the military government promulgated ‘The Grameen Bank Ordinance 1983’ and make the law more time befitting. The bill also seeks…

The Prime Minister has fired Awami League’s Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif as her Special Assistant.

Apparently turning down Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s offer to have a dialogue over the current political crisis on Monday, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday said she would sit with her after the end of their scheduled hartal programme.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is upset and concerned after the BNP rejected her dinner invitation to Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia and refused to withdraw the shutdown.

The BNP-led 18-party alliance is set to enforce a 60-hour nonstop countrywide hartal from 6am on Sunday despite the Prime Minister’s request to the opposition leader to withdraw the shutdown. The hartal programme will end at 6pm on Tuesday.

Executive Director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Prof Iftekharuzzaman on Saturday said the telephonic conversation between two top leaders has opened up a ‘bright and big chance’ for an amicable solution, and there will be nothing left except uncertainty if…

Refuting the opposition’s claim that the government will be illegal after October 27, Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Saturday said the present government will remain valid till January 24 next year.

Dhaka – Country’s apex trade body — FBCCI — on Saturday urged the opposition parties to call off their 60-hour hartal for the sake of the economy and keeping the investment unhurt.

Bangladesh must move forward with the target of an integrated human development rather than feeling complacent about some success in terms of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), said chairman of Palli Karma-Shahayak Foundation (PKSF) and noted economist Qazi Kholiquzzaman…

Giving the government until tomorrow (Saturday) to initiate dialogue over the polls-time nonpartisan cabinet, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday said they will enforce a 60-hour non-stop countrywide hartal from 6am on Sunday if the regime does not respond.

Six people were killed and many more injured as BNP-Jamaat activists clashed with Awami League men and law enforcers in Chandpur, Cox’s Bazar and Nilphamari on Friday.

Urging BNP to call its 60-hour countrywide strike off, Awami League presidium member Mohammad Nasim on Friday said the government wants a fair election with the participation of all parties.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally invite BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for a dialogue any moment, Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu has said.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has supported the trials of ‘war criminals’ on principle, but blamed the special tribunals as partisan.

In a span of four hours, the city residence of Dhaka district BNP president Abdul Mannan came under crude bomb and gun attacks twice on Friday.

Women are more exposed to drinking arsenic contaminated water than men, according to a recent study.

Tension has gripped the country over a possible face-off between the ruling Awami League and the main opposition BNP, as both parties have planned for rallies on Friday in four cities, including capital Dhaka.

Minutes after police allowed the opposition BNP to hold its Oct 25 rally at Suhrawardy Udyan, the party has asked for clearance to hold it in front of its Naya Paltan headquarters.

Opposition leader and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday said the Awami League-led grand alliance government to be illegal from tomorrow (Friday) as its term expires today (Thursday).

Ruling Awami League workers will be out on the streets of capital Dhaka to resist what they describe as any ‘disorder’ by opposition BNP activists during their party’s rally on Friday.

Border Guard Bangladesh will be patrolling streets in Dhaka and Narayanganj from Thursday evening amid the country’s two major political parties’ competing political programmes. BGB’s Public Relations Officer Mohsin Reza confirmed bdnews24.com about them patrolling the streets.

Amid growing fear of violence following counter programmes of the two political camps, local administrations have imposed Section 144 in a number of places across the country on Thursday.

A Dhaka court on Thursday rejected the case main opposition BNP filed against the deputy commissioner (DC) and assistant deputy commissioner (ADC) of Motijheel Zone today on charge of attempting to murder two security personnel of the party Chairperson Khaleda…

A meeting of US ambassador Dan W Mozena with Indian High Commissioner Pankaj Saran at latter’s residence on Tuesday night fuelled speculations that the world’s lone Super-power wanted to take India into confidence and help a process of dialogue to…