Category: Lead News

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday proposed forming an all-party election-time government to oversee the next general election but fell short of making it clear who will head the interim administration.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ruled out a return to the caretaker system to conduct the upcoming parliamentary elections.

The BNP will officially respond on Saturday to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s proposal for an all-party interim government to conduct the forthcoming parliamentary polls.

Former caretaker government adviser Akbar Ali Khan has described Prime Minister’s address to the nation as ‘constructive’.

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was not sincere about her proposal for a dialogue with the opposition to resolve the prevailing political impasse.

Over 3.14 lakh people in Bangladesh are today living in conditions of modern slavery, according to Australian-based Walk Free Foundation’s Global Slavery Index.

Bangladesh goes 10 steps up in the Global Hunger Index this year to the 58th position from the 68th last year.

Amid the deepening political crisis over the nature of polls-time government, police have cordoned off the main opposition BNP’s Noyapaltan central office, escalating tension.

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has expressed doubts whether the forthcoming national election in Bangladesh will be peaceful and urged everyone to ‘keep the doors to violence shut’.

At the fag end of her tenure, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to address the nation at 7:30 pm tomorrow (Friday). PM’s press secretary Abul Kalam Azad told UNB on Thursday afternoon that the Prime Minister will address the nation…

The BNP-led 18-party alliance will hold its October 25 rally in the capital, no matter whether the government permits it or not, BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed said here on Thursday.

Sixteen people were killed and many others injured in separate road accidents in different districts during the three-day Eid holiday from Tuesday.

Robbers have looted gold ornaments from a jewellery shop just in front of Sadar Police Station in the district town.

Members of Airport Armed Police (AAP) arrested two people on charge of stealing ready-made garments meant for export at the Cargo Village of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said talks with the opposition over the form of election-time government can take place in Parliament.

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday urged the government to create a congenial atmosphere for the next general election through discussions and said that the opposition does not want any violence in the country.

She says talks could be held with opposition in parliament Describing the opposition’s threat over October 25 rallies as ‘rubbish’, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said there is nothing to be worried about it.

“The BNP is pushing the country towards civil war. The nation is afraid about what might happen in future. The signs are ominous,” Ershad told reporters after attending an Eid congregation in his constituency, Rangpur, on Wednesday.

Joy and celebrations sweep across the country as Muslims mark Eid-ul-Azha, one of the most auspicious festivals in the Islamic calendar, with social visits, outings, dining and other leisure pursuits.

An aircraft crashed into the Mekong river in Laos on Wednesday and 39 people were killed.

The death toll from an earthquake in the Philippines rose to 144 on Wednesday as rescuers dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings including an old church and a hospital.

Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country tomorrow (Wednesday).

The BNP has alleged police have raided the residence of one of its leaders Sadeque Hossain Khoka for the second time after he had called for ‘armed resistance’ against any government attempt to prevent the party’s planned Oct 25 rally…

Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday urged the main opposition BNP to maintain democratic norms in their remarks shunning the language of arms and anarchism.

The BNP has said it would hold its Oct 25 rally in Dhaka ‘at any cost’ and warned the government against trying to thwart it.

Thousands of homebound passengers got stuck on Dhaka-Tangail highway on Tuesday morning as a 50-km long tailback was created on the road due to heavy traffic.

DHAKA: President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will meet people from different walks of life on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Azha.

Pilgrims in their hundreds of thousands thronged Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia from early Monday for the high point of the annual hajj, praying for an end to disputes and bloodshed.

Dhaha – The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country on Wednesday with due solemnity and religious fervour.

Dhaka – BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the anti-Awami League sentiment is developing across the country and the party will face its existence crisis if the people’s demand is not met.