Category: Lead News

After toying with options, the Election Commission has finally decided to retain powers to disqualify candidates who violate poll regulations and code of conduct.

Fatikchhari  – Urging people not to be confused by the opposition’s propaganda, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon them to vote for her party in the next general election to maintain peace and pace of development and eradicate…

Khulna – BNP standing committee member Tariqul Islam on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is trying to retain power skipping the polls.

Law Minister Shafique Ahmed on Thursday stressed increasing inter-state cooperation to eradicate terrorism by putting an end to financing of criminal activities.  “Some organisations are carrying out terrorist activities in the country after receiving money and training abroad,” he said.

Dhaka – BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah on Thursday said they will not allow the next national election to be held under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

A Dhaka court on Thursday summarily dismissed a case hours after it was filed against Textiles and Jute Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui.   Supreme Court lawyer Gazi Quamrul Islam Sajal filed the case with the Chief Judicial Magistrate in the morning…

Allowing a defence plea, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday refrained from passing order as to whether it would indict detained Mir Quasem Ali, a Jamaat-e-Islami policymaker, for ‘committing crimes against humanity’ during the 1971 Liberation War.

Bangladesh requested the authorities of Facebook, a popular social network platform globally, to provide information about 12 Bangladeshi users within six months that ended in June last. This was revealed in a global government’s request report of Facebook released on…

Getting back the money siphoned off by Khaleda Zia’s son Arafat Rahman Coco is nothing but a ‘government drama’, the BNP has alleged.

India’s failure to implement the Teesta river water-sharing deal and ratify Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh in the past four years has irked Communications Minister Obaidul Quader.

BNP standing committee member Tariqul Islam on Wednesday alleged that the government is conspiring to arrest their party chairperson Khaleda Zia and senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman ahead of the national election.

The Obama administration is still defining the central objectives of a potential military strike on Syria and considering possible Syrian government responses, even as U.S. intelligence agencies prepare additional evidence to show the Bashar Assad government’s responsibility for last week’s…

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard pushed back 11 Rohingyas to Myanmar early Wednesday when they were trying to intrude into Bangladesh through the sea in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district.

Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) intruded into Bangladesh territory and exploded sound bombs at Malkadanga Paharipara in Boda upazila on Wednesday.

Five Bangladeshi asylum seekers in Australia have been transferred to Papua New Guinea (PNG) from Australia as per Australia’s new regional settlement arrangement with the PNG, said an official at the Foreign Ministry here on Wednesday.

Bangladesh Primary Teachers’ Association (BPTA) on Wednesday threatened to enforce an indefinite strike from September 15 if their three-point demand is not met by September 14.  

Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced a Senior Judge to four years in prison in a case filed for carrying 342 bottles phensedyl syrup. Judge Ruhul Ameen of the Second Additional Metropolitan Session’s Judge Court of Dhaka pronounced…

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said it is the government that can break the present political deadlock either through holding talks or reinstating the caretaker government system at its own initiative.

Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Tuesday said BNP and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami have become desperate to return to power by unleashing militancy in the name of religion.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) claims to have information indicating leaders of both the ruling Awami League and the opposition BNP have been involved in money laundering, Chairman Md Badiuzzaman said on Tuesday asserting he was unbiased and treated all political…

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has said he will vote for those who will restore peace in the country.

Senior Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed on Tuesday said his party will not go to Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus for talks to resolve the ongoing political crisis as he is not an impartial person.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited her Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang to visit Bangladesh at a convenient time.

A Supreme Court lawyer has issued a legal notice asking teenager Oishy Rahman, accused for murdering her parents, to be transferred to prison from a correctional home where she is now being held.

Reiterating that there is a need for holding the next polls under a non-party caretaker government, Dr Mohammad Yunus on Monday said he is ready to gladly speak to the government if it wants to know his views about the…

Accusing BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia of creating anarchy and problems, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the opposition leader does not believe in peaceful transfer of power.

Opposition BNP on Monday warned that a deep constitutional crisis will be created in the country if UN secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s proposal for talks over the next polls fails.  

The war crimes trial proceedings was stalled for at least 15 minutes on Monday as lawyers on both sides exchanged a flurry of words during the cross-examination of a prosecution witness against accused Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami.

Torrential rains lashed the city on Monday evening leaving the traffic in collapse and the normal life in disarray as many streets went under knee-deep waters.  

Voicing deep concern over the widespread use of illegal drugs, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Monday urged the government to assign the army to stamp out drug peddlers to save the young generation.