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The Supreme Court has thrown out a plea to freeze the High Court’s verdict that declared as illegal and void Jamaat-e-Islami’s registration as a political party.

The High Court has summoned Jamaat-e-Islami Acting Secretary General Rafiqul Islam Khan and Central Publicity Department chief Mohammad Ibrahim, asking them to explain why calling strikes against its verdict that cancelled the party’s registration with the Election Commission should not…

Four leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), including its suspended central leader Saiful Alam Limon, were released on bail on Sunday in a double-murder case.  

Border Security Force (BSF) along the Bangladesh border in Tripura has been put on high alert after a group of around 500 villagers had tried to sneak into India.

Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy says he has received a tweet that wishes death for his mother, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina much like her father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said the government won’t change their mentality anymore as they have already taken decision.

BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Sunday rejected the Prime Minister’s remark that the opposition’s destructive programmes were responsible for declining the passage per cent of this Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations.

President of Bikalpadhara Bangladesh Prof Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Sunday alleged that the recent statement of the Election Commission proved that it has been politicised.

Former MP KM Hemayet Ullah Auranga who was killed along with four others in a road accident on Saturday was buried at the Intellectuals’ graveyard in Dhaka city on Sunday. Five people, including former MP KM Hemayet Ullah Auranga, were…

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam on Saturday said the ruling party will not be able to resist its debacle with its ‘new commander’ as he has no link with the country and its people.   

Awami League general secretary and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Saturday said the government has no plan to ban the Islamist party.   

BNP standing committee member barrister Moudud Ahmed on Saturday said the High Court verdict declaring Jamaat’s registration illegal will not cast any negative impact on the unity of the 18-party alliance.   

Citizens groups, workers organisations at a programme here on Saturday expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of information on the dead and the survivors of the Rana Plaza collapse.

Global climate change is increasing Bangladesh’s vulnerability to floods and raising the potential for infectious disease outbreaks, says the latest Health and Science bulletin of the icddr,b.   

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday held the opposition BNP and Jamaat responsible for the declining rate of pass percentage in this year’s HSC and equivalent examinations.

Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus has called upon the people to come forward and save the country from nightmare. He said the government’s suggestion to nationalise Grameen Bank or to split the bank into 19 pieces was unacceptable. “Grameen Bank…

Although he declined to make any comment about the High Court verdict that declared illegal registration of Jamaat-e-Islam, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said his party is always against banning any political party.   

Over two and half years into the incident, the trial of the murder of Bangladeshi girl Felani is going to begin on August 13 at a court constituted by Indian Border Security Force (BSF).

Jatiya Party Presidium Member Kazi Zafar Ahmed on Friday called upon the Prime Minister not to push the country towards a civil war.

In the wake of the High Court’s verdict declaring illegal the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Friday said the Islamist party has no right to stay in Bangladesh.

The Jamaat-e-Islami has demanded outlawing the Awami League and its associate fronts, a day after the High Court cancelled its registration, giving rise to widespread calls to ban it.

The BNP has again warned of ‘tough’ street protests after the Eid-ul-Fitr to press for the restoration of a non-party caretaker administration to oversee the national elections.

Minister without portfolio Suranjit Sengupta said regarding the killing of Juba League leader Jahid Siddiqui Tarek in ‘crossfire’, that Awami League does not support extra judicial killing.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday called a two-day countrywide hartal for August 12 and 13 protesting the “government conspiracy and plot” to eliminate the party.

Today is the International Al-Quds Day.

BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah on Thursday urged former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque to stay aside from the Law Commission as its chairman. 

At least 10 people went missing as they jumped into the sea off a trawler in Sandwhip upazila on Thursday for fear of vessel capsize.   

State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives adv Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Thursday said the land on which Rana Plaza had been built cannot be returned to Rana as the garment workers bloodspots are there in the site.   

The High Court on Thursday declared the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami illegal as political party.

Zahid Siddique Tarek, the alleged killer of Juba League leader Reazul Haque Milki, has been killed in a so-called `crossfire` with RAB. Rapid Action Battalion’s intelligent wing Director Lt Col Ziaul Ahsan has confirmed bdnews24.com about the incident. The official…