Category: Lead News

BNP-led 18-party alliance-backed candidates have won mayoral elections in the four city corporations of Sylhet, Khulna, Rajshahi and Barisal by wide margins.

Awami League presidium member Mohammad Nasim on Saturday alleged that BNP was spreading propaganda after knowing its defeat in the polls to four city corporations.

Some three thousands people were sued by police for their alleged involvement in beating six sea robbers to death in Subarnachar Upazila of the district on Friday.

The BNP-Jamaat nexus cut down some 20,000 trees over the last couple of months in the name of agitations, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday.

The 10th Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting (10WAMM) will be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 17-19 June 2013 in Dhaka under the theme ‘Women’s Leadership for Enterprise’.

The government that will take office over the next fiscal will require to go through a congenial political atmosphere for a satisfactory implementation of the budget proposed for the period, political leaders and economists told a dialogue here on Saturday.

The Election Commission has said free, fair and peaceful polls were in progress at Rajshahi, Khulna, Sylhet and Barisal city corporation polls.

Rights activists at a roundtable discussion here on Monday observed that the recently amended Vested Property Repeal (Amendment) Act 2013 is part of a plot by corrupt land officials to prolong the return of ‘vested property’.

President Barack Obama could soon decide to cut off trade benefits for Bangladesh, in a largely symbolic response to tragedies in the country’s garment sector that have cost more than 1,200 lives in the past eight months.

The BNP-led 18-party backed-mayoral runners of the four city corporations that go to polls on Saturday are confident of coming out winners as they think people are quite likely to demonstrate their grievances against the current regime through the ballot,…

Noakhali – Six suspected sea robbers were killed in a mob-beating in Purbacharbata Union under Subarnochar Upazila of the district on Friday. One of the deceased was identified as Selim alias Jaillago Selim, head of Selim gang. Local sources said…

The main opposition BNP has said the government was refusing to deploy the army in Saturday’s elections to four city corporations in order to enable the ruling Awami-League-led Grand Alliance to ‘manipulate the results’ in favour of its candidates.

All eyes are fixed on four city corporations — Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Sylhet — that go to polls on Saturday as the results will determine the course of politics of both the ruling and opposition camps ahead of the…

Finance Minister AMA Muhith categorically said World Bank’s final report on corruption conspiracy in Padma Bridge project is incomplete, but realistic.

It is not possible to determine right now how many new gas connections will be provided as it will be done after a survey, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Mohammad Enamul Haque told Parliament on Thursday.

Individuals from now on should be careful in posting status, photos and videos on social networking sites including facebook, Twitter and blogs as the government, in its latest move to curb terrorism, has passed the Anti-terrorism (Amendment) Bill-2013.

The government has decided to shift the Biswajit killing case to the Speedy Trial Tribunal for its quick disposal, a prosecution lawyer said on Thursday.

Accusing the ruling party-backed mayoral candidate of crafting a plan to capture polling stations, pro-BNP Sammilita Nagorik Jote-supported mayoral runner Ariful Haque Chowdhury on Thursday reiterated his demand for army deployment during Saturday’s Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) elections.

Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Thursday suggested that the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UNCTED) continues to remain engaged with the Saarc Secretariat towards undertaking some preparatory works for developing a regional action plan or strategy in line with…

A treasury bench member on Thursday said in Parliament that BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman owns eight houses in London and spends huge money on a rented house over there.

Opposition BNP on Wednesday alleged that the government is deeply maneuvering so that the BNP-backed mayoral candidates cannot win the elections to four city corporations slated for June 15.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Parliament on Wednesday said action will be taken as per law against the media if they spread untrue information to create confusion among the people.

Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) reportedly attacked a mobile court of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) while conducting a drive to dismantle illegal billboards at GEC intersection in the city on Wednesday noon.

Indian envoy Pankaj Saran has pointed to an interesting contrast — Bangladesh has concerns over the Tipaimukh hydel project in northeast India but also wants power from it.

Benapole – Two Bangladeshi cattle traders were shot dead and two others injured by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Putkhali border under Benapole Police Station of Jessore early Wednesday.

The government has pushed through Parliament the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2013 to curb terrorism through inter-state cooperation amid a walkout by the opposition MPs.

BNP chairperson Khaleda on Tuesday night sat in a meeting with BNP-minded intellectuals, educationists and other processionals to discuss the country’s overall situation.

A high percentage of summer fruits, including mango, litchi and blackberry, selling in city markets are largely treated with toxic formalin, reveals a study.

The much-talked Teesta Water Sharing deal is going to be signed between Bangladesh and India without any ‘Guarantee Clause”.