Category: Lead News

Several overcrowded boats carrying more than 100 Rohingya Muslims trying to escape an approaching cyclone capsized off the coast of western Myanmar, and only 42 were known to have survived, the United Nations said Tuesday.

Visiting UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco on Monday reiterated the UN call for a meaningful and constructive political dialogue to create conducive conditions urgently to successfully hold election, saying that the ‘time is running out.’ “…the…

In the wake of labour unrest, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Monday decided to keep all the factories at Ashulia, Savar closed for an indefinite period from Tuesday for security concerns.

Opposition BNP is hopeful that the initiative of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for dialogue between the two major parties will lead to an acceptable solution to the country’s ongoing political crisis.

Ambassador at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen J Rapp of the Office of Global Criminal Justice arrives here on Tuesday on a two-day visit. During his visit, Ambassador Rapp will meet government officials and civil society members and discuss the rule…

Commerce Minister GM Quader on Sunday said the government has decided to sign the Trade and Investment Cooperation Framework Agreement (TICFA) with the United States.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up six Bangladeshi nationals from borders in Sunamganj, Panchagarh and Thakurgaon districts on Sunday and Saturday night.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday called another daylong countrywide hartal for Tuesday protesting the arrest of its leader AKM Yusuf on charges of crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War in 1971.

In the latest development, the government has decided to form a board for fixing minimum wages for the readymade garment workers.

The authorities of over 100 readymade garments had shut their factories following workers’ protest demanding salary increase on Sunday morning.

DHAKA: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has enforced a daylong hartal today protesting the verdict by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 against its assistant secretary general M Kamaruzzaman.

The United Nations is hopeful that the political parties in Bangladesh will be able to reach a consensus to hold the next general election in a free and fair manner with the participation of all. UN Secretary General Ban Ki…

Speakers at a roundtable meeting claimed that around 90 percent buildings of the capital are risky as they were built without following proper building code. They also claimed that the building collapses from Spectrum garments in 2005 to recent Rana Plaza…

  Human Rights Watch has termed ‘unfounded’ the claim of ‘genocide’ by certain quarter and opposition parties, stating that such claims “has only served to heighten tensions”. Opposition had claimed that several people were killed in police crackdown on activists of…

Opposition BNP on Saturday turned down the government press note on May 5 crackdown on Hefajat-e-Islam activists at Shapla Chattar, terming it ‘the version of the ruling party, not of the government’. “The press note reflected what the Prime Minister,…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three alleged arms traders along with a pistol and some ammunitions from Baganchra area in Sharsha upazila of Jessore on Friday night.

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernández-Taranco arrived here on Friday to hold talks with the government, opposition parties and the Election Commission as tension is growing over the next national election.

Opposition BNP on Friday threatened to go to the United Nations if the government does not form a judicial probe body to look into the May 5 crackdown on Hefajat-e-Islami activists at Shapla Chattar.

Gano Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday underscored the proper enforcement of the existing laws to ensure the punishment of culprits like Sohel Rana, the owner of the collapsed Rana Plaza.

DHAKA: “I lived by drinking water for 17 days. I saved two bottles of water that rescuers’ threw at various times for trapped workers and drank slightly from the bottles everyday.”

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan Mozena on Thursday reiterated his call to political parties to engage in a constructive dialogue that will lead to a free, fair and credible election.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday warned that the opposition leader would be implicated in the cases filed for burning people alive and the copies of Holy Quran as an instigator of Sunday’s violence in Dhaka city.

Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general Muhammad Kamaruzzaman was sentenced to death for two charges, life in prison for another two charges and 10 years in prison in connection with another charge for his involvement in crimes against humanity during liberation war…

NARAYANGANJ: Some 14000 activists of Hefajat-e-Islam were sued for their alleged involvement in fierce clashes with Law enforcers in Siddhirganj of the district on Monday.

Representatives of the European Union (EU) missions in Dhaka on Wednesday stressed a politically acceptable and constitutionally viable mechanism about the form of election-time government.

Indicating opposition BNP, Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Wednesday said the lies and drama over the death toll in the Motijheel crackdown might cause an image crisis abroad but not because of the steps taken by the law enforcement…

Apparently rejecting Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner’s version over Sunday night’s crackdown on Hefajat activists, opposition BNP on Wednesday claimed that the country’s people could not take it into confidence.

The first day of the two-day dawn-to-dusk hartal, called by opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance, was observed amid stray incidents of violence across the country Wednesday.

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday urged Bangladesh authorities to immediately set up an independent and impartial investigation into the use of force after at least 44 people died in violent clashes between protesters and the police.