The visiting five-strong US Navy delegation, led by Vice Admiral William Landay, met top military officials in Bangladesh on Sunday. During the meetings, they discussed matters of bilateral interests, the military’s press wing, the ISPR, said in a media statement.
Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina on Sunday asked senior military officials to stay alert so that junior officers do not fall prey to any propaganda. “At times some quarters try to confuse the members of the armed forces by spreading baseless…
The FBCCI on Sunday denounced BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia recently urging the US to threaten Bangladesh with GSP cancellation and economic sanctions. In a media statement, the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry said the opposition chief’s article…
Seven people including six women were killed and seven others injured when a Dhaka-bound bus and a human-hauler collided on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway near Ghior upazila of Manikganj on Saturday.
Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farroque on Saturday threatened to wage tougher anti-government protests, apparently taking cue from the political programmes of its key partner Jamaat-e-Islami. Addressing a human chain protest in front of the National Press Club, he said…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought the mandate of the people at Sirajganj, saying Awami League will carry forward development it has already set out to. “Vote us again and we’ll give you a beautiful self-reliant Bangladesh within 2021,” she…
A dawn-to-dusk strike in Bogra on Saturday was marred by sporadic violence unleashed by supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student affiliate Islami Chhatra Shibir . The Jamaat called the strike to ‘avenge the killing of its supporters’. It began…
After the ADB, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has also pulled out of the Padma bridge project, two days after the government retracted its request for funding to the World Bank. “As a co-financier, we are unable to continue…
More than one hundred workers were injured while trying to rush out of a readymade garment factory over a false fire alarm at Ashulia in Savar on Saturday. Industrial Police Deputy-Director Ali Ahmed Khan told bdnews24.com a fire alarm at…
Police in Narayanganj fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse activists of the Islami Chhatra Shibir who allegedly swooped on the security officials on Saturday. At least 10 people, including four police officials, were injured during the melee in…
Police on Friday arrested seven activists of the Jamaat-e-Islami from the capital’s Gulshan area for “plotting to create anarchy”. The activists of the Islamist party were arrested while they were holding a “secret meting” in an auditorium of the Islamic…
The BNP on Friday refuted claims that its Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s calling international attention for ‘reinstating democracy in Bangladesh’ was an act of ‘sedition’. Khaleda wrote in the ‘Washington Times’ opinion column dated Jan 30, under the title “Zia: The…
Court records suggest the Bangladeshi youth accused of trying to blow up New York Federal Reserve Bank will plead guilty next week, according to The Wall Street Journal. Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ashan Nafis was taken into custody in a lower…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the traditional month-long Amar Ekushey Boi Mela on Bangla Academy premises on Friday. Exclusive to the month of February, the 35th fair this year has been arranged with publishers only – a long overdue demand.…
A Shibir activist was killed and over 70 Jamaat-Shibir activists injured as they locked into a fierce clash with law enforcers on Thursday evening six hours after two Jamaat-Shibir men had been killed in the district. The deceased was identified…
Two people, including a Shibir activist, were killed in Bogra during the Jamaat-e-Islami-enforced shutdown on Thursday. Both died due to injuries suffered in separate violent incidents during Thursday’s shutdown. One of them was identified as a businessman and the other…
The nationwide strike by the Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday was marked with vandalism, arson and clashes throughout Bangladesh. At least eight people were injured. 28 were nabbed for involvement in violence. The shutdown was called to demand the repeal of the…
The World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has made it clear that the global lender will not return to fund the Padma bridge project until ‘certain conditions’ are met. I have no intention to pre-empt things, as legal and other…
Tripura’s Communist chief minister Manik Sarkar says India’s union government is sitting on his plans to export surplus power to Bangladesh. Bangladesh has helped Tripura’s ambitious 700MW gas-based power project materialize at Palatana , south of state capital Agartala, by…
Opposition BNP vice chairman Tarique Rahman extended 15 days for the Prime Minister to reply to his legal notice sent on January 2 to withdraw her ‘false’ remark. On Wednesday, Tarique’s lawyer Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon said, “The prime minister…
Law enforcing agencies have taken all out security measures in city on Wednesday centering protest demonstration of Jamaat-e-Isalmi and Chhatra Shibir to thwart any unwarranted incident.Security measures and vigilance in the capital have been beefed up, sources concerned said. Additional…
The Jamaat-e-Islami has called for a countrywide dawn-to-dusk shutdown for Thursday demanding an end to the war crimes trial and release of their top leaders. The announcement came as authorities denied them permission to hold countrywide agitation rallies on Wednesday.…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith is set for a visit to Washington in February to meet the President of the World Bank to resolve the standoff over the funding of the Padma Bridge. Talking to journalists at his Secretariat office on…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that Bangladesh’s geographic location makes it a ‘convenient connecting hub’ between the Eastern and Western countries. “It’s essential to utilise this opportunity (geographical location) properly for the country’s socioeconomic development,” she said on Tuesday while…
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu says the Awami league’s student affiliate and the allegations of corruption over the Padma bridge project have affected the image of the government during the last four years. “The unruly acts of [Bangladesh] Chhatra League…
The High Court on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to ensure the DNA and medical test of the rape victim without any delay. HC also asked to file case against rapist soon after rape.
At least 15 policemen were injured when activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front, Islami Chhatra Shibir, attacked the law enforcers in Dhaka’s Motijheel commercial area on Monday. ”The amaat-Shibir activists set fire to two vehicles and smashed over 100…
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Benazir Ahmed on Monday asked police personnel to open fire targeting Shibir activists as soon as they (Shibir) are visible. The city police boss came up with the direction while visiting injured police members at…
The ULFA general secretary Anup Chetia will not be extradited under the treaty signed Monday, Bangladesh’s Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir said at a joint press conference after the signing of the landmark pact. To a question on India’s request…
At least 245 people have been killed in a nightclub fire caused by a pyrotechnics show in the southern Brazilian city of Santa Maria. A police official has said, reports Al Jazeera. ‘There are 245 dead and 48 in the…