Mymensingh, April 6 – Chhatra League of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) has taken the charge of student-teacher center (TSC) canteen allegedly without following any written agreement.
Category: Politics
BNP demands Khaleda’s personal physician treats her
Dhaka, April 6 – The BNP has demanded allowing personal physicians of chairperson Khaleda Zia to visit their indisposed leader at old central jail where she remains interned since February 8.
OIC Foreign Ministers to visit Rohingya camps
FM briefs foreign diplomats ahead of OIC’s CFM meeting Dhaka, Apr 5–The government has planned to arrange a visit to the makeshift Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar district sheltering Rohingyas from Myanmar for the heads of delegations and international organizations…
Russia says Britain is ‘playing with fire’ in spy case
UN, Apr 6 (AP/UNB) — The international furor over the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter intensified, with Russia warning Britain that it was “playing with fire.”
‘Political outlook big factor in cross-border power trade’
Dhaka, Apr 5 – State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid on Thursday said that political outlook is big a factor in cross border power trading and regional cooperation.
Suspected robber killed in BD capital ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, Apr 6 – A suspected robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police near Joy Kali Temple in city’s Wari area of Capital Dhaka early Friday.
China’s tit-for-tat response to US $50 billion tariffs
Geneva, 4 Apr (D. Ravi Kanth) – China, in a tit-for-tat response to the unilateral crowbar trade measures being imposed by Washington on Chinese goods, signalled on Wednesday that it would slap tariffs on more than 100 American products in…
Court to hear in Zia Charitable graft case Apr 22
Dhaka, April 5 – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now in the prison, was not produced before the Special Court-5 of Dhaka yesterday in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case due to her illness while the court fixed April 22 for…
Attempt to kill Joy case report submission on arrest May 9
Dhaka, April 5 – A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed May 9 for submitting the report on execution of the arrest warrant in a case filed for plotting to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son and her ICT adviser Sajeeb…
Lula must start prison term, rules Brazil Supreme Court
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be imprisoned while he appeals his corruption conviction, the country’s Supreme Court has ruled. He is facing 12 years in jail on charges of accepting a bribe but had asked to…
BNP slams ‘obstruction’ to visit Khaleda
BNP on Wednesday alleged that the government is obstructing their ailing chairperson Khaleda Zia’s personal physicians from visiting her in Old Dhaka Central Jail.
PM making ‘mockery’ with people, alleges BNP
BNP on Monday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is making ‘mockery’ with people by seeking vote for her party after ‘snatching’ voting right.
DU suspends professor for ‘derogatory remarks’ about Bangabandhu
The Dhaka University authorities have suspended Morshed Hasan Khan, a professor of the marketing department, for making ‘ill remarks about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and distorting the history of the liberation war’.DU vice chancellor Md Akhteruzzaman confirmed this to Prothom…
North Korea’s Kim meets IOC chief in Pyongyang
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un has met Olympics chief Thomas Bach in Pyongyang, thanking him for helping to bring about a “dramatic thawing” of tensions on the Korean peninsula, the country’s state media said Saturday.
Seeking votes ‘my political right’, says PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said seeking votes in favour of her party and its symbol is her political right and she will do that.
Khaleda suffering from chronic diseases: Home Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Saturday said that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was physically fit now but she was suffering from some chronic diseases.
Tearful Malala visits her Pak hometown
Mingora, Mar 31 (AP/UNB) — Pakistan’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on Saturday arrived in her hometown of Mingora for the first time since a Taliban militant shot her there in 2012 for advocating girls’ education.
Nightclub gunman’s widow sobs as jury finds her not guilty
Miami, Mar 31 (AP/UNB) – The widow of the gunman who slaughtered 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, was acquitted Friday of helping to plot the attack and lying to the FBI afterward — a rare and…
Media blackout: fugitives and shields at the Kim-Xi Summit
Beijing took great pains to protect the North Korean leader and ensure talks went smoothly Adam Cathcart When information is scarce and risks are high, even responsible stakeholders can start to act like fugitives. Chinese officials burned plenty of energy…
Only pro-liberation parties should be allowed to join polls
Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor on Friday said only the parties that believe in the Liberation War and the country’s independence should be allowed to join polls.
BNP leaders demand Khaleda’s release for treatment
Voicing concern over Khaleda Zia’s ‘sudden illness’ in jail, BNP on Friday demanded the government immediately release her for her better medical treatment either at home or abroad.
Zafrullah Chy asks BNP leaders to work harder before polls
Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury on Friday suggested BNP standing committee members to be more active to prepare their party for the next national election overcoming the current ‘adverse situation’.
Dhaka for comprehensive reforms of OIC to make it stronger
Dhaka, Mar 30 – Bangladesh on Thursday underlined the need for bringing a comprehensive reform to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for further strengthening the activities of the 57-member group.
People, not any individual, are country’s owners: Dr. Kamal
Joypurhat, Mar 29 – Quoting Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s writing on Constitution, Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Thursday said only the people are the owners of the country, not any individual or his/her offspring.
BD SC Bar wants judges recruitment as per const, verdict
Dhaka, Mar 29 – The lawyers of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Thursday demanded the judges’ recruitment to the Appellate Division and High Court division of the Supreme Court according to the constitution and relevant verdicts.
BNP leaders claim there are unaware of DMP’s rally permit
Dhaka, March 29 – The government has refused to allow BNP, the arch rival of the ruling Awami League to hold its rally at the venue and date of its choice. Instead, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) offered the party…
BNP’s return to power means country’s destruction: PM
Seeking vote for Awami League in the next general election, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said BNP’s return to power means destruction of the country.
Khaleda falls sick in jail: Rizvi
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia suddenly fell sick in Nazimuddin Road Old Central Jail on Thursday, said party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.
Khaleda sick – Why punishment won’t be enhanced: HC rule
Dhaka, March 28 – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday issued a rule asking BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and the government to explain as to why the imprisonment term of the BNP leader in Zia Orphanage…
SC to pass order on BGMEA building time plea April 2
Dhaka, March 28 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Wednesday decided to pass its order on April 2 on a petition filed by Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (BGMEA) seeking time for demolishing the BGMEA Bhaban in…