BNP will stage demonstrations across the country on Sunday in protest against the raid on its Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programme at a discussion meeting at Dhaka Reporters Unity…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday thanked BNP for announcing Vision 2030 shunning the path of destructive politics but criticised it for copying Awami League’s Vision 2021 and 2041. “I thank the BNP chief for announcing the Vision 2030 after…
Tehran, May 20 (AP/UNB) — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani won re-election by a wide margin Saturday, giving the moderate cleric a second four-year term to see out his agenda pushing for greater freedoms and outreach to the wider world.
Tehran, May 20 (AP/UNB)- Iran says incumbent President Hassan Rouhani is ahead of his nearest competitor in an initial count of votes in the election.
Washington, May 20 (AP/UNB)- President Donald Trump will use his first visit to the Middle East to call for unity in the fight against radicalism in the Muslim world, casting the challenge as a “battle between good and evil” and…
Dhaka, May 19 – Amid the growing demand from the journalist community, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has withdrawn a circular that directed Bangladesh Missions abroad to keep watch on journalists travelling abroad. Director General, External Publicity wing at the…
Behrouz Javid Tehrani Millions of Iranians are consuming the latest twists and turns of the presidential and city council election season on their Telegram accounts and Twitter feeds, with voting scheduled for May 19. And during this time of expanded…
By Baher Kamal This is the second of a two-part series on how humankind has been systematically destroying world’s forests—the real lungs of Mother Earth. Part I dealt with the relentless destruction of forests. ROME, May 19 2017 (IPS) –…
Thakurgaon – Mentioning that a political culture of controlling the election process by the ruling class has developed in Bangladesh, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said it is more applicable to Awami League. UNB news reported
Pabna, May 19 – Police arrested 11 people, including Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif’s son Sirhan Sharif Tamal, in a case filed for vandalism early Friday.
Tokyo, May 19 (AP/UNB)- Japan’s Cabinet has approved for legislative debate a bill to allow 83-year-old Emperor Akihito to abdicate.
Dhaka, May 19 – A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Dattapara in Sadar upazila of Laxmipur on SE Bangladesh early Friday.
Two Chinese Sukhoi Su-30 jets have conducted an “unprofessional” intercept of a US aircraft, the US military said. The US WC-135 plane was on a mission to detect radiation in international airspace over the East China Sea.
By Orlando Milesi Santiago, May 18 (IPS) – Water at high prices, sold as a market good, and small farmers almost a species in extinction, replaced by seasonal workers, are the visible effects of the crisis in rural Chile, 50…
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, May 18 (IPS) – As the world focuses on conflict-related migration and displacement, with an unprecedented 60 million fleeing from war and persecution, others are pointing to a less discussed trigger of population movements: climate change.
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to BNP Joint Secretary General Aslam Chowdhury in a sedition case.
Dhaka – The International Crimes Tribunal-1(ICT- 1) yesterday issued warrant of arrest against former BNP MP Abdul Momin Talukder for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971.
Dhaka – Shafat Ahmed and Sadman Sakif, prime accused in the Banani rape case made confessions admitting their involvement in the city’s Banani rape incident, before two Dhaka courts on Thursday.
Dhaka – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday accused the ruling party leaders of indulging in bad argument over the party Vision 2030 which was placed last week.
Dhaka – Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of ruling party Awami League of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) chapter activists beat up two leaders of Socialist Students Front (SSF) allegedly yesterday (Wednesday).
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday transferred the Zia Charitable Trust graft case to Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 of Judge Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman from the Special Judge Court-3 of Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar.
Dhaka – Chief Justice SK Sinha yesterday fixed a division bench of the High Court to hear the death references and appeals in the case filed over the seven-murders of Narayanganj in 2014.
Reiterating that Ziaur Rahman was also involved in the plot to assassinate Bangabandhu, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said she cares little about conspiracies and vowed afresh to take Bangladesh to its desired goal. “I’ve been observing conspiracies since…
Dhaka, May 17 – The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) resumed their operation for the second day at a suspected militant hideout at Chuadanga village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.
By Roberto Savio Rome, May 16 (IPS) – Immediately after the vote on Brexit, thousands of young people marched in the streets of England to show their disagreement over the choice to leave Europe. But polls indicated that had they…
The High Court of the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the prosecution to appoint state defence counsel for five absconding death-sentenced convicts in the seven-murder cases.
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday stayed the proceedings of three violence cases filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in 2015. A High Court bench of Justice Mitfah Uddin Chowdhury and Justice ANM Bashirullah…
Dhaka – Two suicide vests and five explosives were found during a raid on a suspected militant hideout in Jhenaidah’s Sadar Upazila, according to RAB, bdnews24.com reported on Tuesday evening.
M Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin and Sheikh Fazle Fahim have been elected president and first vice-president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) unopposed respectively for the 2017-19 term. Besides, M Muntakim Ashraf has been elected vice-president…