Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday issued warrant of arrest against two BCL leaders, who earlier, secured bail in a case filed in connection with brandishing guns during an eviction drive against hawkers in Gulistan area…
Dhaka-A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred the hearing to April 5 of 2017 in the case filed against BNP Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 73 others for obstructing police from discharging their duties and alleged attempt to murder.
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Sunday placed suspended Gazipur City Corporation mayor MA Mannan on a one-day remand in an extortion case filed with Joydebpur Police Station.Gazipur Senior Judicial Magistrate Abdul Hye passed the order when police produced MA…
Dhaka – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday night said the Prime Minister has a role in constituting a neutral Election Commission (EC), and hoped that good sense will prevail upon on the government to take proper…
Cuban President Raul Castro has led final tributes to his brother Fidel at an event in the city of Santiago. Tens of thousands of Cubans attended the ceremony, as well as world leaders. Raul Castro vowed to honour the socialist…
Dhaka-BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday reiterated their party’s call to the government for engaging in talks forgetting past bitterness to find out an effective way for peaceful handover of power through fair polls.
Mentioning that she has little interest in Khaleda Zia’s proposals for the Election Commission’s reconstitution, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the BNP chief should have apologised to the nation before going for that.
Dhaka – Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Saturday said that all the graves on the National Parliament premises impinging on the main design of Louis Isadore Kahn would be removed.
Dhaka – BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Saturday urged their party leaders and activists to work together in Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) election as the ‘sheaf of paddy’ has “cent percent possibility” to win the polls. UNB news…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday ruled out the possibility of procuring any special aircraft for her safer journeys saying there is no scope in Bangladesh to go for such luxury at this moment. “Any scope of showing…
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has blamed the international community for stoking tension between the Buddhists and the Rohingya Muslims.In an exclusive interview with Singapore state-owned broadcaster Channel News Asia, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate said: “I would appreciate…
Taiwan (AP/UNB) — President-elect Donald Trump spoke Friday with the president of Taiwan, a move that will be sure to anger China. It is highly unusual, probably unprecedented, for a U.S. president or president-elect to speak directly with a leader…
Dhaka – Namita Rani Das, mother of Rasraj who was arrested for hurting religious sentiments through an alleged Facebook post, on Friday demanded the release of her son immediately, claiming her son innocent as he was illiterate and incapable of…
Dhaka – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said it will be known after investigation whether the incident of technical glitch in the flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was an accident or negligence or conspiracy. UNB news…
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday warned the government that the country’s people will never accept its ‘imprudent’ move to remove Ziaur Rahman’s grave from parliament area.”Bringing Louis I Kahn’s main design (of parliament) abruptly is a…
US President-elect Donald Trump has named General James Mattis as his defence secretary. “He’s our best,” Mr Trump said, as he announced the nomination to a rally of supporters in Ohio. Gen Mattis, who is known as “Mad Dog”, was…
Dhaka – The BNP yesterday reiterated its call to take diplomatic efforts involving the international community to force Myanmar to stop persecution on Rohingyas. “We don’t say we need to help Rohingya people to fight against Myanmar authorities. But diplomatic…
Islamabad – Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says Pakistan welcomes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s willingness to play a role in resolving its outstanding problems with New Delhi. Thursday’s comment from Nafees Zakaria come a day after Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif…
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said the Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar who intruded into Bangladesh through several border points will be sent back to their country at a convenient time. The minister came up with the remark…
Bangladesh has received a copy of the parliament building’s original design, prepared by the famous American architect Louis I Kahn, from the University of Pennsylvania.Kahn designed the structure in the early 1960s, when the regime of Pakistan’s first military ruler,…
Dhaka – BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia on Thursday pleaded herself not guilty in the Zia Charitable Trust Graft case. She disclosed the claim while giving her statement in self-defence in the case. Meanwhile, Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of the…
Reiterating her government’s ‘zero tolerance policy’ against terrorism and militancy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said no one will be allowed to use Bangladesh’s soil for terrorist acts against any country.”We won’t tolerate any sort of terrorism and militancy…
It’s a case of he said, he said between two of the world’s most powerful men.We know that Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and US President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the phone Wednesday.What was said during that call is what’s…
Dhaka-Describing 2019 as the election year for Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged Awami League followers, both at home and abroad, to carry out campaign for the party to retain power as it works for development.
Dhaka-BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday night visited ailing Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman at a city hospital.
Dhaka-The BNP wants to bring out a colourful procession and hold a rally of freedom fighters to mark the Vicotry Day on December 16.
Dhaka – Six officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines were suspended on Wednesday for their negligence of duty in the flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Budapest, Hungary. “As part of the department punishment, the six Biman officials were suspended…
Dhaka – Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) chairman Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, popularly known as Santu Larma, on Wednesday threatened to go on a ‘non-cooperation movement’ to put pressure on the government to fully implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT)…
President Barack Obama has tamped down any speculation that first lady Michelle Obama may one day run for office herself.In an interview with Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner conducted the day after the presidential election earlier this month, Obama said,…
Dhaka – Police arrested two activists of Jamaat-e-Islami along with crude bomb making materials from Deyapara School field in Sadar upazila of Jessore early Wednesday.The arrestees were identified as Khandaker Rafiqul Islam, son of Golam Sarwar and Rabiul Islam, son…