Category: Politics

Observing that Bangladesh has good relations with India, Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi on Monday said the ties will reach a new height with the new Indian government being in place. He came up with the remarks…

Two people were killed and five others injured in a clash over playing a cricket match in Hajipara area of Sadar upazila on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Abu Noman, vice-president of Chandraganj union unit of Chhatra League…

President Abdul Hamid yesterday summoned the session at 5:00pm on the day. This will be the first budget session of the present government assumed to power through January 5 general elections.

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Sunday urged the government to fill up the vacant posts at the Appellate Division to resolve long-pending cases in the interest of justice seekers. Addressing a press conference, SCBA President Khandker Mahbub Hossain…

A Dhaka court on Sunday fixed May 28 to hear further arguments in the Ramna Batamul blast case. Earlier, the prosecution and the defence placed their arguments. Later, after the argument of prosecution, the defence sought permission to give reply…

The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday sent former BNP lawmaker of Dhaka-4 (Demara), Salauddin Ahmed to jail in eight cases including four murder cases. Respective Magistrates passed the orders rejecting his bail petitions when he surrendered…

Hefajat-e-Islam leaders here on Saturday condemned the government move to regulate the country’s Hafezi madrasahs. In a statement, they also demanded the removal of the director general of the Islamic Foundation for his purported involvement in the move to regulate…

Police have obstructed BNP leaders and activists to stage democstration at different parts of the city leaving many people imjured. Police arrested at least two BNP activists from Gandaria while city BNP convenor Sadeque Hossain Khaoka tried to bringout a…

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Saturday said Bangladesh’s friendly relations with India would remain unhurt with the change of government in New Delhi. “It’s of no use to be overenthusiastic by BNP as it is a government-to-government and country-to-country relation.…

Police in their overnight drives have arrested 30 people, including 18 Jamaat-Shibir men, from Satkania and Lohagarah upazilas. During the drives from Friday night to early Saturday, 18 people were held in Satkania upazila. Of them, six are activists of…

Congratulating the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on its landslide victory in the Lok Sabha election, BNP on Friday hoped that the new government in New Delhi will take initiatives for resolving various long-pending bilateral issues like Teesta Water…

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran on Friday said Bangladesh and India should work jointly as they need to ‘grow and prosper’ together as next door neighbours. “We’ve made considerable progress in the last few years and we hope,…

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia applied for a machine readable passport (MRP) to Agargaon passport office on Thursday. Khaleda, who had long been using red passport for holding the portfolios of the prime minister thrice and leader of the opposition in…

Kazi Zafar Ahmed, Chairman of Jatiya Party (Zafar) was taken to intensive care unit (ICU) of United Hospital Thursday afternoon following deterioration of his health, according to hospital and family sources. He was admitted to the hospital on May 11…

Leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) at a protest rally on Wednesday voiced their concern over the government’s failure to arrest the main culprits of seven murders of Narayanganj although 17 days have…

A daylong hartal, enforced by the local unit of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the arrest of its 21 leaders and activists, is progressing without any untoward incidents in greater Chittagong today (Wednesday). No procession or picketing was seen in support of…

Jamaat-e-Islami’s Chittagong unit chief ANM Shamsul Islam and 20 other activists have been sent to jail in an anti-terrorism case. Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Tuesday accepted a bail petition from the leaders as well as a remand petition from…

Local Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday called a daylong hartal in greater Chittagong for Wednesday protesting the arrest of its 21 leaders and activists. City Jamaat nayeb-e-ameer Prof Ahsan Ullah told UNB that they would enforce the shutdown in Chittagong, Bandarban,…

Senior Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta has called for reforming the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), but dismissed BNP’s demand that the elite anti-crime force be disbanded. Suranjit’s remarks came amid allegation that three RAB officials played a role in the…

The trial of Mufti Jasihmuddin Rahmani, the chief of extremist ‘Ansarullah Bangla Team’ began on Monday. Thirty others are also up in the dock facing trial with him. Additional District and Sessions Judge of Barguna District Court Abu Shamim started…

A Dhaka court on Monday extended bail to BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and other four leaders till June 17. Metropolitan Magistrate Md Anwar Sadat passed the order after Fakhrul and four others appear to the court…

A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred the hearing of charge framing against 12 BNP leader and activists including Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to October 8 in a case filed for explosion of cocktail. Dhaka’s Additional Metropolitan Sessions…

BNP vice-chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury on Saturday said the country’s overall security will be at stake if the ‘democratic system is not restored’. “It’s not the government of people …people have no confidence in it …even the regime has lost…

Hefazat-e Islam chief Ahmad Shah Shafi has been hospitalised. Hefazat organising secretary Azizul Haque Islamabadi said that 93-year old Shafi has been admitted to the Khidmah Hospital in Dhaka’s Malibagh on Saturday.

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has expelled its four members, including a central leader, for allegedly abducting a businessman for ransom. The ruling party’s student front announced the decision in a circular issued on Saturday. The expelled BCL members are –…

BNP standing committee member MK Anwar yesterday claimed that it is Awami League (AL) which is involved in seven murders in Narayanganj not BNP. “Awami League, Juba League and Chhatra league people are involved in Narayanganj incident and no people…