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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the opposition leader wants more blood and bodies to save war criminals and anti-liberation force Jamaat-e-Islami.

Hitting out at the Prime Minister for her remarks that opposition leader Khaleda Zia wants more blood to save war criminals, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said these words do not suit Sheikh Hasina’s mouth as her…

Leaders of religious minority groups on Sunday sought commitment from political leaders for their security in the wake of recent nationwide attacks on houses and temples of Hindus.

Dhaka – The first nine hours of the 36-hour countrywide hartal, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance on Monday, was marked by stray incidents of violence.

At least six minibuses were torched at different parts of the capital ahead of the 48-hour countrywide hartal called by the BNP-led 18-party alliance from 6am on Monday.

The government has counted a loss of Tk 3,500 crore in revenue over the last two years as the country’s reconditioned car business passed through dull days mainly due to an unfavorable government policy making it difficult for the sector…

Eight policemen were killed and over 300 injured in just 11 days from February 28 during a countrywide violence that broke out following a war crimes tribunal’s judgment against a Jamaat leader, exposing that the law enforcers’ lives are on…

The LGRD Minister, Syed Ashraful Islam, on Saturday urged the opposition not to set any preconditions for holding a dialogue with the government.BNP leader MK Anwar on Sunday said the government was talking about a political dialogue only to ‘confuse…

Malaysia on Friday formally offered to invest $2.3 billion to build the $2.9 billion Padma bridge embroiled in controversy.

The new Human Development Report has identified Bangladesh as a member of the group of highlighted 18 countries in the world that have seen rapid progress in human development.

BNP standing committee member barrister Moudud Ahmed said pro-opposition Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Parishad (JAOP) panel won a landslide victory in the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election for the 2013-14 term, bagging 13 posts out of 14.

Accusing pro-government elements of attacking temples of the minority communities to divert people’s attention from its misdeeds, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday urged the current regime to stop the game.

BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday described the government press note on the Mar 11 violence outside the party’s Naya Paltan headquarters as ‘bundle of lies’.

Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio surprised the world on Wednesday when he ended a run of nearly 1,300 years of European popes and greeted St. Peter’s Square for the first time as Pope Francis.

Parliament’s Speaker Abdul Hamid is standing in for the ailing President in line with the Constitution until Mohammad Zillur Rahman fully recovers.

Terming the police raid on BNP office a violent and undemocratic attitude, former president and Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Tuesday said the government should apologise for the incident.

The face-off between the Ganajagaran Manch and the Hefazate Islam was averted in Chittagong when the AL-supported Sahabagh activists called off their programme of rallies in Chittagong in the face of hartal called by the Hefazate Islam in a bit…

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Tuesday urged all the political forces to quickly resolve the country’s political crisis through discussions showing respect to democratic norms.

US ambassador to Dhaka Dan W Mozena termed the Shahbagh movement a perfect example of realizing demands peacefully.

The High Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of the writ petition seeking termination of registration of Jamaat-e-Islami until Apr 9.

US oil major ConocoPhillips may submit the result of its 2D seismic survey in the two offshore blocks – DS-08-10 and DS-08-11 – to the state-owned hydrocarbon corporation Petrobangla in June this year.

Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir on Saturday accused both the main opposition BNP and its key ally Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami of unleashing attacks on the religious minority communities.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday appealed to all political parties of his country to show “wisdom” to endorse land accord with Bangladesh, which is expected to be tabled in Parliament during the current session.

BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Friday said his party is interested in engaging in dialogue with the government but it should be only on caretaker government issue. “BNP is never against dialogue but there should be a…

Sammilita Sangskritik Jote’s Narayanganj unit has called a dawn-to-dusk shutdown in Narayanganj for Saturday in protest at the murder of Tanvir Mohammad Twaki, 17, son of local ‘Ganajagaran Mancha’ organiser and cultural activist Rafiur Rabbi.

One Shibir activists died and more than 60 others were arrested from different parts of the capital during protest programme of religion-based eight-party alliance on Friday.

Foreign exchange reserve with the Bangladesh Bank has crossed $14-billion mark for the first time.

The BNP will stage nationwide demonstrations Wednesday to protest ‘genocide by the government, corruption and misrule’, capping three consecutive days of shutdown that the Jamaat-e-Islami and the main opposition party had enforced.