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Gonoforum president and eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain on Monday said extrajudicial killing is a crime against humanity. “I would like to state it clearly that extrajudicial killing is a crime against humanity and a punishable offence,” he told a…

Condemned convict militant Rakib Hasan Russel, recaptured hours after he was snatched with two others from a prison van in Mymensingh, was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Beltail in Mirzapur upazila here early Monday. Acting Police Super of…

Abdul Kader Siddiqui who boycotted the Jan 5 parliamentary election in a show of unity with the BNP is going to contest the Tangail-8 (Basail-Sakhipur) by-elections. The Krishak Sramik Janata League President on Sunday submitted his nomination papers for the…

Dhaka – In a scathing attack on the Prime Minister, BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday said Sheikh Hasina should do ‘Tawba’ (repentance) for running the state as per the will of a particular country ignoring Bangladesh…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday warned that the people of Bangladesh will not tolerate if BNP leader Khaleda Zia again wanted to play with their fate and dare kill them through acts of arson. “Let me tell you one…

Two separate inquiry committees have been formed to look into the snatching of three convicted members of the banned militant outfit Jama’at-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from a prison van in Mymensingh. The Home Ministry formed a four-member probe panel, headed by…

Head of the European Union (EU) delegation to Bangladesh William Hanna on Sunday said they are happy to see a larger participation, both by political parties and voters, in the Upazila Parishad elections, and encouraged parties to take part in…

Criticising the Election Commission for its ‘subservient’ role, BNP on Sunday said the commission is acting like a type machine of the current illegal regime. “It’s the constitutional duty of the Election Commission to hold a free and fair election.…

Ukrainian former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has urged opposition supporters in Kiev’s Independence Square to continue their protests. Tymoshenko, who has a back injury, addressed crowds from a wheelchair after being freed from detention. “Until you finish this job… nobody…

Dhaka – BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the government cannot resist the opposition leaders and activists from carrying on their ‘justified’ movement by resorting to repressive acts. In a statement, he said, “The government…

Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said it is not a big deal who has won the upazila polls, but the important thing is that people exercised their franchise without any hindrance. “When there’s an election, one will…

Experts at a dissemination workshop on Saturday presumed that inadequate human sludge management system in Bangladesh would undermine the success of open defecation reduction, which was possible due to significant investment for improving sanitation during past two decades. They said…

Militancy in Bangladesh is a reality which needs to be eliminated with collective efforts and a wider understanding of terror and religious extremism, said speakers at a discussion in Dhaka. They mostly blamed ‘compromising’ politicians for letting down the country’s…

The government is planning to hold elections to the both Dhaka City Corporations (DCC north and DCC south) after the ongoing upazila parishad polls which will end on March 31. The Election Commission, however, said that they cannot hold the…

Dhaka – BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Saturday said Hindu migrants from Bangladesh must be accommodated in the country and detention camps would be done away with once his party comes to power. “As soon as we come…

At least eight persons including two Brac University studdents were killed and about ten others injured in three road accidents in Sirajganj, Pancharagh and natore on Friday. bdnews24.com reported: Two students of BRAC University were killed on Friday in a…

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged all to join hands in promoting linguistic diversity and multilingualism to build a better world and a life of dignity for all. “Let’s all join forces to promote linguistic diversity and multilingualism as…

At least five people were injured in sporadic clashes between two factions of the ruling Awami League in a post-election violence in Bheramara upazila on Friday. Of the injured, Akhteruzzaman Mithu, senior vice-president of the upazila unit Awami League who…

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia could not go to Central Shaheed Minar in time to pay her respects in the first hour of Amar Ekushey due to police ‘obstruction’, the BNP complained. However, she left for Shaheed Minar after 12:30am along…

Yash Raj Films has apologised for any disrespect or offence caused by ‘Gunday’ movie’s portrayal of Bangladesh’s Independence War. “Several of our Bangladeshi brethren have reached out to us with their concerns on the way the story has been portrayed,”…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all Bengalis living abroad to mobilise global opinion to make Bangla an official language of the United Nations. She made appeal while inaugurating a four-day seminar at the International Mother Language Institute in Dhaka…

The Amar Ekushey Book Fair attracted a huge number of visitors of all ages on the Language Martyrs’ Day on Friday. Thousands of book lovers flocked to the fair, looking for the books of their choice, on the day, which…

The nation on Friday observed the immortal Ekushey February and the International Mother Language Day in a befitting manner paying glowing tributes to the valiant sons of the soil who laid down their lives to uphold the honour of the…

Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the candidates backed by the ruling Awami League suffered defeats in the Upazila Parishad elections across the country due to “organisational weakness” of the party.

If the first phase of Upazila Parishad elections were ‘fair’, the BNP would have won 95 percent of the chairman posts, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says. The BNP acting Secretary General on Thursday alleged ruling Awami League activists had occupied…

The first phase of the fourth Upazila Parishad polls recorded 62 percent voter turnout, up by more than 20 percent from the national elections a month and a half ago, which had witnessed 40 percent voting. The estimate was made…

The High Court has declared illegal the government decision allowing only national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Saudi Arabian Airlines to carry the entire Hajj pilgrims from Bangladesh. A HC bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice Habibul…

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday urged people to resist imbued with the spirit of Amar Ekushey all the imperialist forces conspiring against the country.   “Though the country has been liberated, the new imperialist forces in a different style want…

Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad in Rangpur on Thursday termed himself as shackled political leader and expressed his helplessness in country’s politics, according to a message received in Dhaka. “I was never a freed politician and journalists do not understand…