Parliament on Monday witnessed a debate as question was raised over Jatiya Party’s stance simultaneously in the treasury and opposition benches. The debate resumed when independent lawmaker Rustom Ali Faraji questioned the role of opposition Jatiya Party that shared the…
Some 4,254 private sector small and medium industries under the BSCIC across the country incurred loss of Tk 7150.25 crore due to the “destructive activities by the BNP-led 18-party alliance over the trial of the war criminals.”
A fresh hearing on the 1981 murder of Major General Muhammad Abul Manzoor will begin from Feb 27. The new judge of the First Additional District and Sessions Judge Court on Monday fixed the new date to hear the arguments…
Dhaka – BNP on Sunday alleged that the government has turned the entire country into a death valley by killing political leaders and activists and subjecting them to enforced disappearances. “The entire country is now a death valley due to…
Dhaka – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to sit with the leaders of Dhaka city BNP on Monday night in an apparent move to put the party’s crucial unit in order through a major overhaul before launching a fresh…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the country’s armed forces to be vigilant against any threat, strengthen democratic processes and uphold the Constitution. She said this while chairing a conference of the generals at the Officers’ Mess of the Army…
The Prime Minister’s Special Envoy and Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad’s lawyer on Sunday continued cross-examination of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Investigation Officer (IO) and Deputy Director of ACC Manjur Ahmed in the Rudder Purchase graft case against Ershad…
Dhaka – Law Minister Anisul Haq on Sunday said in Parliament that it is not possible to exactly say when the trial of war criminals will complete. “So, it’s not possible to say exactly when the trial of war criminals…
Detained war crimes accused and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Maulana AKM Yusuf died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Sunday. The senior supervisor of Dhaka Central Jail Farman Ali told reporters that Yusuf died of cardiac arrest at the prison…
Dhaka – Claiming that there has been no extrajudicial killing in the country, State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said a few people might have been accidentally killed in the joint forces’ operation launched to hunt down…
Outsmarted by the ruling coalition during its pre-polls movement that led to its January 5 election, BNP now focuses on putting its own house in order through a reshuffle in its leadership both at the centre and grassroots levels. The…
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh Prof Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Saturday accused the present government of taking away the rights of people every now and then. “Taking away rights of people is not a good sign for politics. The…
Sarda – Maintaining her scathing attacks on BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the BNP leader has failed in her movement to resist the national election as she did in her SSC exam (the then…
A child was burnt to death in a fire that broke out at Modhubagh in Dhaka’s Moghbazar area on Saturday. The fire started around 8:15am at a slum, adjacent to Hatirjheel, Fire Service official Mohammad Ali told journalists. Some 13…
Dhaka – Claiming that the government’s public support has hit the zero level, BNP on Saturday the current ‘illegal’ regime will be ousted through a mass movement. “The present government came to power through the January 5 farcical election. It’s…
Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif on Saturday said that dialogue can take place with BNP if it recognizes the government as legal. “BNP has to take decision on the legitimacy of the incumbent government. Dialogue can take place…
Dhaka – The Anti Corruption Commission’s (ACC’s) investigation into the much-talked-about Padma Bridge graft case has hit a roadblock as it is unlikely to be able to collect substantial information from the Canadian authorities until the trial facing by some…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will give top priority on upazila elections ensuring the victory of its candidates at any cost. The decision was taken at a meeting of party standing committee held at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office with Khaleda Zia…
Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF-2014), a regular winter event, has drawn huge crowds at the fag-end of the month-long show prompting the participants to seek an extension by at least a week. Thousands of visitors from different parts of the…
The announcement of schedules for the staggered upazila parishad elections came as a relief for the ruling Awami League as this will keep away its arch political rival BNP from going for any further movement for fresh polls following the…
Dhaka – BNP has demanded the government transfer its power to a non-party neutral administration as early as possible for holding an acceptable, transparent, free, fair and inclusive national election. The party made the demand at its standing committee members’…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday evening inaugurated the country’s first ‘light and sound show’ at Lalbagh Fort, an archaeological site, in the city aiming to attract more local and foreign tourists apart from projecting its history. The show involves…
Dhaka – BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that state-sponsored terrorism has spread across the country as the Prime Minister is defending the ‘terrorist acts of her party men’. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is encouraging…
Senior UK lawyer Barrister Stuart Stevens on Wednesday alleged that BNP vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, who is now undergoing treatment in London, is a victim of political vengeance and propaganda. He made the allegation while addressing a press conference titled “Gross…
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on charge of laundering about Tk 9.53 crore by misusing his power. ACC director Nasim Anower filed the case against Mosharraf, who…
Two rival factions of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL)’s Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall unit of Dhaka University have clashed over establishing supremacy in the dormitory compound. Witnesses said that the hour-long clash started around 11:30am on Thursday between two BCL…
Awami League MP Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir has demanded an investigation into Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan) General Secretary Badiul Alam Majumdar’s taking money from the Election Commission ‘under the cover of research’. He made the demand on Thursday while speaking on…
Dhaka – The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday decided to launch probes against the secretaries and top officials of the government who took freedom fighter (FF) certificates prior to their retirement.
Ministers and MPs had a somewhat ‘casual’ day in Parliament on Thursday with many taking a nap, chatting, reading newspapers and spending times with gadgets. Sitting in the front row, senior Awami League leader Shahara Khatun dozed off before the…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left the coal extraction issue to future technology saying that her government’s first priority is to protect the land of farmers, says State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid.