Dhaka – The High Court on Wednesday asked police to arrest a Jubo League central leader for not appearing before it despite frequent summons. The court ordered officer-in-charge of Ramna Police Station to arrest Jubo League leader Shoeb Chowdhury, also…
A senior Awami League leader has said the BNP should wait for five years after its Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday called for immediate talks to pave the way for a fresh parliamentary election. “Wait for five years. The election…
The Supreme Court Bar Association has demanded the removal of the minister who on Monday had phoned one of the High Court judges during the hearing of a bank loan suit. The association also demanded initiation of contempt of court…
Inmates are leading a normal life in 68 jails in Bangladesh, although the number of prisoners is double the capacity, State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan has said.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said not all of those who the media pictured brandishing firearms at Rajshahi University were members of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL). The photos had shown several leaders of her party’s student front attacking with firearms…
Awami League on Wednesday rejected BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s claim that 300 people were killed in the joint forces’ operation saying that no one was killed or faced forced disappearance. “Our media is on guard. It cannot be that several…
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is set to enforce a countrywide daylong hartal on Thursday. However, Chapainababganj district will remain out of the purview of the shutdown programme.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday alleged that around 300 members of opposition 19-party alliance have either been killed or made to disappear in last one month, accusing the government of turning the law enforcement agencies into “killer forces.” Addressing…
Amsterdam— An Islamic rights group is urging the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, to investigate the government of Bangladesh for alleged crimes against humanity in persecuting its political foes. British lawyer Toby Cadman said he filed the request…
Defending again her alliance’s boycott of the 10th parliament polls, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday claimed that her party could have won two-thirds majority had there been an inclusive and fair election. “BNP and the 19-party think our decision…
Dhaka – Voicing her strong stance against any terrorist activities in educational institutions, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said she has already directed the Home Ministry and the IGP to take action against those involved in the recent incident…
Khagrachhari – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two robbers along with looted wireless network equipment of Bangladesh Army in Ramgarh upazila early Tuesday. The recovered items include 10 walkie-talkies and five base radios.
Chittagong – Ministers, civil and military high officials of the then BNP-Jamaat alliance government in collaboration with Paresh Baruah, leader of Indian separatist organization United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), had been the masterminds behind the smuggling of the huge…
Dhaka – Observing that it will take time to initiate the safe return of Rohingya refugees to their homeland from Bangladesh, US Senior Adviser for Myanmar Judith Beth Cefkin on Monday sought the continuation of support they are getting in…
Rajshahi – Authorities on Sunday night declared Rajshahi University (RU) closed for an indefinite period following campus violence. The decision was taken at a meeting of the RU Syndicate after over 100 students were injured, including 30 with bullets, in…
Dhaka – A total of 1852 aspirants submitted their nomination papers to contest the second phase of election in 117 upazila parishads of 52 districts within the deadline that expired on Sunday.
Assailants have hacked to death a youth in Chittagong’s Khulshi, police say. The victim has been identified as Mohammad Selim, 35, a resident of the port city’s Ambagan area.
Dhaka – The BNP-led 19-party alliance is set to stage demonstrations across the country on Saturday protesting the law enforcers’ obstruction to their January-29 black-flag processions, killing and forced disappearances of their leaders and activists and repression on them. The…
Dhaka – Police recovered a young girl’s body, sliced into two, in the city’s Uttara area on Friday. The victim, aged about 25, was sliced into two pieces and her body parts were found in two sacks behind a six-storey…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party has assigned as many as 20 senior leaders to select candidates to contest the ensuing upazila elections. The BNP assigned leaders have already started working in the districts concerned, according to party leaders. The leaders are now…
The Election Commission has decided to provide compensation from its own fund to the family members of those killed and those suffered injuries while discharging their duties during the violence-hit January 5 parliamentary elections. According to a list prepared by…
Dhaka – The nomination of 112 aspirants out of 1,732 were cancelled during the scrutiny in the first phase elections to 98 upazila parishads slated for February 19.
‘Salma’, a woman worker who was miraculously found alive beneath the debris several days after the horrific Rana Plaza building collapse at Savar, has committed suicide. Police said the readymade garment worker, who was just 27, hanged herself on Friday…
Dhaka – The High Court (HC) on Tuesday declared illegal the remand order issued by the lower court against BNP chairperson’s adviser and vice-chairman of Bangladesh Bar Council Khandker Mahbub Hossain. A bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Jafar…
Gaibandha – Over 80 people, including 22 policemen, were injured in a clash between law enforcers and Jamaat-Shibir activists during a police operation at Khanbari village in Sundarganj upazila early Sunday.
Danish Ambassador to Bangladesh Hanne Fugl Eskjaer met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday. The nearly hour-long meeting that began around 7:50pm was held at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan political office. BNP vice chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury and chairperson’s adviser…
Dhaka – Former chief justice and caretaker government chief Muhammad Habibur Rahman passed away at city’s United Hospital on Saturday night. He was 85. Sources at the hospital said Habibur Rahman, who was the chief adviser of the 1996 caretaker…
Dhaka – The BNP-led 18-party alliance has postponed its countrywide nonstop blockade programme from 6 am on Monday till further announcement. “BNP acting secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has made the announcement of postponing the blockade,” party assistant office secretary…
The newly-elected Members of Parliament were sworn in on Thursday, three days after the January 5 general elections. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury administered the oath to 284 lawmakers of 10th Parliament in the Oath Room of Jatiya Sangsad in…
Dhaka – BNP on Thursday said taking oath by the newly elected MPs before January 24 when the tenure of the ninth parliament will expire is a clear violation of the Constitution. “According to the Constitution, so-called persons elected in…