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The BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance could not stage any demonstration in the city even on Monday, the second day of its Dhaka March for Democracy programme, due to tied vigilance by law enforcing agencies and ruling party supporters.

Family members of slain tailor Biswajit Das on Wednesday demanded immediate execution of his murder case verdict and tracking down the perpetrators remained fugitive since the horrendous incident.

A Dhaka court in its observations in Biswajit Das murder case verdict has cautioned the politicians asking them to be restrained while carrying out any political movement to avoid loss of lives.

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has renewed his party’s call upon the government to step-down from power immediately for ensuring an inclusive and acceptable general poll under a non-partisan interim administration.

Dhaka – Pakistan National Assembly’s resolution expressing concern over the execution of Bangladesh’s war crimes convict Abdul Quader Mollah sparked strong protests and widespread condemnation across the country on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday strongly condemned the Pakistan National Assembly’s resolution expressing concern over the execution of Bangladesh’s war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah.   “We strongly condemn it…there has been a trial of a war criminal in our country…

It is the extremely polarised political scenario in Bangladesh that has claimed at least 300 lives in last few weeks,  said Imtiaz Ahmed, a Prof of International Relations at Dhaka University.   Prof Ahmed was speaking during an interactive session on…

Dhaka – Opposition BNP on Monday alleged that the government is pushing the country towards a civil war by its move to resist the oppositions’ ongoing ‘justified’ movement with law enforcers and ruling party men.

Dhaka – Sticking to his guns to boycott polls, Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad on Friday claimed that ‘he is not sick’ rather he has been ‘confined’ to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for ‘arrest’.

President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Prof Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) ASM Abdur Rob and president of Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Janata League (BKSJL) Bangabir Kader Siddiqui, Bir Uttam in a joint statement on Friday…

The external affairs ministry of India has said that India respects the wishes of the people of Bangladesh. “India has always and will always respect the wishes of the people of Bangladesh. It is for the people of Bangladesh to…

The ruling Awami League and opposition BNP in their third closed-door meeting here on Friday swapped proposals to reach a consensus for holding a free and inclusive election.   “We’ve swapped our proposals …they’ve given us their (BNP’s) proposals, and we’ve…

Dhaka – At least six people were killed as Jamaat-Shibir men went berserk at different parts of the country, including the capital, on Friday following Thursday night’s execution of condemned Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah.

Dhaka – Voicing grave concern over the ongoing political crisis, civil society members at a dialogue here on Friday stressed the need for an immediate initiative by senior citizens to make the ‘silent  majority’ vocal to establish real democracy in…

Dhaka – A record number of 104 candidates, mostly Awami League hopefuls, are set to be elected unopposed in the January-5 national election as the BNP-led 18-party alliance is boycotting the polls.

Dhaka – Condemned Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general Abdul Quader Mollah, was hanged at Dhaka Central Jail at 10:01 pm Thursday. “Quader Mollah has been hanged at 10:01 pm,” IGP Prisons Main Uddin Khandaker told journalists after the execution.

The lawyer of Abdul Quader Molla has expressed dissatisfaction over the dismissal of Jamaat-e-Islami leader’s petition to review his death sentence by the Chief Justice-led Appellate Division bench.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has announced four-day programmes including enforcing a daylong countrywide hartal on Sunday protesting the execution of party leader Abdul Quader Mollah.

Leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia on Thursday called upon the government to widen the path for dialogue and consensus between the government and the opposition by suspending the election schedule, releasing of opposition leaders and activists and stopping killing,…

Dhaka – Kazi Zafar Ahmed,  the sacked senior presidium member of Jatiya Party, on Thursday night alleged that UN Assistant Secretary General Oscar Fernández Taranco’s initiative for a compromise between the ruling and opposition camps has failed due to the…

Four people, including two BNP leader, were killed and 40 others injured in firing by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members on the opposition activists in the district town on Thursday morning.   Three of the deceased were identified as local BNP…

Greenwatch Report The most contentious point in political discourses of the time hovering over the credibility gap between the government and the opposition is the creation of a ‘level playing field’ for the next elections. The main opposition wants the…

Dhaka – Leaving a note for Bangladeshi leaderships that the solution has to be a homegrown one, UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernández Taranco on Wednesday urged both the ruling and opposition camps in Bangladesh to continue…

Dhaka, Dec 11 (UNB) – US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday phoned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and welcomed the dialogue between the ruling Awami League and opposition BNP under the supervision of UN Assistant Secretary General for Political…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and thanked her for extending cooperation to Oscar Fernandez Taranco to mediate talks between the two major parties. He hoped that Bangladesh’s general elections will be inclusive and held in…

Dhaka – The ruling Awami League on Wednesday reaffirmed its determination to hold the next general election on January 5. The firm resolve came from a meeting of some senior AL leaders held with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her…

BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan has said there is no fruitful progress in the talks so far held with the government and warned that the movement for free and fair election would continue until any visible progress developed…

Dhaka – Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on Wednesday told the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court that the Constitution has curbed the right of the person convicted of crimes against humanity during the 1971 Libration War to seek review his…

Bangladesh’s Inspector General of Prisons has been transferred barely five days after an Additional Secretary had been thrust into the job.