Secretary of Anti-Corruption Commission Faizur Rahman Chowdhury on Wednesday said the commission would take action against its lawyers, if any negligence is found in carrying out the money laundering case against BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and his friend Gias…
Reminding people that Bangladesh will again turn into a den of militants and terrorists if BNP returns to power, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday sought votes for Awami League in the next general election for the country’s peace and…
Lone independent MP Mohammad Fazlul Azim in Parliament on Wednesday urged the political leaderships to end all the ‘dramas’ and sought united efforts to help democracy win at the end of the day. “Now is the time to wake up.…
Jatiya Party chairman Hossain Muhammad Ershad on Wednesday appeared before a Dhaka court in a case filed in connection with the murder of Major General MA Monjoor in 1981.
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed former president of Chhatra Dal, Sultan Salahuddin Tuku on a two-day fresh remand, and Jatiyabadi Chhatra Dal central committee’s general secretary, Habibur Rashid Habid on a four-day remand in two separate cases filed with…
Bangladesh may achieve the status of a middle-income country by 2021, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a civil society think tank, on Wednesday.
Leader of the Opposition and head of the 18-party alliance Begum Khaleda Zia on Tuesday met President Abdul Hamid at the Bangabhaban and sought his initiative for resolution of the political standoff through a meaningful dialogue.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has promised ‘return of the golden days’ to the people down south while inaugurating Bangladesh’s third sea port at Patuakhali.
Terming BNF an invisible party of darkness, opposition BNP on Tuesday demanded immediate cancellation of its registration as a political party.
The BNP can still be part of the ‘all-party’ Cabinet, said a senior Awami League leader Tuesday and suggested the number of the opposition party’s ministers could be as high as a dozen.
Describing the Anti Corruption Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2013 as deceitful and contrary to the Constitution, the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Tuesday urged the President not to assent to it.
The Election Commission on Tuesday sought assistance from the President for holding a peaceful general election with the participation of all political parties.
Readymade garment factory owners have urged the government to take action against those behind the recent unrest in the factories. BGMEA and BKMEA leaders met the Minister and State Minister for Home on Tuesday and discussed the recent agitation in…
Greenwahtch Desk The BNP has called the polls-time cabinet set to be installed on today a farce. BNP’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told journalists, “We are worried that such decision of the government will take the country…
The US wants to see ‘free, fair and credible’ elections in Bangladesh, the visiting US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Nisha Desai Biswal has conveyed the message to a group over a dinner on the first day of…
Neighbour India is discussing Bangladesh’s current political situation with different countries including the US, high commissioner Pankaj Saran in Dhaka has said.
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh Prof Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Saturday said there is no doubt about the ministers’ loosing their jobs after they have tendered their resignations to the prime minister.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called the opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia bloodthirsty and wanted to know how much blood she actually needs to quench.
Dhaka – Worried at the ‘growing repressive acts by the government’, opposition BNP on Saturday deplored the regime and threatened to give a ‘befitting reply’ in time.
Jatiya Party chief HM Ershad has said his party is no longer with the ruling alliance. “We’re no longer with the Grand Alliance,” he told reporters replying to a query at an event of the Jatiya Party’s youth affiliate on…
BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says he has telephoned Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam several times in the last two days, but the latter did not receive the calls.
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Friday said they would resist any lopsided polls through united efforts of people and restore the caretaker government system for saving the country through holding a credible election.
Colombo – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday told the Sri Lankan President that Bangladesh is ready to cooperate with the island nation in cultivating unused lands in the down-south and east of his country and produce diversified agricultural products…
The BNP has said the verdict in a money laundering case against BNP Chairperson Khaled Zia’s son Tarique Rahman is entirely predictable.
A Dhaka court has remanded Swechchhasebak Dal’s General Secretary Mir Sharafat Ali Sapu and Organising Secretary Shafiul Bari Babu for five days in police custody in a case filed over assault on the law enforcers.
Owners and workers’ leaders of the country’s apparel sector on Friday agreed to wait until November 21 for a final decision on the new minimum wage structure and maintain an uninterrupted production refraining from destructive activities.
Dhaka – The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain (RA), grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SM), was observed in the country on Friday with due religious solemnity.
RMG factory owners have decided to keep factories at Ashulia industrial belt shut on Wednesday amid a fresh wave of labour unrest.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has warned that Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia would be tried ‘someday’ for the deaths during the recent shutdowns.
The BNP has demanded the Prime Minister’s resignation to ‘solve the current political impasse’.