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Bus owners and workers have called a 24-hour transport strike starting from Wednesday morning in protest against acts of violence at Sitakunda.

Dhaka – Founder of Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) Barrister Nazmul Huda on Monday announced abolition the party formed with some ousted leaders of main opposition BNP.

RMG workers in Gazipur have attacked an Ansar camp and looted firearms and ammunition on the third day of their protests for a minimum monthly wage of Tk 8,000. At least, five Ansar personnel were injured in the attack.

National Committee to Protect Oil Gas Mineral Resources Power and Ports starts its five-day long march on Tuesday from the National Press Club towards Rampal Power Plant site in Bagerhat.  

Opposition BNP on Monday denounced the chargesheets against five Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) men, including its president and general secretary, in a case filed for hurling crude bombs at the house of Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached New York where she will attend the 68th UN General Assembly (UNGA).

Election Commissioner Md Shah Nawaz on Monday said the arrangement of elections to bifurcated Dhaka City Corporation and other local government body is not possible right now as the national election is approaching fast.  

Dhaka – Stray incidents of clash between police and demonstrators, vandalising of motor vehicles at different places in the city and elsewhere in the country marked the demonstration of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student organisation Chhatra Shibir leaving at least 20…

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal-2 will pronounce any day the verdict of BNP leader Abdul Alim for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during liberation war as arguments of both sides completed.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry has called for formulating a ‘fair’ salary structure for the garment industry to ensure a sustainable growth in the main export-earning sector.

Gunbattle between activists of the Islami Chhatra Shibir and Bangladesh Chhatra League left atleast three injured in Rajshahi university on Sunday.

Dhaka – Terming dialogue the language of democracy, BNP standing committee member Lt Gen Mahbubur Rahman on Sunday urged the government to sit for talks with the opposition to find out a reasonable solution to the ongoing political crisis over…

Kolkata: With smuggling of fake Indian currency notes from across the Bangladesh border being a major concern, the Border Security Force (BSF) Saturday said it was in the process of setting up machines to detect fake currency at border outposts…

BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday said people will resist with their full force the government’s move to hold a stage-managed election under a partisan administration.  

National Committee to Protect Oil Gas Mineral Resources Power and Ports on Saturday issued an ultimatum to the government asking it to roll back the controversial 1320 MW coal-fired Rampal power plant project by Monday.  

Oh! Calcutta, a Bengali cuisine restaurant here launched ‘The River Water Hilsa Festival’, a month-long fair, on Saturday promising to offer varieties of delicious dishes of hilsa. 

The preparations for the 10th parliamentary elections is yet to gather pace as the Election Commission (EC) has not been able to pull together the necessary polls materials and set up polling centres across the country.  

Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) is alert but not concerned over the report that Myanmar has deployed three regular army battalions along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.  

Ready-made garment workers have sought the Prime Minister’s intervention to enhance their minimum monthly wage to Tk 8,000.

New York: United Nations (UN) is set to act as a go-between between the government and the opposition of Bangladesh during the 68th United Nations General Assembly.

Akbar Ali Khan, Advisor to a former caretaker government, sees no emerging resolution to end the current standoff between Bangladesh’s two major political parties over the next general election.

Urging all not to be confused by BNP-Jamaat’s false propaganda, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said people would reelect Awami League for implementing the massive development activities taken by her government apart from curbing terrorism, militancy and corruption.

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has informed Parliament that the government has asked the private universities to install close-circuit cameras to curb drug abuse on the campus.

Kolkata: A West Bengal-based human rights group is working on filing a writ petition seeking justice for Felani Khatun, a Bangladeshi minor girl shot dead by BSF personnel while she was trying to illegally cross the international border.

The BNP has complained about irregularities in the updated voter list. The current Election Commission, ‘loyal’ to the government was responsible for this, said BNP’s Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at a press conference on Thursday.

Taslima Akhter, award-winning photojournalist and activist, witnessed and documented the deadly conditions in Bangladeshi factories that make the clothes for consumers in wealthy countries.

Ruling out the possibility of discussion at the top political level during the 68th UNGA, Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Thursday said dialogue on internal political issues, especially the national election, must be held at home as Bangladesh is…

Responding to US Secretary of State John Kerry’s letter, opposition leader Khaleda Zia has said she thinks the ongoing political crisis in Bangladesh can be resolved through a constructive dialogue.  

The police have been ordered to launch a counter offensive against those who attack them.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh will meet on the sidelines of the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on September 28.