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BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has left Dhaka to begin her campaign in the northern part of the country.

Senior BNP leader and former Law Minister has said it is ‘impractical’ to suggest the holding of the national elections with Parliament still intact. It is an ‘impractical’ idea to hold the national elections with the parliament still intact, Moudud…

Joint general secretary of ruling Awami League Mahbubul Alam Hanif on Saturday urged the opposition to join parliament if they want any solution to the ongoing political crisis.

Bangladesh has urged India to remove para-tariff and non-tariff barriers to improve the trade balance between the two neighbouring countries. Bangladesh commerce secretary Mahbub Ahmed has raised the issue with his Indian counterpart S R Rao and revenue secretary Sumit…

Maintaining their party’s pressure on the government to ensure a credible election through a non-party interim government, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said they will oust the incumbent regime through a tough movement if their…

British Parliament Member Bangladeshi-descent Rushanara Ali on Friday urged the Opposition BNP to sit for talks to dissolve political crisis and for holding a fair election.

Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said that the young generation have risen and reestablished democracy in the country. He also said that the anti-liberation power did not succeed to blot out the spirit of liberation.

The Election Commission is planning to install video cameras in all the 44,021 polling stations across the country during the 10th parliamentary elections as part of its efforts to ensure strong monitoring.   Sources at the commission said if the plan…

Anwar Hossain, the Nawab of Bengali films, is residing in millions of hearts, said his contemporaries who came to pay the regal actor their last tributes on Friday. Co-workers and friends at FDC described him as an ideal man until…

In the wake of widespread criticism for the acquittal a BSF member of the charge of killing Bangladeshi girl Felani Khatun, Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has finally decided to revise the murder trial.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia goes to Bogra on Statuary as she embarks on a three-day tour of the country’s northern region to address two public rallies in Rangpur and Rajshahi on Sunday and Monday respectively.   As part of its movement…

Dhaka – The visiting British parliamentary team will meet BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday.

Dhaka – Anwar Hossain, who is popularly known as ‘Crownless Emperor’ of Bangla filmdom, died at a city hospital early Friday. He was 82.

Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday  acquitted Odhikar secretary Adilur Rahman Khan of charges brought against him in a general diary (GD) filed for allegedly giving wrong information on clearing Motijheel Shapla Chattar on …

Dhaka –  Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Thursday said the nation hopes that the government the opposition will take initiatives to resolve their differences in the current session of parliament as the country is heading towards the general election.

Foreign Minister Dipu Moni, who is also a Joint Secretary of the Awami League, said on Thursday that dialogues between her party and the opposition BNP could be held anywhere, even outside Bangladesh.

The BNP has threatened to thwart the approaching general elections if the nonpartisan caretaker government provision is not reinstated in the Constitution through an amendment.

Fooreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Thursday said the government will appeal before the Indian court if justice is not served in the final verdict of the Felani killing case.

A procession and a human chain were organised in the city on Thursday demanding the cancellation of the projects to set a coal-fired thermal power plant at Ramapl in Bagerhat and the ship-breaking yard at Patharghata in Bagruna.

The food the world wastes accounts for more greenhouse gas emissions than any country except for China and the United States, the United Nations said in a report on Wednesday.

Greenwatch Desk

The US government has voiced concern about recent reports that the government of Bangladesh may pursue a tax evasion case against Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus and urged the government to treat him in a fair and transparent manner in keeping…

The BNP has reacted sharply to the government’s decision to take legal action against Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, saying the decision smacked of vengeance.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday directly accused BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia of her involvement in the BDR mutiny and killing of 57 army officials on February 25-26, 2009.  

BNP standing committee member MK Anwar on Tuesday urged the government to hold a referendum on the caretaker government issue to assess public opinion.  

Welcoming the BNP’s decision to rollout a framework on election-time government, leaders of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance on Tuesday urged the opposition party to place it in the upcoming parliament session.  

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly, her Press Secretary has said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ‘cancelled’ her visit to the United Nations to avoid facing questions from world leaders over the forthcoming national election in Bangladesh, claims the BNP.

Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad on Tuesday condemned the cabinet decision to take action against Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus for his alleged tax evasion.