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The government is taking legal actions against Muhammad Yunus for his alleged irregularities and abuse of office when he was the Managing Director of Grameen Bank.

Chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) M Ghulam Hossain on Tuesday said legal action will be taken against Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus if his alleged irregularities and abuse of power as managing director of Grameen Bank is…

The ‘Yunus Centre’ on Monday said that the allegations, brought by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) against Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus for dodging income tax, were groundless as per law.

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday approved charge sheets in two graft cases against former Speaker Barrister M Jamiruddin Sircar and former Deputy Speaker Akhter Hamid Siddiqui.

A day after US Secretary of State John Kerry’s call for engaging in talks, opposition BNP on Monday said it wants an understanding with the government through a dialogue to overcome the ongoing political crisis over the next general election.  

The US Secretary of State John Kerry has written to Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia urging them to a dialogue to end the current deadlock over the poll-time administration. His letters come barely…

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Monday said it is the legislature that will decide whether the current parliament will be dissolved or not ahead of the 10th parliamentary elections.  

Leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e Islami, the registration of which was declared ‘illegal’ by the court, failed to meet the Election Commission despite their several attempts.  

The government has given its final nod to the draft ‘Safe Food Act-2013’, providing for a maximum of five years’ imprisonment and a fine of Tk 500,000 for food adulteration.

Narsingdi – Leader of the opposition and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday warned that the opposition would launch non-stop programme including hartal and blockade if the government doesn’t accept its demand for restoration of non-partisan caretaker government to oversee…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed her grassroots leaders to seek the people’s mandate to continue with the trials of suspected war criminals who had tried to thwart Bangladesh’s struggle for freedom in 1971.

The Jatiya Party has proposed an interim government made up of elected MPs to the visiting European Union election monitoring team. JP’s Secretary General ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader told journalists after nearly an hour-long meeting on Sunday that they had…

Election Commissioner Abu Hafiz on Sunday said it will be hard for the Election Commission to hold the next general election keeping parliament in place.  

A Dhaka court  framed charges against four bloggers in two cases under the Information and Communications Technology Act for writing alleged inflammatory blogs on religious issues.

Alexandra Posadzki, The Canadian Press TORONTO – A wrongful dismissal lawsuit filed by a former SNC-Lavalin employee is shedding some light on the bribery allegations facing the Toronto-area engineer and his one-time boss.

DHAKA: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Professor Dr Mizanur Rahman on Sunday said that India staged a drama in the name of Felani murder trial to uphold its image internationally.

Bangladesh has achieved its target for reducing deaths from malaria much ahead of time, experts told a roundtable here on Sunday.  

Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Sunday again slammed the World Bank for its action regarding Padma Bridge project, saying “its integrity department must be punished.

Apart from the main opposition BNP and its allies, the partners of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance disapprove the Prime Minister’s outline to hold the next general election without dissolving the current parliament and the cabinet.

Probir Bidhan People especially the youths have strongly rejected the verdict in teenager Felani murder case and questioned the willingness of the Indian government in bringing down the number of killing along the border to zero.

Opposition BNP leaders on Saturday said the country would come to a grinding halt if the government tries to hold the polls under a partisan administration without dissolving parliament. 

Dhaka – The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Khaleda Zia kicks off her grassroots level tour from Narsingdi on Sunday with a view to strengthening the ongoing movement for restoration of a non-partisan caretaker government by creating public support…

Accusing the opposition BNP of pursuing destructive politics, including killing, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday alleged that BNP does not understand the language of democracy.  

Speakers at a roundtable on Saturday slammed the Information and Communication Technology (Amendment) Ordinance 2013 terming it a law of the medieval age as there is a provision of rigorous punishment for minor offences.

BSF constable Amiya Ghosh who was charged with killing Bangladeshi girl Felani Khatun in 2011 is now free. The special court, constituted by the Border Security Force (BSF) of India, in its verdict has acquitted Amiya of the murder charge.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the nation to thwart militancy and terrorism being spread ‘in the name of Islam’.

Hifazat-e Islam has accused police of giving out incorrect, confusing and concocted information about the May 5-6 action by security agencies in Motijheel, Dhaka.

Dhaka – Awami League leaders on Friday reiterated that there would be no compromise with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) over holding the next general elections as per the country’s constitution.

Main opposition BNP has threatened to launch a tougher movement after Eid-ul-Azha if the government failed to resolve current political impasse thorough talks.

DHAKA – Gana Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday expressed his optimism that there is still time to find out a way soon to restore the election-time impartial government to resolve the ongoing political impasse over the forthcoming general…