BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will meet her party’s policymakers and leaders of the 18-Party alliance to formulate fresh programmes to press ahead with the opposition movement demanding a nonpartisan administration to oversee the next general election.
DHAKA: The Human Rights Forum (HRFB) has condemned the arrest of Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of Odhikar, former Deputy Attorney General and an advocate of the Supreme Court. He was arrested on 10 August by the Detective Branch of Dhaka…
DHAKA – A court today put Odhikar Secretary Adilur Rahman on a five-day remand in connection with his “controversial report’ saying 61 people were killed in Dhaka siege programme of Hefajat-e-Islam.
Four Bangladeshi nationals were arrested by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Shillong on Friday when they were reportedly smuggling a huge quantity of explosives to Bangladesh, the Press Trust of India (PTI) wrote on Saturday quoting official sources.
DHAKA: Opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia demanded unconditional release of Adilur Rahman Khan, secretary of Human Rights organisation Odhikar.
Secretary of human rights watchdog Odhikar, Adilur Rahman Khan Subhro has been arrested for allegedly distorting facts about the May 5 drive against Hifazat-e Islam activists at Dhaka’s Motijheel area.
Dhaka – At least 14 people were killed and 91 others injured in separate road accidents in seven districts on Saturday. The districts are Gaibandha, Madaripur, Gopalganj, Magura, Manikganj, Faridpur and Joypurhat. Of them, deaths in the accidents were reported…
DHAKA – Hundreds of tour-hungry people with their kith and kin rushed to the city amusement centres on the concluding day of the three-day public holiday on the occasion of the Eid-ul-Fitr today.
Imphal – A discussion session on the proposed construction of Tipaimukh Dam organised under the aegis of United NGOs Mission-Minipur (UNM-M) at Manipur Press Club here on August 8 unanimously resolved to press the concerned authority to reconsider and revoke…
A father and son have been found living in the jungle more than 40 years after they fled US bombing during the Vietnam War.
Former caretaker government mandarins Fakhruddin Ahmed and General Moeen U Ahmed spent Eid-ul-Fitr with other Bangladeshi expatriates in the United States on Thursday.
Dhaka – BNP chairperson and opposition leader Khaleda Zia on Friday asked the government to call the national election under a non-party and neutral caretaker government immediately to test its popularity instead of expending ‘public money’ in the electoral campaign.
Dhaka – Seeking people’s support for her party’s reelection, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged all to judiciously cast their votes in favour of honest, patriot and pro-development candidates in the next general election.
The Jatiya Party Chairman has accused the ruling Awami League of ‘hijacking’ Dhaka’s billboards to highlight the government’s various achievements with the next Parliament election just around the corner.
A federal judge Friday sentenced Quazi Mohammad Nafis, 22, to 30 years in prison for plotting to blow up the New York Federal Reserve building after hearing the Bangladeshi man beg for leniency, saying he had been friendless and led…
Kishoregonj – The historic Sholakia Eidgah of the district hosted the country’s biggest congregation of Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday.
Dhaka – Muslims all over the country are celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr joining their beloved ones in a variety of indoor and outdoor activities. Celebrations of Eid began after Eid prayers in mosques and Eidgahs (open-air congredation grounds) following a month of…
BNP Chairperson and leader of the Opposition Begum Khaleda Zia has greeted the people on the occasion of the Eid and wished peace, happiness and prosperity to all.BNP’s office secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the disclosure on Wednesday through a…
Dhaka – A ‘forest robber’ was killed during an operation conducted by members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in Supoto area of the Sundarbans in Bagerhat early Thursday.
Dhaka – US President Barack Obama has greeted Muslims celebrating Eid-al-Fitr, the biggest festival of Muslims, in the United States and around the world.
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will exchange Eid greetings with a cross-section of people on Eid day.
The separatist United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has denied any link with Bangladesh’s military intelligence agency, DGFI.
Five people, including a woman, died and four others fell sick after taking rectified spirit in Shibganj upazila on Thursday.
DHAKA: The government has made changes through transfers and postings in a latest round of reshuffle in the military administration.
Dhaka – The holy Eid-ul-Fitr is being celebrated in the country on today as the Shawal moon was sighted yesterrsday.
Bad news before Eid for Sirajganj, as the dam protecting the town has collapsed following powerful high tides in the Jamuna river.
Two people, including a woman, were killed and two others injured in a road accident on Gauripur-Nayergaon road at Daudkandi upazila in the district on Wednesday.
DHAKA: As the holy Eid-Ul-Fitr has been celebrated in the holy city of Makkah and the rest of the Arab World today, this greatest religious festival of the Muslims is ;likely to be celebrated in Bangladesh tomorrow. The observance of…
BNP Chairperson and leader of the Opposition Begum Khaleda Zia has greeted the people on the occasion of the Eid and wished peace, happiness and prosperity to all.
People are leaving capital Dhaka in their thousands as the Eid-ul-Fitr is likely to be celebrated in the country on Friday.