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Global climate change is increasing Bangladesh’s vulnerability to floods and raising the potential for infectious disease outbreaks, says the latest Health and Science bulletin of the icddr,b.   

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday held the opposition BNP and Jamaat responsible for the declining rate of pass percentage in this year’s HSC and equivalent examinations.

Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus has called upon the people to come forward and save the country from nightmare. He said the government’s suggestion to nationalise Grameen Bank or to split the bank into 19 pieces was unacceptable. “Grameen Bank…

Although he declined to make any comment about the High Court verdict that declared illegal registration of Jamaat-e-Islam, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said his party is always against banning any political party.   

Over two and half years into the incident, the trial of the murder of Bangladeshi girl Felani is going to begin on August 13 at a court constituted by Indian Border Security Force (BSF).

Jatiya Party Presidium Member Kazi Zafar Ahmed on Friday called upon the Prime Minister not to push the country towards a civil war.

In the wake of the High Court’s verdict declaring illegal the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Friday said the Islamist party has no right to stay in Bangladesh.

The Jamaat-e-Islami has demanded outlawing the Awami League and its associate fronts, a day after the High Court cancelled its registration, giving rise to widespread calls to ban it.

The BNP has again warned of ‘tough’ street protests after the Eid-ul-Fitr to press for the restoration of a non-party caretaker administration to oversee the national elections.

Minister without portfolio Suranjit Sengupta said regarding the killing of Juba League leader Jahid Siddiqui Tarek in ‘crossfire’, that Awami League does not support extra judicial killing.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday called a two-day countrywide hartal for August 12 and 13 protesting the “government conspiracy and plot” to eliminate the party.

Today is the International Al-Quds Day.

BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah on Thursday urged former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque to stay aside from the Law Commission as its chairman. 

At least 10 people went missing as they jumped into the sea off a trawler in Sandwhip upazila on Thursday for fear of vessel capsize.   

State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives adv Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Thursday said the land on which Rana Plaza had been built cannot be returned to Rana as the garment workers bloodspots are there in the site.   

The High Court on Thursday declared the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami illegal as political party.

Zahid Siddique Tarek, the alleged killer of Juba League leader Reazul Haque Milki, has been killed in a so-called `crossfire` with RAB. Rapid Action Battalion’s intelligent wing Director Lt Col Ziaul Ahsan has confirmed bdnews24.com about the incident. The official…

The Washington-based Human Rights Watch, in its ltest he report, published today has said that the Banladesh security forces have used excessive force responding to street protests killing at least 150 people and injuring at least 2000 others since February…

Opposition BNP on Wednesday threatened to wage a strong movement demanding the removal of the Election Commissioners (ECs) if the Representation of the People Order, (RPO) is amended to facilitate a particular party. 

Seeking her party’s reelection to keep up the pace of development in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged all, including the Ulema-Mshayekh and Awami League leaders, so that the BNP, Jamaat and Hefajat men cannot disrepute the…

Prosecutor Dr Tureen Afroz on Wednesday ‘identified’ war crimes accused BNP MP Salauddin Quader Chowdhury as the 1971 Rasputin before the International Crimes Tribunal -1 while summing up arguments in the case.  

Welcoming Prime Minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy in politics, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday suggested him to pursue healthy politics. 

A larger High Court bench headed by Justice M Moazzem Hossain is expected to deliver its judgment Thursday on a long pending public interest litigation writ petition challenging the validity of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s registration as political party. 

Awami League presidium member Mohammad Nasim on Wednesday said the grateful people want to bring the party back to power for the success of the present government.  

Members of Parliaments from seven Asian and African nations on Wednesday said parliaments have a critical role to play in ensuring the accountability of all parties for allocating the required resources and achieving the desired results for women and children.  

India’s Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has struck down the Tipaimukh hydel project in the country’s northeastern state of Manipur on grounds it will ruin the environment.

The ‘killer’ of Juba League leader Reazul Haque Milki has been identified from a video footage, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) says.

Speakers at a roundtable discussion here on Tuesday said people want to see the emergence of a third political force as a better alternative to Awami League and BNP to free the nation from the ongoing crisis.   

The power the RPO vests in the Election Commission to cancel candidacy for breach of regulation is ‘not executable at all and is meaningless’, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad has said.

Labour Secretary Mikail Shipar on Tuesday admitted that the government had to ignore to some extent the interest the workers in favour of the industries in the recent amendment of the labour law.