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The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office on Friday outlined a series of steps that it urged Bangladesh to take to improve factory conditions and workers rights in order to have U.S. trade benefits restored.

The newly elected mayors of Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Sylhet city corporations were sworn in today (Sunday).

A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred ‘for the last time’ the hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson and others in Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases.

Politicisation and lack of transparency accelerate corruption in the Local Government and Engineering Department (LGED), according to a study of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB).

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to resume peace talks with Israel only after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gave him a letter guaranteeing that the basis of the negotiations will be Israel’s pre-1967 borders, two senior Palestinian officials said…

Renewing her party’s demand for restoration of the caretaker government system, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday said people will reject the current regime with hatred if the next polls are not held under a non-party administration.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said her party is preparing for the next general election alongside strengthening democracy in the country.

Though the BNP leaders are repeatedly talking about launching tougher action programmes after Eid to force the government to reinstate the caretaker government system, the movement is unlikely to gather pace before mid-September.

Young ruling party MP Golam Maula Rony allegedly assaulted two journalists of Independent Television at Topkhana Road in the city on Saturday.

Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the people of the country want to see no fresh commitment from the government as they want to see more follow-up actions.

The newly elected mayors of Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Sylhet city corporations will be sworn in here on Sunday.

Pakistan does not want to make any comment over the verdicts delivered by the International Crimes Tribunals (ICTs) against Jamaat top leaders as it does not feel like interfering in the internal affairs of Bangladesh, said an official.

Experts at a discussion meeting on Friday revealed that more than two crore of people in Bangladesh are affected by any of Kidney diseases, of whom 40,000 patients die of total kidney failure. At least five people die every hour…

In a scathing attack on the opposition leader for her fresh vow to introduce a new trend in governing the country if BNP returns to power, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Friday said Khaleda Zia would destroy the country’s independence and…

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said party senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman will be back home from London as soon as he fully recovers from his illness.

Talking on the current political trend, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said the people are annoyed with politicians for their negative politics.

The body of a Bangladeshi man, who was tortured to death by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF), was recovered from the Jamuna River in  Joydharbhanga area in Panchagarh Sadar upazila on Friday morning.

Renewing its demand to the government to reach a compromise over the polls-time government, opposition BNP on Friday threatened to wage a strong movement after Eid-ul-Fitr if the ruling party sticks to its present stance.

A roadside tea stall owner, who was stabbed during a clash between two groups of criminals in the city’s Dhanmondi area on Thursday evening, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) early Friday.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has no jurisdiction to bring back BNP’s senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman from abroad.

The 10-hour long countrywide hartal enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami was observed amid stray incidents of violence but mostly ignored by public transport owners and shopkeepers.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the government will provide the information about those who were engaged in vandalism in the Shahbagh demanding the scrapping of quota system in the PSC so that these rowdy elements could not get…

Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up three Bangladeshi nationals from Medenipur and Benipur border points in Jibannagar upazila on Wednesday.

The listed cross-examination of the defence witness for war crimes accused BNP MP Salauddin Quader Chowdhury could not take place due to nonappearance of DW-3 Qayum Reza Chowdhury at the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday.

In a wholesale promotion in the administration, some 345 deputy secretaries have been elevated to the rank of joint secretary.

The BNP will create a new form of government once it is elected to power, Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said.

International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) on Monday awarded 90 years’ imprisonment to former Jamaat Ameer Ghulam Azam for his involvement in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971.

There are signs of revival of the Ganajagaran Manch on news that the verdict for Jamaat-e-Islami founder Prof. Ghulam Azam on charges of war crimes in 1971 is due.

The Indian government for the first time has provided compensation of Rs 5,00,000 to the family members of a Bangladeshi national killed in firing by its Border Security Force (BSF).

Senior opposition lawmaker Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Sunday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Dipu Moni to withdraw their remarks against the elected mayors of five city corporations and advised them to make apology to the people.