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Leaders of human rights groups at a public dialogue on Sunday demanded protection of citizens’ privacy, ensuring national security and existing institutional practices to uphold the human rights framework.

The budget for 2013-14 fiscal was passed in Parliament on Sunday, amidst a walkout by the opposition BNP.

Bangladesh’s biggest trading partner, the European Union, which absorbs most of the readymade garment exports, has vowed to provide ‘the best possible’ market access in its effort to improve labour standards.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena on Sunday said the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) facility for Bangladeshi exports has not been cancelled, but suspended.

Ruling 14-party alliance-backed mayoral runner in the maiden Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election Ajmat Ullah on Sunday placed a 10-point election manifesto, promising to make the city modern, planned and beautiful one.

Senior BNP leader ASM Hannan Shah, who is also the chief coordinator of the electioneering for 18-party-supported mayoral runner MA Mannan, on Sunday demanded deployment of army during the election to the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC).

Bangladesh has recently signed a deal with Russian state corporation Rosatom to conduct three vital studies to complete preparation for the construction of Rooppur nuclear power project. Chairman of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Abu Sayeed Mohammad Feroz and head of…

Calling upon the government to reinstate the caretaker government system, leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia on Saturday warned that the government will be forced to hold the next general election under a non-party neutral administration.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday welcomed opposition leader Khaleda Zia’s proposal for putting an end to badmouthing in Parliament  by some young MPs both from the treasury and opposition benches.

Parliament on Saturday witnessed a rare ‘quick action and reaction’ between Leader of the House and Leader of the Opposition over an article in the Washington Times, reportedly written by Khaleda Zia.

Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Khaleda Zia on Saturday urged the US government to reconsider the GSP benefits for Bangladesh.

Bangladesh will lose the opportunity of trade negotiations with the USA if it does not sign the Trade and Investment Cooperation Framework Agreement (TICFA), Commerce Minister GM Quader told Parliament on Saturday.

Violence against women (VAW) is costing Bangladesh society Tk 1,939.4 crore every year, a workshop was told on Saturday.

Dhaka: Bangladesh is set to return the detained stalwart of the separatist United Asom Liberation Front (ULFA), Anup Chetia, to India after 16 years in jail in the neighbouring country, officials said.

Opposition BNP on Friday alleged that the USA has suspended the GSP facility to Bangladesh due to the government’s incompetence to maintain international lobbying and poor handling of the crucial issue.

The US ambassador in Dhaka Dan Mozena on Friday said his country’s GSP decision would serve as ‘the first step’ in ensuring that Bangladesh never again has another devastated Rana plaza incident or Tazreen factory fire.

The government has accused a section of people both in Bangladesh and the United States for the ‘unfortunate’ GSP facility suspension in getting duty-free access to the US market.

BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Friday branded the Election Commission as a toothless tiger for what he said its failure to take action against the ruling party for violation of the election code of conduct.

Nobel Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus on Friday said many countries around the world are now coming up to adopt the social business concept to address their growing unemployment and emerging economic problems.

A 45-km tailback was created on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway following a head-on collision between a truck and a covered van near Nuritala Bazar in Chandina upazila on Friday, inflicting sufferings on thousands of passengers.

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The newly appointed chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission Md Bodiuzzaman on Thursday said no political case irrespective of party identity would be withdrawn as per the recommendation of the government so long as he would be there as the chief of…

Minister for Information Hasanul Haq Inu on Thursday said, the publication of Dainik Amar Desh will remain suspended till the final disposal of the case pending with the court.

Awami League senior leader Suranjit Sengupta on Thursday called upon the opposition to sit across the table to discuss the election time government.

The publication ceremony of a book titled Political thought of Tarique Rahman, senior vice chairman of the opposition BNP, was held at Cambridge University in the UK on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held a one-to-one meeting with Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad at the PM’s Sangsad Bhaban office on Thursday.

Terming the move to split Grameen Bank a conspiracy, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday urged the government to shun its hegemony and let the Nobel-winning microcredit institution to function on its own.

A court here on Thursday convicted 12 people and sentenced eight of them to life term imprisonment and four others to different terms of jail in connection with a double murder case in Companyganj upazila in 2008.