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A post-independence union-level Awami League leader for over 16 years stands trial on May 16 before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.

Opposition BNP on Tuesday warned the government that its dream to hold the next general election keeping BNP out of the race may turn into a nightmare. 

The countrywide 36-hour shutdown, called by opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance, is underway on Tuesday amid stray incidents of blasts. 

Opposition BNP on Monday threatened that the 18-party may go for a 72-hour nonstop shutdown if the government does not concede to their demands even in the face of the 36-hour hartal beginning at 6am Tuesday. 

Leaders of various political parties welcomed the new-President elect Abdul Hamid and hoped that he would play a role in overcoming the present political crisis.

The High Court on Monday imposed a ban on plying of heavy vehicles over the Bangabandhu Bridge.

Expatriates violating the labor law as well as the Haj and Umrah regulations will be deported and banned from reentering the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

US HR Report The latest US Human Rights report has marked the extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, kidnappings, political violence and repression on women as the major ‘obstacles’ to improve the condition of human rights (HR) in Bangladesh.

Opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance has called countrywide 36-hour shutdown from Tuesday demanding restoration of caretaker government and release of their leaders.

Dhaka and New Delhi on Saturday signed three agreements here to implement the proposed 1320-MW coal-fired power plant project in joint venture at Rampal, a location close to the Sundarbans.

Acting President Advocate Abdul Hamid is going to be elected as the next President of the country.

Opposition BNP on Saturday accused the government of providing licenses to Chhatra League and Jubo League men for killing people in a bid to annihilate its political opponents.

Unidentified miscreants slaughtered four of a family including wife and brother-in-law of Pirojpur UP chairman in Sonargaon upazila of the district early Saturday.

Seven people, including five cops, sustained bullet wounds in a gunfight between police and members of ‘Jihadi Bahini’ in Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon.

The BJP will oppose the proposed land swap agreement between India and Bangladesh.

BNP standing committee member MK Anwar on Friday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is afraid of the mass protest against the government’s misrule.

BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday urged the government to immediately reinstate the non-party caretaker government system with an amendment to the constitution to avert confrontations.

About 30 Bangladeshi migrant workers have been injured in a shooting on a strawberry farm in Greece for requesting salaries that had not been paid.

The World Bank banned Canadian engineering firm SNC-Lavalin with a record-setting sanction, barring the firm and 100 of its subsidiaries from bidding on any of the bank’s development projects for the next decade, after SNC admitted that it conspired to…

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday kept pending its verdict to be delivered any day after formally closing law-point arguments from both sides in the trial of the war crimes allegedly perpetrated by detained Jamaat-e-Islami ameer (retired) Ghulam Azam.

BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday urged the government to create an enabling environment for talks, saying dialogue cannot be held keeping the top opposition leaders behind bars. 

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said that the government is committed to holding a free, fair and neutral election in Bangladesh like the other parliamentary democratic countries of the world.

The main opposition BNP on Wednesday claimed that its organising secretary M Ilias Ali, who mysteriously went missing one year ago, is in government custody.

Accusing the government of carrying out repression on the opposition, MK Anwar said, “There’s no peace in people’s minds.

The Bridges Division of the Communications Ministry has moved a proposal seeking an increase in the contract value of the Padma Bridge’s detailed design consultant.

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Monday said the ruling Awami League must take the responsibility in case of any chaotic situation in the country for its desperate bid to cling to power. “They (govt) want to hang onto…

Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has warned against the spread of violence against Muslims in Myanmar to neighbouring areas.

Elections to five city corporations, including the newly-formed Gazipur one, are likely to be held before Ramadan, election commissioner Javed Ali said on Monday.

DHAKA – The army, navy and air force chiefs today pledged before a parliamentary body to discharge duties to uphold the constitution as per their oaths.