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BNP to finalise DNCC mayor candidate tonight

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia calls the party's standing committee meeting to finalise the mayor candidate for the by-polls of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC).
13 January 2018, 08:37 AM

Iran says will retaliate against US sanctions on chief judge

Iran says it will retaliate against sanctions imposed on its judiciary head by the United States as President Donald Trump stepped up efforts to 'fix' a nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers.
13 January 2018, 08:26 AM

PM’s election plan to create crisis: Fakhrul

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s plan for election time government will plunge the country into a fresh crisis, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.
12 January 2018, 15:45 PM

Next election as per constitution: PM

Making it clear that the next general election will be held as per the Constitution, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses her high optimism that all the parties registered with the Election Commission will take part in the polls for upholding the country's democratic process.
12 January 2018, 12:25 PM

AL will reply with a legal notice: Quader

Awami League will reply to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s legal notice in equal terms, the ruling party’s General Secretary Obaidul Quader says.
12 January 2018, 12:19 PM

ACC totally fails to prove graft allegation against Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s counsel Jamir Uddin Sircar says the Anti-Corruption Commission has totally failed to prove the allegations brought against Khaleda in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.
11 January 2018, 14:05 PM

BNP didn’t take lesson from 1/11: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says his party's arch-rival BNP did not take lesson from the black chapter of one eleven changeover in 2007.
11 January 2018, 13:25 PM

PM’s remarks about Khaleda seditious offence: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir comes down heavily on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her remarks that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is insane and possesses illegal assets abroad.
11 January 2018, 12:35 PM

Trump urged by top advisers to waive Iran sanctions

Donald Trump is being urged by some top advisers not to bring back US economic sanctions on Iran this week, a move by the president that would effectively end a 2015 deal to limit Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
11 January 2018, 05:55 AM

JP MP sued for misappropriating Tk 275cr loan of Basic Bank

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) sues Jatiya Party lawmaker Mahjabeen Morshed, her husband and five others for allegedly misappropriating around Tk 275crore of Basic Bank.
10 January 2018, 08:52 AM

Rohingya repatriation: Dhaka hopeful for new beginning with Myanmar

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali hopes there will be a new beginning with Myanmar through Rohingya repatriation.
10 January 2018, 07:46 AM

PM pays homage to Bangabandhu on Homecoming Day

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the Homecoming Day of the great leader.
10 January 2018, 05:10 AM

BNP seeks army deployment in DNCC by-polls

BNP demands the deployment of army a week before the by-polls to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral post.
9 January 2018, 16:15 PM

No one will be able to come to power without JP: Ershad

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad says that no political party will be able to come to the power alone without his party.
9 January 2018, 15:06 PM

Corrupt leaders not to get AL tickets: Quader

Issuing a note of warning to the party leaders who are involved in corruption, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says they will not get the party's nomination in the next general election.
9 January 2018, 14:03 PM

Not all thrilled by idea of Mahathir as Malaysia's PM

Malaysians are divided on opposition pact's choice of ex-PM to lead Malaysia if it wins polls.
9 January 2018, 07:15 AM

Corruption: Case proceedings to continue against BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain

The High Court has cleared the way for the trial court concerned to continue the trial proceedings of a corruption case against BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain.
9 January 2018, 06:23 AM

Donald Trump awarded for undermining press freedom: CPJ

United States President Donald Trump among other top world leaders was awarded for “his overall achievement in undermining press freedom”, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says.
9 January 2018, 05:18 AM

DNCC by-polls schedule to be announced tomorrow

The Election Commission is to announce the by-polls schedule for the mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Tuesday, January 9, 2018.
8 January 2018, 13:54 PM

14 cases against Khaleda shifted to Bakshibazar makeshift court

The trial of fourteen more cases including three graft cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be now held at a makeshift court at Alia Madrassa in Dhaka’s Bakshibazar area.
8 January 2018, 11:23 AM