AL doesn’t need bad people: Quader

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader urges the party leaders and workers not to bring any wrongdoers in the party only to increase the number of leaders as the AL doesn’t need any bad people.
10 November 2019, 15:36 PM

Montu, Khasru elected president, gen secy of Sramik League

Fazlul Haque Montu and KM Azam Khasru have been elected as president and general secretary of Bangladesh Jatiya Sramik League, the labour wing of Bangladesh Awami League, respectively.
9 November 2019, 11:19 AM

PM opens Jatiya Sramik League conference

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the 12th national conference of Bangladesh Jatiya Sramik League (BJSL), the labour wing of Bangladesh Awami League (AL).
9 November 2019, 05:53 AM

Prove allegations or face punishment: PM to demonstrators in universities

Coming down heavily on those engaged in the ongoing movements against the vice chancellors of several universities, including Jahangirnagar University, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said they will have to face punishment if they fail to prove their allegations.
7 November 2019, 07:09 AM

Erdogan, Trump announce Washington talks on November 13

Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan will travel to the United States next week to meet Donald Trump, the Turkish presidency says, amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
7 November 2019, 05:58 AM

US accuses 2 ex-Twitter employees of spying for Saudi Arabia

Two former employees of Twitter and a third man from Saudi Arabia face US charges of spying for the kingdom by digging up private user data and giving it to Saudi officials in exchange for payment, a complaint from the Department of Justice shows.
7 November 2019, 04:31 AM

Khoka laid to rest at Jurain graveyard

Sadeque Hossain Khoka, a valiant freedom fighter, is laid to rest at Jurain Graveyard following the last funeral prayer.
7 November 2019, 04:31 AM

No more industries on arable land: PM

Noting that Bangladesh will go for industrilisation without bypassing the agriculture as the country’s development is largely depended on it, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterates her stance on not allowing industries on arable lands.
6 November 2019, 08:15 AM

Charge pressed against Samrat in arms case

Rapid Action Battalion presses charges against Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, a former Jubo League leader and an alleged kingpin of the illegal casino business in Dhaka, in a case filed under the Arms Act.
6 November 2019, 06:08 AM

Samir Chandra, Umme Kulsum new president, gen secy of Krishak League

Samir Chanda and Umme Kulsum have been elected as president and general secretary of Bangladesh Krishak League respectively.
6 November 2019, 05:28 AM

Menon, Badsha elected Workers Party president, gen secy

Rashed Khan Menon and Fazle Hossain Badsha have been elected president and general secretary of Workers Party of Bangladesh respectively.
5 November 2019, 12:42 PM

You may call it attack; I say mass uprising: JU VC

Jahangirnagar University Vice Chancellor Prof Farzana Islam thanks Chhatra League men, who allegedly attacked the protesters on the campus, for rescuing her from confinement.
5 November 2019, 07:46 AM

JU students threaten to stay on campus; vow to continue protest

Rejecting authorities’ announcement of closing Jahangirnagar University for an indefinite period, the protesting students of the university take a fresh vow to carry out their movement until Vice Chancellor Prof Farzana Islam resigns.
5 November 2019, 05:56 AM

Khoka’s body to arrive Thursday

The body of freedom fighters and former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation Sadeque Hossain Khoka is expected to arrive in Bangladesh from US on Thursday morning.
5 November 2019, 05:09 AM

Govt to assist in bringing back Khoka’s body

The government will extend all-out cooperation in bringing back the body of valiant freedom fighter Sadeque Hossain Khoka, who passed away in New York today.
4 November 2019, 15:23 PM

Providing all support to bring Khoka’s body back: Info minister

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said the government is providing all the necessary support to bring back home the body of Sadeque Hossain Khoka from the USA.
4 November 2019, 13:41 PM

HC upholds govt decision to freeze accounts of GK Shamim’s company

High Court (HC) upholds a government’s decision to freeze bank accounts of GKB and Company (Pvt) Ltd owned by SM Golam Kibria Shamim who is a top government-listed contractor.
4 November 2019, 13:10 PM

Vacuum created in political arena following Khoka’s death: Fakhrul

BNP expresses deep shock at the death of the party’s vice chairman and former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation Sadeque Hossain Khoka, who died at a hospital in New York today.
4 November 2019, 12:39 PM

Sadeque Hossain Khoka passes away

Former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation and BNP vice chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka died while undergoing treatment for cancer at a New York hospital.
4 November 2019, 08:52 AM

No room for anti-liberation elements, killers: PM

Accusing again the anti-liberation elements of their involvement in the killings of Bangabandhu and the four national leaders, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says there will be no room for the killers and their cohorts in the country.
3 November 2019, 15:57 PM