Zimbabwe ex-president Mugabe dies

Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe has died aged 95, the country's President Emmerson Mnangagwa says on his official Twitter account.
6 September 2019, 05:16 AM

Taskforce to work from next week to bring discipline on roads: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says a taskforce will be formed soon to bring discipline on roads and take effective steps for preventing road accidents in the country.
5 September 2019, 15:09 PM

Jatiya Party faction declares Raushan chair

Jatiya Party has split into yet another faction after Raushan Ershad was announced chairperson by one of its faction.
5 September 2019, 07:34 AM

AL never believes in religious differences: PM

Mentioning that Awami League (AL) never believes in religious differences, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges members of the Hindu community not to undermine themselves by saying minority.
4 September 2019, 14:27 PM

Assam NRC: No one migrated to India after ’71, says Quader

Awami League General Secretary Qbaidul Quader rejects Assam finance minister’s remark about the people excluded from the NRC and categorically said that no one migrated to India from Bangladesh after the Liberation War in 1971.
3 September 2019, 15:58 PM

Rangpur-3 by polls: Saad Ershad collects JP nomination form

Rahgir Al Mahi alias Saad Ershad, the eldest son of late Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, buys the party’s nomination form to contest the Rangpur-3 by-polls that fell vacant following his father’s death.
3 September 2019, 14:06 PM

People excluded from NRC might be sent back: BNP

BNP has expressed grave concern saying that the people excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam might be sent to Bangladesh.
3 September 2019, 13:21 PM

Barrister Mainul sent to jail

A Dhaka court has sent barrister Mainul Hosein to jail after rejecting his bail petition in connection with a defamation case filed by a female journalist last year.
3 September 2019, 12:15 PM

Khaleda seeks HC bail in Zia Charitable Trust graft case

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeks bail from the High Court (HC) in Zia Charitable Trust Corruption case in which she has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by a lower court.
3 September 2019, 09:14 AM

BNP to sell nomination forms for Rangpur-3 by-polls Thursday

BNP will sell nomination forms on Thursday among party men willing to contest the upcoming by-election to Rangpur-3 constituency with its ticket.
3 September 2019, 08:53 AM

Take to street with sacrificing mentality to free Khaleda: BNP

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir calls upon his party men to take to the street with a sacrificing mentality to free party’s Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail and to restore democracy in the country.
2 September 2019, 15:44 PM

Cabinet okays law for utilizing Tk 2,12,100cr idle money

The cabinet has approved the draft of a law that will pave the way for depositing the idle money to the public exchequer as Tk 2,12,100 crore remained unused till May this year.
2 September 2019, 14:39 PM

Australian foreign minister due tomorrow

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow on a three-day official visit to attend Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Blue Economy ministerial meeting as well as to meet Bangladesh high-ups to address the Rohingya issue.
2 September 2019, 14:05 PM

Nasim calls for political unity to solve Rohingya crisis

Awami League Presidium Member and former minister Mohammed Nasim calls upon all political parties in the country to be united for solving Rohingya crisis instead of politicising the issue.
2 September 2019, 13:03 PM

Man detained with knife while trying to enter India’s parliament

A 26-year-old man was detained when he was allegedly trying to enter the Indian Parliament House with a knife, police say.
2 September 2019, 11:00 AM

Fakhrul, 7 others get bail in arson case

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and seven others have been granted bail in an arson attack case filed in October last year.
2 September 2019, 09:28 AM

By-polls to Ershad's Rangpur-3 constituency Oct 5

By-polls to Rangpur-3 constituency which was left vacant after the death of Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, will be held on October 5.
1 September 2019, 08:03 AM

Science Lab bombing might be a test case before any big attack: Quader

The bomb attack on police in Dhaka’s Science Laboratory area might be a test case before carrying out any big attack in future, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says.
1 September 2019, 06:59 AM

We remain alert after India released final NRC: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the National Register of Citizens (NRC), a list intended to identify illegal immigrants in India's Assam state, is an internal issue of India.
1 September 2019, 06:44 AM

PM asks BCL activists to work for people’s welfare

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) to work for welfare of the people being imbued with the ideology of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
31 August 2019, 14:28 PM