Ailing Ershad on oxygen support: doctors

Ailing leader of the opposition in parliament and Jatiya Party Chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad is kept on oxygen support at Dhaka’s Combined Military Hospital (CMH).
30 June 2019, 15:49 PM

Left-leaning parties slam gas tariff hike

The left-leaning political parties come down heavily on the government for hiking the gas price for retail consumers with effect from tomorrow.
30 June 2019, 14:03 PM

Attack on Hasina: 30 BNP men sent to Pabna jail

A Pabna court has sent 30 BNP leaders and activists to jail after rejecting their bail prayers in a case filed for attacking Sheikh Hasina, the then opposition leader and now prime minister, in 1994.
30 June 2019, 07:13 AM

BNP to intensify movement, legal battle for Khaleda’s release

BNP will come up with a package of movement along with legal battle within four weeks to ensure immediate release of the party’s imprisoned Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
29 June 2019, 15:56 PM

BNP slams law-and-order ‘downslide’

BNP standing committee member Selima Rahman says the incidents of killing, enforced disappearance and rape have now engulfed the country for lack of good governance and impunity culture.
29 June 2019, 09:30 AM

Ershad recovering quickly: Doctors

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad is recovering quickly and his health is being considered much better today, the party’s acting Chairman GM Quader said quoting his physicians.
29 June 2019, 06:14 AM

Trump says he could meet NKorea’s Kim at DMZ

Eyeing a history-making photo opportunity, President Donald Trump has issued a Twitter invitation to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to join him for a hand shake during a visit to the demilitarized zone (DMZ) with South Korea.
29 June 2019, 04:15 AM

BNP welcomes Oli’s Jatiya Muktimancha

BNP has welcomes the new platform floated by Liberal Democratic Party President Oli Ahmed, “Jatiya Muktimancha”.
28 June 2019, 12:31 PM

Ershad’s condition improves

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has improved further under treatment at hospital, says a spokesperson of his party. His condition has improved 40 percent, Ershad's Deputy Press Secretary Khandaker Delwar Jalali said in a statement quoting the doctors of Combined Military Hospital.
28 June 2019, 11:13 AM

Loan at 4% interest for producers of non-major food grains

State Minister for Rural Development and Co-operatives Division Shawpan Bhattacharjee tells parliament that farmers will be able to get loan at 4 per cent interest for producing non-major food grains.
27 June 2019, 15:30 PM

Milk Vita formalin and arsenic free: Minister

There is no presence of formalin and arsenic in the liquid milk of Milk Vita, State Minister for Rural Development and Co-operatives Division Shawpan Bhattacharjee has told parliament.
27 June 2019, 14:04 PM

Oli announces new alliance with aim to ‘free Khaleda’

Oli Ahmed, president of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), today announced to float a new political alliance to press their 18-point demand including release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail.
27 June 2019, 12:12 PM

Ershad not yet out of danger: Jatiya Party

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad is not yet out of danger, Jatiya Party’s acting Chairman Golam Mohammader Kader says.
27 June 2019, 08:33 AM

Ershad admitted to CMH

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad is admitted to Dhaka Combined Military Hospital (CMH) due to old-age complications.
26 June 2019, 12:46 PM

Railway minister visits train accident victims

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan has visited the victims, who were injured in June 23 train derailment in Moulvibazar and admitted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital.
26 June 2019, 06:30 AM

Pompeo meets Modi in New Delhi

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have discussed various aspects of the two country's relations to strengthen bilateral strategic partnership.
26 June 2019, 06:24 AM

Nasim seeks govt action against loan defaulters, money looters

Awami League lawmaker Mohammed Nasim in the parliament calls upon the government to take action against the loan defaulters and those who looted money from banks.
25 June 2019, 15:45 PM

Scuffles, crude bomb blasts at BNP office

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal’s expelled leaders and their supporters engage in a scuffle at BNP’s central office in Nayapaltan.
25 June 2019, 10:13 AM

BNP MP demands Khaleda’s release

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) MP Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan demands the unconditional release of the party’s imprisoned chairperson Khaleda Zia for the sake of her treatment.
24 June 2019, 15:38 PM

No one can destroy Awami League: Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says no one can destroy Bangladesh Awami League as it is a well-organised political party having numerous achievements during its 70-year history of struggle.
24 June 2019, 15:28 PM