OMG!

“Everybody is waiting … when the Awami League government would quit.”
11 October 2015, 18:00 PM

PM now blames Khaleda

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday alleged that BNP chief Khaleda Zia is conspiring from abroad to destabilise
10 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Is nat'l unity possible?

In the wake of the recent murder of two foreigners, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called for national unity to tackle militancy and extremism in the country. His Awami League counterpart Mahbub-Ul-Alam Hanif, however, outright dismissed any such possibility, once again exposing the deep division between the two rival parties.
8 October 2015, 18:00 PM

JCD leader shot in ‘gunfight’ with cops

A Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader is shot in an alleged gunfight with police at Moghbazar in Dhaka.
8 October 2015, 13:54 PM

Don't demolish illegal extension of railway workers' houses

A faction of Bangladesh Railway Sramik League Central Committee yesterday urged the railway authorities to evict
7 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh court puts BNP man, neighbour on 10-day remand

A Rangpur court yesterday placed two people on 10 days' remand in connection with the murder of Japanese citizen, with cops claiming to have made a “major breakthrough” in the case.
6 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Mirza Fakhrul's bail extended

The Supreme Court yesterday extended till November 2 its bail order for BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul
6 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Ruling AL choking opposition

Accusing the ruling Awami League of making politics tough for the opposition, BNP yesterday alleged that the
6 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Fakhrul gets bail in bomb blast case

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case filed over bomb blasts on December 9, 2012 during a road blockade.
5 October 2015, 20:41 PM

One held with Indian sarees

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a youth with 366 Indian sarees worth about Tk 12 lakh in Sadar upazila of the district on
5 October 2015, 18:00 PM

US for joint efforts to address extremism

US envoy Bernicat says 'we have everything we need' to fight the emergence of Islamic State in Bangladesh.
5 October 2015, 07:09 AM

Leaders say BNP doesn’t want to be bracketed with Jamaat

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's allegation that the BNP and Jamaat have links to the recent murders of two foreigners is “totally baseless”, said BNP acting secretary general Fakhrul Islam Alamgir last night.
4 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh PM Hasina smells link of BNP-Jamaat

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said it's the BNP-Jamaat nexus, not the Islamic State, that was behind the recent killings of a Japanese man and an Italian in the country. "The style of killings of these two foreign nationals are the same … These are planned murders ... I want to remind you of a BNP leader's remarks before and after the [Italian national's] murder. If you compare the two statements, the matter will become clear," she said at a press conference at the Gono Bhaban yesterday.
4 October 2015, 18:00 PM

UNDP researches political violence in Bangladesh

The United Nations (UN) and its partner agencies yesterday reiterated their long-standing commitment to support the Bangladeshi government in strengthening democratic governance and sustainable development of the country.
4 October 2015, 18:00 PM

28 of 54 detained fishermen jailed in 3 districts

Law enforcers detained 54 fishermen in Chandpur, Chittagong and Manikganj districts yesterday and the day before for catching mother hilsa, defying a 15-day ban till October 9.
4 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Some quarter out to stir instability

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said a vested quarter was trying to create instability in the country in a planned way, but her government would tackle this with an iron fist.
3 October 2015, 18:00 PM

BNP demands accused ruling party MP's arrest

The BNP yesterday demanded immediate arrest of Manzurul Islam Liton, Awami League lawmaker from Gaibandha-1,
3 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Probe to find link between foreigners’ murder: Kamal

Law enforcers work to find whether there is any link between the killings of two foreigners in the span of five days, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says.
3 October 2015, 07:33 AM

BNP for judicial probe into UGC official’s death in Rab custody

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) demands judicial inquiry to find out the nature of University Grants Commission (UGC) official’s death in Rab custody.
2 October 2015, 12:06 PM

Seven ex-Sonali Bank staff among 9 sued in Bogra

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) sued nine people, including seven former Sonali Bank staff, in two cases for embezzlement of around Tk 13.68 crore from Dupchanchia branch of the bank in Bogra.
1 October 2015, 18:00 PM