Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu says private satellite television channels will not get any scope to telecast “distorted and false” information through talk shows once the broadcast commission is set up.

Truck and covered van workers will go on an indefinite transport strike in Sylhet district tomorrow demanding removal of the officers-in-

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday again skipped the trial proceedings of Zia charitable and Zia orphanage trust corruption cases due to her illness.

Pro-Awami League lawyers' panel is back on the driving seat of the Bangladesh Bar Council after three years, according to the council's official election results announced yesterday.

Senior BNP leaders yesterday stressed the need to bring back people's trust in the party that it is fighting to restore democracy in the country, and not to cling to power.

The Chittagong city unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League yesterday demanded that the authorities concerned ensure that students pay

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam yesterday gave into the demand of some pro-Awami League lawyers and decided not to recount all ballot papers of the Bangladesh Bar Council election.

The BNP-led 20-party alliance has announced countrywide demonstration on Sunday, protesting the recent power and gas price hike.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's adviser Shawkat Mahmud yesterday was shown arrested in four more arson cases filed for damaging and

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the government will decide after September 10 about increasing the transport fare following a hike in the prices of gas.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for removing all the weeds from Awami League and Chhatra League to build the organisations based on Bangabandhu's ideology.

A Dhaka court yesterday fixed November 2 to decide whether the charges brought against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 37 others for Jatrabari arson attack on a bus on January 23 will be accepted.

The Supreme Court yesterday extended for six weeks its order that had granted bail to BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three arson and vandalism cases.

BNP yesterday once again lambasted Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu accusing him of making false statements against the BNP chairperson as well her family members.

It failed twice to force the Awami League government to hold a general election under a non-party administration. The failure made it pay heavily.

The British government yesterday donated specialist forgery detection equipment to Bangladesh Special Branch to tackle immigration crime.

The Supreme Court yesterday asked senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed to file a leave-to-appeal petition with this court by September 3 challenging a High

United Nations Special Rapporteur Heiner Bielefeldt arrived in the capital yesterday for a nine-day mission to assess the state of freedom of religion or belief

The reports highlighting the progress of various government projects by furnishing numbers are often misleading as they are usually cooked up to serve unethical purposes, said Dr Saadat Husain, former cabinet secretary and also former chairman of Public Service Commission, yesterday.

Police yesterday "foiled" a human chain of Chittagong city unit BNP that was protesting the government's decision to increase power and