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Diplomats shouldn’t ‘overreact’: Tofail

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed calls upon the diplomats of different countries residing in Bangladesh “not to overreact” on the matter of the killing of two foreign nationals.
27 October 2015, 12:08 PM

Shakhawat criticises 'partisan local govt polls'

The government's move to hold local government polls on partisan lines will increase nomination business in local elections, says former election commissioner Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain.
26 October 2015, 13:32 PM

Bullet-hit Sourav returns home

Sourav Mia, the 10-year-old boy who was shot by Gaibandha-1 lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton is released from Rangpur Medical College hospital (RMCH) today after 25 days of treatment.
26 October 2015, 12:10 PM

Positive changes in JS, but effectiveness under question: TIB

TIB's parliament watch study reports positive changes but says expected effectiveness was under question most of the time. The positive changes include average meeting duration, time spent while passing a law, and increase in the average attendance of parliament members on workdays and decline in quorum crisis on average.
25 October 2015, 09:22 AM

Shooting boy: MP Liton denied bail

A Gaibandha court denies bail to ruling party lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton in a case filed over shooting a 10-year-old boy.
25 October 2015, 07:32 AM

It's BNP-Jamaat job: Hanif

Awami League Joint Secretary General Mahbubul Alam Hanif blames the BNP-Jamaat political alliance for today's bomb attack at Ashura programme at Shia headquarters in old part of Dhaka.
24 October 2015, 09:47 AM

BNP demands impartial investigation into Shia procession attack

BNP demands impartial investigation into bomb attack at Shia Muslim group's headquarters in old part of Dhaka that killed one and injured 87 others.
24 October 2015, 09:36 AM

1 killed in Natore AL infighting

A local activist of the ruling Awami League has been killed and five others injured during infighting at Natore’s Singra upazila.
22 October 2015, 08:07 AM

Govt conspiring to keep BNP leaders out of polls: Nazrul

BNP leader Nazrul Islam Khan alleges that the government is conspiring to keep top BNP leaders away from polls by punishing them in “false cases”.
21 October 2015, 15:03 PM

Shooting minor: MP Liton seeks bail

Manjurul Islam Liton, Awami League MP from Gaibandha-1 constituency, files petitions with a court in Gaibandha today seeking bail in two cases--one for shooting a minor boy and another for vandalism and looting a house.
21 October 2015, 09:47 AM

US travel alert won’t hamper Bangladesh’s economy: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says the US travel alert for its citizens in Bangladesh will not hamper the country’s economy.
18 October 2015, 14:21 PM

PM vows intolerance to terrorism, blames BNP for foreigner killings

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses her firm determination to not tolerate any militancy and terrorism in the country.
15 October 2015, 13:18 PM

Awami League lawmaker Liton held

Detectives arrest a ruling Awami League MP Manzurul Islam Liton from the house of one of his relatives in Uttara of Dhaka in a case filed over shooting a 10-year-old boy in October 2.
14 October 2015, 06:16 AM

Govt seeks stay on Liton’s surrender order

To expedite the arrest of Gaibandha lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton’s arrest, the government seeks the Supreme Court’s stay on a High Court order that directed him to surrender before a lower court by October 18.
13 October 2015, 05:30 AM

HC tells Liton to surrender before Gaibandha court by Oct 18

Manzurul Islam Liton, ruling Awami League lawmaker from Gaibandha-1, appears before the High Court in a case filed for shooting a minor boy. After hearing, court scraps his bail pleas and orders him to surrender before a local court by October 18.
12 October 2015, 06:12 AM

BNP being falsely blamed for foreigner killings: Fakhrul

BNP alleges that the government is blaming the party for the murder of two foreigners without any proof in a bid to hide its failure.
7 October 2015, 13:42 PM

MP Bodi fails to get stay on graft case

Ruling Awami League lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi once again fails to get any stay order from the High Court on the trial proceedings of a corruption case.
7 October 2015, 12:32 PM

MP Liton won’t be spared: Home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan speaks of not sparing ruling party lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton who shot a kid in Gaibandha for “no reason”.
7 October 2015, 08:56 AM

Bogra medical college shut after BCL infighting

Authorities have shut Ziaur Rahman Medical College in Bogra for an indefinite period after an infighting of the college’s BCL.
7 October 2015, 07:48 AM

Cox’s Bazar AL leader found dead

An upazila unit president of Awami League is found dead in Pekua upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
7 October 2015, 06:25 AM