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Khaleda blasts govt for importing ‘rotten wheat’
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia accuses the government of importing “rotten wheat” from Brazil.
24 June 2015, 15:04 PM
Cops tear down makeshift structures around DMCH, but leave alone AL offices
Police tear down makeshift structures around DMCH, but do not scrape three political offices of ruling Awami League located there.
24 June 2015, 08:40 AM
AL’s contributions to Bangladesh history undeniable: PM
PM Sheikh Hasina says no one could deny AL’s contributions to Bangladesh history.
23 June 2015, 14:08 PM
Ballistic confirms Rony’s gun over death of 2
Ballistic reports confirm bullets that killed two people in Dhaka were fired from Ruling Awami League MP's son Rony, police say.
19 June 2015, 07:29 AM
Legal notice seeks Rony’s arms licene cancellation
A SC lawyer sends legal notice to the government requesting it to cancel in 24 hours the firearms licence of Bakhtiar Alam Rony, an accused of shooting dead two people on Apr 14.
18 June 2015, 07:54 AM
News Analysis: Political enmity beyond borders
While her party men were staging demonstration against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit in London, BNP chief Khaleda Zia in Dhaka on Monday invited Hasina to attend an iftar party she will host in honour of the country's political leaders.
17 June 2015, 11:57 AM
Cops may seek cancellation of Rony’s arms license
Police will appeal to revoke gun license of AL lawmaker Pinu Khan’s son Bakhtiar Alam Rony if ballistic reports find evidence that bullets from his firearms killed two on April 14.
17 June 2015, 07:43 AM
AL hails Mojaheeds death penalty, BNP mum
The ruling Awami League today hails the Supreme Court verdict upholding the death penalty of Jamaat’s Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed for war crimes charges while BNP, as usual, keep mum.
16 June 2015, 15:26 PM
Rony denied bail
Dhaka court rejects the bail petition of Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of AL lawmaker Pinu Khan, in a case filed against him on charge of shooting and killing two people on April 14.
16 June 2015, 06:21 AM
AL leader shot by Jubo League men
A ward-level Awami League leader is shot by local Jubo League men in Bangshal area of Dhaka following a dispute over campaigning in the recently held Dhaka South City Corporation election.
15 June 2015, 13:44 PM
Opinion: IGP’s big leader formula
The IGP has not only revealed how politicised he was, he also revealed the nexus between the cops and lawbreaking ruling party men.
15 June 2015, 09:26 AM
Why Khaleda’s change of heart on India?
Within a week of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has made a U-turn on her recent India stance after realising that she could not cut much ice with Modi, BNP insiders said.
15 June 2015, 08:43 AM
Khaleda invites Hasina to Iftar party
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia sends an invitation letter to Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina to attend an Iftar party scheduled for June 21.
15 June 2015, 06:48 AM
Govt trying to save ruling MP’s son, alleges BNP
BNP alleges that the government is trying to save Bakhtiar Alam Rony – the son of a ruling party lawmaker who shot dead two people in Dhaka in a drunken rage.
14 June 2015, 11:32 AM
SC scraps Maya’s acquittal in 2007 graft case
Supreme Court scraps a High Court verdict that acquitted Awami League Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya in a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission in 2007.
14 June 2015, 07:13 AM
BNP has no idealistic relation with Jamaat: Ripon
BNP spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon claims there is no idealistic relation between BNP and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
13 June 2015, 15:43 PM
Most deals were in favour of India: Emajuddin
Former Dhaka University vice-chancellor Prof Emajuddin Ahmed says most of the 22 deals signed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh were in “favour of Indian interest”.
10 June 2015, 14:19 PM
BNP blames govt for Teesta failure
BNP blames Awami League-led government for failing to ink the deal on sharing of Teesta river water with India.
9 June 2015, 08:16 AM
Opinion: Why Bangladesh isn’t Pakistan
Bangladesh’s liberation from Pakistan was an ideological recast. Its differences with India aren't based on ideological premise that Hindus and Muslims are engaged in some form of permanent war.
7 June 2015, 03:57 AM
Private instt students to pay more
Finance minister proposes raising VAT on private education which includes English medium schools and private engineering and medical colleges, for 2015-16 fiscal.
4 June 2015, 09:42 AM