Politics

Politics in cricket and cricket in politics

Sports and politics have collided throughout history, but there are also examples of collaboration between them. South African president Nelson Mandela used rugby to heal the racial tension that divided the blacks and the whites in his country.
25 June 2015

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

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

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

Jamaat hartal tomorrow against Mojaheed's verdict

Appalled by the Supreme Court verdict against war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Jamaat-e-Islami calls a 24-hour hartal from tomorrow.
16 June 2015

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

PM slams BNP’s UK unit

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina criticises the role of local unit of BNP during her visit to the United Kingdom. “They will slander me while sitting out in London – it is not acceptable,” she said
15 June 2015

Govt tried to thwart my meeting with Modiji: Khaleda

BNP chief Khaleda Zia alleges that Awami League government tried to thwart her meeting with Narendra Modi in Dhaka.
14 June 2015

Cops not favouring Rony: DMP

Police assert they are not favouring the ruling party lawmaker’s son Bakhtiar Alam Rony who gunned down two people in Dhaka in a drunken rage.
14 June 2015

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

PM flies to London tomorrow

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina flies to London tomorrow morning on a week-long visit to the United Kingdom.
11 June 2015

BCL’s tender clash in Barisal (video)

At least 5 injured during a factional clash of ruling party’s student front Bangladesh Chhatra League over a local tender drop in Barisal city.
3 June 2015

Opinion: Has BNP forgotten its anti-Indian past?

BNP's spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon's claim that their party has never done anti- Indian politics in the past is a complete denial of the truth. The party's anti-Indian politics has been evident in numerous ways.
31 May 2015

Khaleda’s indictment, arrest decision on Jatrabari case June 28

A Dhaka court sets June 28 to decide on indictment and arrest of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 37 others in two cases filed over Jatrabari arson.
28 May 2015

Shillong court sends Salahuddin to jail

He will be produced for hearing again after the imprisonment, police say.
27 May 2015

Salahuddin to be produced at court tomorrow

BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed has been discharged from hospital, will be produced at a court tomorrow.
26 May 2015

Shillong police get Salahuddin’s health report

Shillong Civil Hospital, where BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed is undergoing treatment, has confirmed that he has been suffering from different ailments relating to kidney, heart, skin and urology.
19 May 2015

Democracy in Bangladesh on solid ground: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that democracy in Bangladesh now stands on a solid foundation having been practiced for the last two decades.
19 May 2015

Fakhrul shown arrested in 3 cases

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been shown arrested in three arson attack cases filed with Paltan Police Station this year.
19 May 2015

Wife’s emotional reunion with Salahuddin

Hasina Ahmed, wife of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, has an emotional reunion with her husband at a Shillong hospital.
18 May 2015