Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Anisul Huq had successfully freed the road around the intersection from Satrasta to Tejgaon railway crossing in the capital. However, after his death, the DNCC has been unable to keep the key city roads free from the hands of encroachers.

The new railway line bewteen Akhaura and India's Agartala will be opened by June, Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujon has said.

The seats of five BNP lawmakers in parliament are now vacant as they have submitted their resignation letters in person, Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said today.

Five of the seven BNP lawmakers have submitted their resignation letters to the Speaker today.

BNP's much talked about Dhaka rally took place today at the Golapbagh field in the capital's Dhalpur area today. Thousands of supporters thronged the venue for the massive rally, which ended with BNP making a 10-point demand and announcing further programmes this month.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today expressed disagreement with some foreign diplomats on their concerns about Bangladesh's human rights situation..“Of course, as a Bangladeshi citizen, I am saddened by their conduct. I hope they will consider the position of their own states as well as the dept

BNP top leaders today said the government did everything to foil their rally, but could not stop people's movement.

Leaders and activists of Awami League and its associate bodies have taken position in several wards in Dhaka. According to them, they have taken a cautious stand to prevent any untoward situation.

A helicopter of Rapid Action Battalion is patrolling over the Golapbagh field in the capital where the BNP's mass rally is underway.

Commuters in the capital are facing trouble getting public transport ahead of the BNP rally, scheduled to be held around 11:00am today at Goalpbagh field, as fewer buses are plying the city roads.

Thousands of BNP leaders and activists have been pouring in Golapbagh field where the BNP is set to hold its divisional rally today.

At the Golapbagh ground late last night, the passion for football blended beautifully with the political fervour of the BNP activists at times during the World Cup matches of Argentina and Brazil.

Major global rating agency Moody's has placed Bangladesh's long-held credit rating of Ba3 on review for downgrade, in a development that stands to make the country's foreign transactions and lending tougher.

The Golapbagh field in Dhaka's Kamalapur, which was finally set as the venue for the BNP rally, was already overflowing with supporters the night before the event, with the crowd spilling over onto nearby streets.

A truck carrying barricades was chased away by BNP activists when it reached near their rally venue at Golapbagh field in Dhaka's Kamalapur.

The BNP is likely to announce the outline of a simultaneous movement with like-minded parties to press home its demand for an election-time caretaker government at today's rally.

The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) tonight granted BNP permission to hold its divisional rally at the Golapbagh field in the capital tomorrow.

The Golapbagh field in the capital's Dhalpur area, which will be the venue for BNP's is going to hold its Dhaka divisional rally tomorrow, is under the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and located near Kamalapur stadium.

BNP today secured permission to hold its December 10 rally at Golapbagh field in the capital and as such security measures have been heightened around the premises, Mohammad Harun Or Rashid, chief of detective branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said today.

BNP supporters have started thronging Golapbagh field in Dhaka from this afternoon to join the party’s December 10 rally. .The development came after BNP secured verbal permission from the authorities to hold the rally at the ground tomorrow. .BNP Vice-Chairman AZM Zahid Hossain conf