If voted, BNP ‘will scrap draconian digital law’

BNP will scrap Digital Security Act within a week if the party is voted to power, its Standing Committee member Moudud Ahmed says.
30 September 2018, 12:38 PM

North Korea says ‘no way’ will disarm unilaterally without trust

North Korea’s Foreign Minister Ri Yong ho tells the United Nations that continued sanctions on Pyongyang are deepening its mistrust in the United States and there is no way the country would give up its nuclear weapons unilaterally under such circumstances.
30 September 2018, 11:42 AM

BNP’s demand for non-political, neutral govt totally illogical: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says the demand of BNP and its allies to form a non-political and neutral government centring the forthcoming national polls is totally illogical.
30 September 2018, 11:17 AM

Rules on Digital Security Act will clear all confusion: Quader

Rules on Digital Security Act-2018 will clear all confusion regarding the Act, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says ahead of the Sampadak Parishad (Editors' Council) meeting with the Information Ministry.
30 September 2018, 07:20 AM

'We fell in love:' Trump swoons over letters from NKorea's Kim

US President Donald Trump took his enthusiasm for his detente with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to new heights on Saturday, declaring at a rally with supporters that "we fell in love" after exchanging letters.
30 September 2018, 04:49 AM

BNP gets rally nod on 22 conditions

With about three months before the national election, the BNP will come up with some specific demands, including polls under a nonpartisan administration, from its rally at Suhrawardy Udyan today.
29 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Padma bridge to be named after PM

The under-construction Padma bridge will be named after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday.
29 September 2018, 18:00 PM

14-party blasts Dr Kamal, B Chy for unity move

To counter the BNP and Oikya Prokriya's programmes in October, the Awami League-led 14-party alliance would hold rallies in Dhaka and three other districts.
29 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Interim govt may be formed with parties having JS representation: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says a government may be formed with representatives from the political parties having representation in Parliament ahead of the next general election.
29 September 2018, 07:27 AM

UN for inclusive polls

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed hope that the next general election in Bangladesh would be a participatory one.
28 September 2018, 18:00 PM

A bid to control media ahead of nat'l polls: Moudud

BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed yesterday said, "There is an evil plan behind the Digital Security Act. The government has enacted the law to keep the media under its absolute control ahead of the national polls."
28 September 2018, 18:00 PM

CEC threatening us over polls: BNP

BNP says, the election commission is threatening the party with registration cancellation if it does not participate in the upcoming election.
28 September 2018, 12:20 PM

With anger and tears, Trump’s court pick Kavanaugh denies sex assault allegation

Fighting to salvage his US Supreme Court nomination, Brett Kavanaugh angrily denies a university professor’s accusation that he sexually assaulted her 36 years ago in a day of dramatic testimony that gripped the country.
28 September 2018, 04:39 AM

Khaleda seeks stay on trial

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday filed a revision petition with the High Court (HC) seeking a stay on the proceedings against her in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
27 September 2018, 18:00 PM

EVMs to be used in next election on small scale: CEC

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda says Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be used in the next general election on a small scale.
27 September 2018, 15:11 PM

No AL programme to counter BNP rally: Quader

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says his party will not announce any programme to counter BNP’s rally in the city.
27 September 2018, 11:07 AM

BNP-led 20-party alliance meeting this evening

Top leaders of the BNP-led 20-party alliance will hold an emergency meeting this evening to discuss its role over the “greater national unity” and current political situation of the country.
27 September 2018, 08:44 AM

Divya Spandana does it again, calls Modi ‘chor’ day after sedition case

Hours after the Indian Uttar Pradesh Police booked Congress’ social media chief Divya Spandana for sedition for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “thief” in one of her tweets, she goes on to do it again.
27 September 2018, 06:30 AM

Skripal poisoning suspect is colonel in Russian GRU: Report

A suspect in the nerve agent poisoning of a Russian ex-spy in Britain in March is a colonel in Russia's GRU military intelligence agency, investigative website Bellingcat alleges.
27 September 2018, 04:52 AM

Australia's ABC chair resigns amid row

Australia's much-loved public broadcaster scrambles to salvage its hard-won reputation for impartiality, forcing out its chairman who is accused of intervening in news coverage to please the current government.
27 September 2018, 04:35 AM