20-party meeting tonight

A meeting of the 20-party alliance, led by opposition BNP, will be held tonight.
19 April 2018, 09:01 AM

Hate speech by top politicians skyrockets by 490% in India: NDTV

Indian top politicians have increasingly, by 490% to be exact, used hateful and decisive language in past four years under Modi-led government, a research by NDTV reveals.
19 April 2018, 06:58 AM

Hasina now targeting Tarique: BNP

BNP alleges that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is now targeting party’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman to take political revenge.
18 April 2018, 13:43 PM

Cops ‘withdrawn’ from Khaleda's residence: BNP

The lawmen, who are deployed in front of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan residence in Dhaka, are withdrawn, Shamsuddin Didar, a member of BNP chairperson’s media wing, claims.
18 April 2018, 12:27 PM

Anti-VC teachers' strike hampers JU academic activities

Academic activities at Jahangirnagar University (JU) have been hampered as a faction of pro-Awami League teachers continued a strike for the second consecutive day protesting the alleged assault on their fellow teachers by another faction.
18 April 2018, 05:59 AM

Bangladesh wants to bring back Tarique from UK: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Bangladesh wants to bring back BNP's acting chairperson Tarique Rahman from the UK as he is convicted by Bangladeshi court.
18 April 2018, 05:43 AM

Trump says ‘good relationship’ formed with North Korea

President Donald Trump confirms that his CIA chief secretly has met with Kim Jong Un in North Korea and says “a good relationship was formed” heading into the adversaries’ anticipated summit.
18 April 2018, 04:52 AM

Make women empowerment cornerstone of future society: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina underlines the need for building a future where world peace and women empowerment will remain the cornerstone to create a peaceful society free from poverty and discrimination.
17 April 2018, 12:20 PM

No army deployment in Gazipur, Khulna city polls: EC

Election Commission (EC) outright rejects BNP’s demands for army deployment in Gazipur and Khulna city corporation elections scheduled to be held on May 15.
17 April 2018, 11:42 AM

BNP to meet CEC tomorrow

A six-member delegation of BNP will meet Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda tomorrow to discuss the overall situation ahead of the upcoming local and national elections.
16 April 2018, 16:05 PM

Attack on students at DU hall: BCL expels 24 activists

Bangladesh Chhatra League expels its 24 leaders and activists in connection with the attack on students at Sufia Kamal Hall of Dhaka University on April 10 for taking part in quota reform demonstration.
16 April 2018, 16:05 PM

AL forms election steering committee

The ruling Awami League forms "National Election Steering Committee" ahead of the 11th parliamentary election likely to be held at the end of this year.
16 April 2018, 14:52 PM

Take Khaleda at United Hospital for better treatment: BNP

BNP calls upon the government to take its Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now in jail in a graft case, at United Hospital as her health condition deteriorated further.
16 April 2018, 14:45 PM

BCL infighting leaves 3 hurt in DU

Three Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men, including a central leader, are injured in a factional clash at Dhaka University.
16 April 2018, 14:38 PM

Anti-govt agenda in quota demo brushed away: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says there was a shadow of anti-government agenda in the quota demonstration and that it was handled aptly.
16 April 2018, 06:10 AM

Khaleda Zia seriously ill: Rizvi

BNP alleges that though its chairperson Khaleda Zia is seriously ill in jail, she has so far not given any treatment.
15 April 2018, 14:40 PM

Dhaka-Delhi fraternal ties enriched by shared art, culture: Sushma

A symbolic Mongol Shubhajatra and a mesmerising display of dance and music marked the celebration of Pahela Baishakh, Bangla New Year's Day, by Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi.
15 April 2018, 04:14 AM

BNP expects change in govt in new year

BNP senior leader Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain expresses the expectation that a new government will come to power through a fair election in Bangla New Year.
14 April 2018, 15:30 PM

PM departs for KSA and UK

​Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on an eight-day official visit to the Kingdom and the United Kingdom (UK).
14 April 2018, 15:15 PM

Quota system abolition not right decision, says Ershad

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad says it will not be right to fully abolish the quota system in government service.
14 April 2018, 12:25 PM