EC starts talks with political parties

Election Commission’s talks with political parties kicks off with a meeting with Bangladesh Sangskritik Muktijot to discuss possible electoral reforms ahead of the next parliamentary polls.
24 August 2017, 09:55 AM

Return Manna’s passport for 3 months, SC asks magistrate

The Supreme Court directs the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka to return the passport of Nagarik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna for three months so that he can go abroad for treatment.
24 August 2017, 04:52 AM

Asian countries with longest land borders

Many countries with land borders in Asia have long remained peaceful, others remain tense. Five Asian countries have no land border with other countries.
24 August 2017, 04:25 AM

Defamation case: Trial proceedings against Fakhrul scrapped

The High Court stays the trial proceedings of a defamation case filed against BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in 2014.
23 August 2017, 14:52 PM

Govt 'plotting to oust CJ': BNP

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleges that the government has been hatching “conspiracy to oust Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha” from his post.
23 August 2017, 12:39 PM

BNP plotting another 1/11 over 16th amendment verdict: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader alleges that BNP wants to create “another 1/11” through delivering provocative statements over the court verdict on the 16th constitutional amendment.
23 August 2017, 12:37 PM

Trump defends Charlottesville response at raucous rally

US President Donald Trump revs up supporters with a defense of his response to a white supremacist-organized rally in Virginia and a promise to shut down the US government if necessary to build a wall along the border with Mexico.
23 August 2017, 05:50 AM

Gowher Rizvi meets CJ

Prime minister’s International Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi meets Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.
22 August 2017, 16:03 PM

JS goes into session Sept 10

The 17th session of the 10th parliament is set to begin on September 10 at 5:00pm.
22 August 2017, 14:17 PM

North Korea will never surrender nuclear arms, says envoy

North Korea's self-defensive nuclear deterrence arsenal will never be on the negotiating table, a Pyongyang envoy says.
22 August 2017, 12:59 PM

PM ‘provoking people’ against CJ: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir accuses Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of “provoking people” against Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha for his observation in the 16th constitutional amendment verdict.
22 August 2017, 12:43 PM

TIMELINE: Narayanganj 7-murder

A timeline of Narayanganj seven-murder abductions, killings and verdicts.
22 August 2017, 07:12 AM

Govt doesn’t believe independence of judiciary: Moudud

BNP Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed says the government’s stance against the Supreme Court verdict that scrapped the 16th amendment to the constitution proves it “does not believe in independence of the judiciary”.
21 August 2017, 15:42 PM

PM slams CJ for comparing Bangladesh with Pakistan

Coming down heavily on the chief justice for comparing Bangladesh with Pakistan, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she is not scared at all with such a threat and this is not tolerable either.
21 August 2017, 13:48 PM

Graft case: Khaleda’s plea seeking court transfer scrapped

High Court clears the way for the Senior Special Judge’s Court-5 of Dhaka to continue trial proceedings of Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and others.
20 August 2017, 14:38 PM

Rumour has it, AL pushed CJ to resign: BNP

Rumour has it that the ruling Awami League has pressured Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha to resign, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed says.
20 August 2017, 14:28 PM

Judiciary is keeping patience: CJ

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, while hearing the Masdar Hossain case today, said the judiciary is keeping enough patience.
20 August 2017, 06:06 AM

AL talking about Zia’s regime to divert people’s attention from 16th amendment verdict: BNP

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that the ruling party is talking about Ziaur Rahman’s regime deliberately to divert people’s attention from the observations of the 16th constitutional amendment verdict.
19 August 2017, 14:10 PM

Vested quarter plotting abroad against govt: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says that a group of vested quarter is drawing a plan abroad in a bid to grab state power after plunging into a severe political setback.
19 August 2017, 12:17 PM

Ousted Bannon returns to his 'killing machine'

In the hours following Stephen Bannon's firing, the conservative voices who viewed Bannon as one of their own howl in rage over US President Donald Trump's decision to fire his chief strategist.
19 August 2017, 06:33 AM