Law enforcers behind disappearances: Khaleda

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia says the law enforcers including Rab and police members, who were involved in the incidents of forced disappearances and killings, will be brought to justice.
29 June 2016, 14:55 PM

PM: Why Khaleda sheds tears for Fahim?

PM Hasina lambasts her arch rival Khaleda Zia for what she says “shedding crocodile tears” for militant suspect Golam Faizullah Fahim who lost his life in an alleged crossfire a day after he was captured by locals during a murder attempt on a teacher in Madaripur. Khaleda's criticism proves that BNP-Jamaat has link to secret killings, the premier says.
29 June 2016, 11:05 AM

Govt mulls ceiling on private cars: Minister

The government is planning to impose a ceiling on purchase of personal cars against each family, road transport and bridges minister says in the parliament.
29 June 2016, 09:53 AM

SC to hear Shafik Rehman’s bail plea July 14

The Supreme Court fixes July 14 to hear an appeal filed by veteran journalist Shafik Rehman seeking bail in a sedition case.
29 June 2016, 09:29 AM

AL behind secret killings: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia holds the leaders and activists of the ruling Awami League responsible for all the recent killings.
28 June 2016, 14:49 PM

Ershad urges PM to hold nat’l dialogue

JP Chief HM Ershad urges Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to hold a national dialogue with the political parties to rescue the country from “severe crisis”.
28 June 2016, 11:55 AM

Ctg BCL leader Rony’s bail extended for 3 months

The High Court extends for three months its bail order for Chittagong Chhatra League leader Nurul Azim Rony in an arms case.
28 June 2016, 08:50 AM

BNP leader Rafiqul freed on bail

BNP Standing Committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia is released from Dhaka Central Jail on bail this evening.
27 June 2016, 16:23 PM

Khaleda asks Hasina to quit power like UK PM Cameron

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia calls upon Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step down from power paving the path for holding a free, fair and inclusive general election under a nonparty caretaker government.
27 June 2016, 14:41 PM

Cabinet okays $12.65b Russian credit for Rooppur

The cabinet approves the draft of the inter-state credit agreement between Bangladesh and the Russian Federation for the construction of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.
27 June 2016, 10:06 AM

AL a ‘militant party’: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia dubs the ruling Awami League a “militant political party” and adds that security of the country will return if AL’s supporters are brought to book.
26 June 2016, 14:35 PM

Barapukuria scam: Khaleda pleas for scrapping trial proceedings

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia files a leave to appeal petition with the Supreme Court for scrapping the trial proceedings of Barapukuria coalmine corruption case against her.
26 June 2016, 08:10 AM

BNP leader Mahbubur Rahman hurt in Dinajpur road crash

BNP standing committee member Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman and his wife are injured when a battery-run three-wheeler hit their private car at Kaharol upazila in Dinajpur this afternoon.
25 June 2016, 15:20 PM

Militancy rises due to govt’s ‘intolerable acts’: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia says extremists and militants are raising their heads in the country due to undemocratic and intolerable acts of the government.
25 June 2016, 12:17 PM

Hold nat’l convention to fight militancy, Fakhrul urges govt

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir urges the government to immediately hold a “national convention” to fight militancy.
25 June 2016, 09:10 AM

Govt pushing country to the edge: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that the government is pushing the country towards a fall by creating social and political anarchy.
24 June 2016, 15:56 PM

AL leaders visit Ramakrishna Mission, assure security

A delegation of ruling Awami League leaders visit Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka after its head priest recently got a death threat.
24 June 2016, 09:09 AM

Govt making country dysfunctional: BNP

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed says the government is making Bangladesh a dysfunctional country by sacrificing its interests to appease ‘another country’.
23 June 2016, 14:55 PM

Khaleda blames Hasina for Fahim’s death

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia blames Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the death of militant suspect Golam Faizullah Fahim in the name of “crossfire”.
23 June 2016, 14:18 PM

Devote yourselves to nation’s welfare: Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges her party leaders and activists to work with devotion for the welfare of the nation and thus strengthen it imbued with the ideals of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
23 June 2016, 14:11 PM