Khaleda summoned in Barapukuria graft case Apr 13

A Dhaka court asks BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 12 others to appear before it on April 13 in connection with Barapukuria coalmine corruption case
16 March 2015, 06:24 AM

Inu to Khaleda – Surrender at court or be arrested

Information Minister says the government will arrest BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia if she does not surrender
15 March 2015, 08:26 AM

3 crude bombs blasted near Tangail school

Three crude bombs were blasted near a school in Tangail town during the first day of the BNP-led 20-party alliance’s 72-hour countrywide hartal (shutdown)
15 March 2015, 06:23 AM

Lawmen submit reports denying Salahuddin’s arrest

Law enforcement agencies submitted five separate reports to the attorney general office saying that none of the agencies had arrested BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed
15 March 2015, 05:58 AM

Law enforcers didn’t arrest Salahuddin: IG

IGP AKM Shahidul Hoque says no law enforcement agency has arrested BNP leader Salahuddin
14 March 2015, 09:33 AM

Movement to continue: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia once again announces that the ongoing movement will continue until its ultimate goal is achieved
13 March 2015, 10:20 AM

Why they fled Pakistan -- And won't go back

This is my third visit to the India-Pakistan border 60 miles east of Calcutta. The countryside has not changed.
12 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Democracy is a lot like pancake

AMERICAN basketball coach Pat Riley mapped out the terrain in the following words. He said it starts with a nobody, who becomes an upstart, who becomes a contender.
12 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Is AAP going Janata way?

WHEN movements convert themselves into political parties they lose their original shape.
12 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Khaleda to hold press conference on ongoing political situation at 4pm tomorrow

BNP chief Khaleda Zia to brief the media tomorrow on the ongoing situation of the country
12 March 2015, 13:30 PM

Let cricket unite the nation

BANGLADESH has made history in cricket. For the first time they qualified to play in the quarterfinals of the ICC World Cup by defeating England at Adelaide.
11 March 2015, 18:00 PM

This is not cricket

THE country was rather pleasantly surprised by the BNP, whose so-called political programme has crossed the sixty day mark a week ago, announcing temporary relaxing of hartal ...
11 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Alienation breeds intolerance -- 'You need to invest in Islamic scholarship.'

All countries have some form of extremism, even developed Western countries—on both the left and the right wings.
11 March 2015, 18:00 PM

The cry of Joy Bangla

EXACTLY 214 years after Bangla's sun of independence set in the mango grove of Polashi in Behrampur on June 23, 1757, the resting sun rose once more to glory in an unknown village in Meherpur, Kushtia through the announcement of independence of then East Pakistan by the Awami League.
11 March 2015, 18:00 PM

BNP spokesman Salahuddin detained, claims wife

BNP Joint Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed has been picked up allegedly by law enforcers, claims his wife Hasina Ahmed.
11 March 2015, 14:52 PM

Manna stable, says medical board

The health condition of Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna is stable, says head of the medical board formed to examine him.
10 March 2015, 19:30 PM

A Break in hartal for cricket?

THE BNP- led 20 party alliance's announcement of a 12 hour 'break' in hartal to allow for people to celebrate the Bangladesh Cricket team's victory over England for the World Cup quarterfinals is a contrived attempt to gain public sympathy.
10 March 2015, 18:00 PM

International implications of an independent “Bangla Desh”

FROM news reports now available it would appear that the use of massive military fire power has broken the Awami League and its supporters in most urban centers.
10 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Australia

The choice: facing trial for drug crimes resulting in a penalty of death or facing indefinite detention for no crime based on a secretive bureaucratic process… Which is crueller?
10 March 2015, 18:00 PM

BNP central leader detained in Dhaka

Detectives today detain two BNP men including a central leader of the party near Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office this afternoon.
10 March 2015, 11:06 AM