Awami league

Khaleda invites Hasina to Iftar party

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia sends an invitation letter to Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina to attend an Iftar party scheduled for June 21.
15 June 2015, 06:48 AM

Govt trying to save ruling MP’s son, alleges BNP

BNP alleges that the government is trying to save Bakhtiar Alam Rony – the son of a ruling party lawmaker who shot dead two people in Dhaka in a drunken rage.
14 June 2015, 11:32 AM

SC scraps Maya’s acquittal in 2007 graft case

Supreme Court scraps a High Court verdict that acquitted Awami League Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya in a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission in 2007.
14 June 2015, 07:13 AM

BNP has no idealistic relation with Jamaat: Ripon

BNP spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon claims there is no idealistic relation between BNP and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
13 June 2015, 15:43 PM

Most deals were in favour of India: Emajuddin

Former Dhaka University vice-chancellor Prof Emajuddin Ahmed says most of the 22 deals signed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh were in “favour of Indian interest”.
10 June 2015, 14:19 PM

BNP blames govt for Teesta failure

BNP blames Awami League-led government for failing to ink the deal on sharing of Teesta river water with India.
9 June 2015, 08:16 AM

Opinion: Why Bangladesh isn’t Pakistan

Bangladesh’s liberation from Pakistan was an ideological recast. Its differences with India aren't based on ideological premise that Hindus and Muslims are engaged in some form of permanent war.
7 June 2015, 03:57 AM

Private instt students to pay more

Finance minister proposes raising VAT on private education which includes English medium schools and private engineering and medical colleges, for 2015-16 fiscal.
4 June 2015, 09:42 AM

BCL’s tender clash in Barisal (video)

At least 5 injured during a factional clash of ruling party’s student front Bangladesh Chhatra League over a local tender drop in Barisal city.
3 June 2015, 08:49 AM

Gallant fight to win back husband

A young woman in Mymensingh stages hunger strike to win back her husband who refused to accept her as wife even after one and half years of their marriage.
2 June 2015, 07:59 AM

2 AL men killed in Madaripur clash

Two ruling party men are killed in a clash between two groups of people over establishing supremacy in Shibchar upazila of Madaripur.
2 June 2015, 06:33 AM

Opinion: Has BNP forgotten its anti-Indian past?

BNP's spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon's claim that their party has never done anti- Indian politics in the past is a complete denial of the truth. The party's anti-Indian politics has been evident in numerous ways.
31 May 2015, 10:18 AM

Talk with Khaleda before Modi’s visit: BNP

BNP calls Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to discuss Bangladesh-India bilateral issues with Khaleda Zia and experts before Indian Premier Narendra Modi’s Dhaka visit.
29 May 2015, 11:24 AM

None could tarnish BCL’s image: Tofail

Awami League Presidium Member Tofail Ahmed claims that nobody could tarnish the reputation of Bangladesh Chhatra League in the past.
28 May 2015, 11:13 AM

Salahuddin’s condition ‘stable’

Doctors said BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed's condition is stable but he will have to stay few more days at the hospital for some ‘minor complications’.
22 May 2015, 14:50 PM

Democracy in Bangladesh on solid ground: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that democracy in Bangladesh now stands on a solid foundation having been practiced for the last two decades.
19 May 2015, 14:21 PM

Salahuddin’s wife flies to India

Hasina Ahmed leaves Dhaka for the Indian state of Meghalaya to visit her husband BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed at a Shillong hospital.
17 May 2015, 13:45 PM

Feeling down? Watch this clown (video)

Video of an Awami League activist protesting against Dr Zafar Iqbal goes viral as he admits before camera that he doesn’t know what he is complaining about.
17 May 2015, 09:04 AM

Restore political coexistence: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia calls upon the government to restore political coexistence in the country and demanded quick release of her party’s sick and senior leaders from jail.
13 May 2015, 14:41 PM

Killing of blogger Ananta blow to free speech: HRW

The killing of secular blogger Ananta Bijoy Das is part of an alarming trend of violent intolerance toward freedom of religion and speech in Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch says.
13 May 2015, 03:47 AM