Bangladesh

People defy hartal

City dwellers in Dhaka came out to the streets and are performing their daily activities even though BNP-led 20-party alliance is observing the fifth day of its 120-hour hartal
26 February 2015, 06:05 AM

3 ‘robbers’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Rab

Three alleged robbers are killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in the Sundarbans under Sharankhola range of Bagerhat
26 February 2015, 04:52 AM

Hartals, blockade eat up Tk 1.20 lakh crore: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that the country has incurred a loss of over Tk 1.20 lakh crore in the hartals and nonstop blockade since January 6.
25 February 2015, 14:29 PM

Online registration for new voters introduced

Election Commission introduces an online application system for the registration, correction and replacement of voters’ polling areas
25 February 2015, 08:55 AM

Manna placed on 10-day remand

Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna has been placed on a 10-day remand in a case filed against him allegedly for trying to instigate revolt by the armed forces
25 February 2015, 07:34 AM

Outlaw killed in ‘gunfight’ with Magura cops

A leader of an outlawed party is killed in a “gunfight” with police in Magura Sadar upazila in the early hours of today.
25 February 2015, 06:03 AM

Arrest warrant for Khaleda

A Dhaka court issues arrest warrant against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two graft cases
25 February 2015, 05:04 AM

Police denial about Manna’s detention shocks BNP

BNP expresses its astonishment after police denies picking up Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna.
24 February 2015, 14:49 PM

Manna’s family files general diary

Mahmudur Rahman Manna’s family files a general diary with Banani Police Station after detectives denied his detention.
24 February 2015, 13:23 PM

Hartal extended till 6am Friday

BNP-led 20-party alliance extend its countrywide ongoing hartal till 6:00am Friday protesting what it said the killings of opposition leaders and activists in the name of crossfire and for the filing of false cases against the alliance leaders
24 February 2015, 10:31 AM

UP chairman shot dead in Jessore

Unidentified miscreants gun down a union parishad chairman in Jessore Sadar upazila
24 February 2015, 08:17 AM

Jabbar gets jail until death

A tribunal in Dhaka sentences former Jatiya Party lawmaker Abdul Jabbar to jail until death on four charges of crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971
24 February 2015, 06:20 AM

SC seeks concise statements on Nizami verdict

Bangladesh Supreme Court asks both state and defence counsels to submit in two weeks the concise statements on an appeal filed by convicted war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami against his death penalty
24 February 2015, 05:47 AM

SC dismisses appeals on Ghulam Azam verdict

Bangladesh Supreme Court dismisses two appeals filed by convicted war criminal Ghulam Azam and the government against his verdict and seeking a ban on Jamaat-e-Islami respectively
24 February 2015, 05:01 AM

Detectives deny detaining Manna

Plainclothes men introducing themselves as detectives allegedly pick up Nagorik Oikya convener Manna from a house in Dhaka
24 February 2015, 00:35 AM

2 crude bombs hurled at AL MP Suranjit’s Zigatola house

Unidentified miscreants hurl two crude bombs at the houses of ruling Awami League lawmaker Suranjit Sengupta at Zigatola in Dhaka
23 February 2015, 17:06 PM

Bangladesh ahead of India in social indicators: Amartya

Bangladesh has performed better than India in terms of economic and social development of women despite the latter’s faster economic growth, views Nobel laureate Prof Amartya Sen.
23 February 2015, 15:25 PM

Statement on Bergman verdict: Tribunal exonerates 14 dignitaries

A tribunal in Dhaka exonerates 14 dignitaries of contempt proceedings after they apologised for their statements on the Dhaka-based British journalist David Bergman’s punishment
23 February 2015, 08:54 AM

War Trial: Jabbar verdict tomorrow

A tribunal in Dhaka to deliver its verdict tomorrow in the case against fugitive accused Abdul Jabbar for his alleged crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971
23 February 2015, 06:33 AM

Contrasting politics in Dhaka and Delhi

HAVE any of our politicians been listening to Arvind Kejriwal's speeches, especially the one after he took oath as the chief minister of the Indian capital? I suppose not. To be fair, neither did the Indian politicians before his magnificent victory in the latest Delhi Assembly polls. If they had, they may not have met the debacle that they did.
22 February 2015, 18:00 PM