Bangladesh
Mamata terms Dhaka trip successful
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has termed her three-day visit to Bangladesh “very successful”.
22 February 2015, 14:27 PM
Fire at Gulshan BBC media office
A fire breaks out at BBC Media Action office at Gulshan-2 in Dhaka
22 February 2015, 08:27 AM
Anti-hartal human chain formed in Gulshan
People from different professions form a human chain at Gulshan-2 intersection in Dhaka protesting against BNP-led 20-party alliance’s ongoing countrywide hartal and blockade
22 February 2015, 08:01 AM
Mamata for quick trade dispute settlements
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee proposed to form a joint business council for quick solution of disputes in bilateral trade and investment with Bangladesh.
21 February 2015, 15:35 PM
35th BCS preliminary exam time changed
The preliminary test of 35th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) scheduled for March 6, will start from 3:00pm instead of 9:30am.
21 February 2015, 12:53 PM
3 Shibir leaders held for ‘plotting Ctg oil depots’
Chittagong police arrests three leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, on charge of conspiracy to blow up the depots of state-run oil companies -- Padma, Meghna and Jamuna.
21 February 2015, 10:22 AM
2 pro-BNP men killed in Barisal ‘shootout’
Two pro-BNP activists have been killed in a “gunfight” with police after the law enforcers came under firebomb attack in Agailjhara upazila of Barisal
21 February 2015, 09:52 AM
West Bengal CM Mamata meets PM Hasina at Gono Bhaban
Teesta water-sharing issue to be resolved soon through protection of mutual interest, says visiting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
21 February 2015, 09:16 AM
Kamaruzzaman asks defence for filing review petition
Death row convict Muhammad Kamaruzzaman asks his counsels to file a review petition with the Supreme Court challenging its verdict that upheld the Jamaat-e-Islami leader’s death penalty in war crimes case
21 February 2015, 07:10 AM
2 pro-BNP men killed in Barisal ‘shootout’
Two pro-BNP activists have been killed in a “gunfight” with police after the law enforcers came under a firebomb attack in Agailjhara upazila of Barisal
21 February 2015, 06:49 AM
Nation paying homage to language martyrs
The nation is paying glowing tribute to the Language Movement martyrs, who laid down their lives for the mother tongue in 1952, amid countrywide ongoing blockade
20 February 2015, 19:31 PM
Services waiver
AFTER returning from negotiation in Geneva, the commerce minister and his team expressed confidence about access to services market in developed countries by Bangladesh as an LDC. It is clearly vital for the country as the value of service export is $3.7 billion, or more than 10% of total exports as of 2013, and it experienced 92% growth in the last five years.
20 February 2015, 18:00 PM
Don’t worry over Teesta: Mamata
Visiting West Bengal Chief Mamata Banerjee says Bangladesh need not worry over Teesta water-sharing deal and the issue will be resolved soon
20 February 2015, 13:24 PM
72-hr nationwide hartal from Sunday
BNP-led alliance calls for another spell of 72-hour countrywide hartal from Sunday morning demanding fresh elections under a nonparty administration
20 February 2015, 12:38 PM
Batting reshuffle a needless complication
The 10,000-plus people who turned up to create a raucous atmosphere in Canberra gave Bangladesh a little taste of home. But the players were far from known conditions against Afghanistan and will be even further away in Brisbane
20 February 2015, 07:00 AM
Kerry seeks govt’s action to peacefully end violence
United States Secretary of State John Kerry calls for Bangladesh government's action to peacefully end the recent violence in the country and pulls up on political parties for targeting the civilians during agitation
20 February 2015, 06:05 AM
Tigers want rain to stay away
With a morale-boosting win against Afghanistan in the bag and brilliant sunshine at the backdrop, Bangladesh team left Canberra early yesterday morning.
19 February 2015, 22:09 PM
A sagacious PM, need of the hour
LIKE the universe, Bangladesh's politics is continually expanding! It is in a constant revolution on a bipolar axis, so to speak. And, the unresolved debate over genesis also curiously plays out: Which came first -- the egg or the hen? This shapes understanding of politics depending on which side of the political spectrum one is. The neutral silent majority knows full well where and how our political history coursed up on a wrong tangent from the core set of Liberation War ethos.
19 February 2015, 18:00 PM
No talks until violence stops, AL tells EU team
Ruling Awami League tells the visiting European Union parliamentary delegation that the party does not sit in a dialogue with BNP until the ongoing violence stops
19 February 2015, 13:39 PM
Star Online Report
Ruling Awami League the visiting European Union parliamentary delegation that the party will not sit in a dialogue with BNP until the ongoing violence stops
19 February 2015, 13:29 PM