Boycotting Islamabad Summit Dhaka’s own decision, says minister
The state minister for foreign affairs, M Shahriar Alam, on Wednesday said the decision to boycott Islamabad SAARC summit is purely Bangladesh’s own…
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Hannan Shah dies
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member ASM Hannan Shah died at a hospital in Singapore early Tuesday.
He was 75.
His body would be brought to Dhaka from Singapore today, said a BNP release…
Sheikh Hasina’s birthday today
Today is the 69th anniversary of birth of the ruling Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, also the prime minister.
Hasina, the eldest daughter of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was born at Tungipara…
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: Kill the culprits in ‘crossfire’: Kazi Firoj
Jatiya Party lawmaker Kazi Firoz Rashid told parliament on Tuesday that the government should take steps to punish, if needed to kill, the perpetrators of violence against women…
Firoz wants stalkers to be put on crossfire
Jatiya Party MP Kazi Firoz Rashid on Tuesday demanded that those stalk girls on the street be put on crossfire to immediately stop violence against women…
US not restoring GSP facilities on political ground, claims Tofail
Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed on Tuesday claimed in parliament that the USA is not providing Generalised System of Preferences facilities to Bangladesh on ‘political ground’…
Make sure media abide by journalism ethics: President
Mentioning that the news media are playing a positive role in the country’s development process enjoying their full freedom, president Abdul Hamid on…
Afroza Abbas made Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal president
The new committee of Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal, women wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was announced on Tuesday with Afroza Abbas, wife of the party…
BNP leader Hannan Shah no more
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member ASM Hannan Shah died in a Singapore hospital Tuesday morning. He was 77…
Indo-Bangla border: Both govts ‘sincerely trying’ to bring down killing of civilians: HM
Home affairs minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Monday that both Bangladesh and India were working together ‘sincerely’ to bring down killing of unarmed civilians along the Indo-Bangla borders…
Rampal power plant: UNESCO report influenced by activists’ demands: AL
The ruling Awami League on Monday said that the UNESCO report expressing concern over possible ecological impact of Rampal plant on the World Heritage Sunderbans was influenced by demands raised by the activists leading movements against the project…
Call made to end discrimination against ethnic minorities
Leaders of ethnic minority peoples and some noted personalities on Monday demanded constitutional recognition of the national minorities as indigenous people to end discrimination against them…
Writ challenges Sahara’s selection as college governing body chief
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Monday challenging the legality of nominating former home minister Sahara Khatun as the president of Dhaka Women’s College governing body…
MP Rana’s bail plea rejected
A Tangail court on Monday rejected a bail plea of ruling party lawmaker for Tangail -3 constituency Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in freedom fighter Faruk murder case…
Rampal protesters influence UNESCO report : Hasan Mahmud
Awami League publicity and publication secretary Hasan Mahmud on Monday said the UNESCO report on Rampal power plant was prepared being influenced by those…
Suspended Sylhet mayor Ariful admitted to hospital
Suspended mayor of Sylhet city corporation Ariful Haque Chawdhury was admitted to Osmani Medical College and Hospital in Sylhet on Monday as…
Enough political space in Bangladesh: Hasina
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, said that there was enough space for politics in Bangladesh and the opposition political parties were using it holding rallies and processions…
JS adopts obituary reference on MN Larma
The 10th Jatiya Sangsad on the first day of its 12th session on Sunday unanimously adopted an obituary reference on Manabendra Narayan Larma, widely known as MN Larma, after 32 years of his death…
Leftist guerrilla freedom fighters: Govt petitions for staying HC order
The government petitioned the Appellate Division on Sunday for staying a High Court order that asked the government to recognise 2,367 leftist guerrillas in the Liberation War as freedom fighters and providing them with all honour and benefits…
Release of IS video footage from BD a conspiracy: Asaduzzaman
Denying the existing of Islamic State in Bangladesh, home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said the release of video footage by IS from…
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