Extend nomination submission deadline: Ershad
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad today urged the Election Commission to extend the deadline for submission of nomination papers for the 10th parliamentary election by seven days. The former military...
View Article5 of Hasina’s advisers resign
Five out of seven advisers of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who took office five years back, resigned today complying with her instruction to do so. The move came amid growing criticism over the number...
View ArticleLegal notice served on PM’s advisers
A pro-BNP lawyer of the Supreme Court today served a legal notice on the government to cancel in three days the appointments of 11 advisers to the prime minister and their ministerial status,...
View Article‘Polls without opposition to frustrate democracy’
The election without participation of the opposition will frustrate the democracy of the country, said Dr Akbar Ali Khan this evening. “We have expressed our concerns to the president about the current...
View ArticleHannan Shah remanded
A Dhaka court today placed BNP leader Brig (retd) ASM Hannan Shah on a two-day remand, allowing police to quiz him in a case filed over vandalism in the capital. Metropolitan Magistrate Tareq Mainul...
View ArticleBomb hits woman in head
A woman was critically injured as a cocktail hits her on the head in Shantipur in the capital today around 3:30pm in the afternoon. Identified as Anowara Begum, 42, a cocktail thrown from a rally...
View ArticlePolls rescheduling possible: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed has said today that the schedule of the 10th parliamentary polls can be changed if the political parties reach an understanding over this. “There...
View ArticleTicfa has no relation with GSP: GM Quader
Commerce Minister G M Quader today said that Ticfa signing has no relationship with regaining the GSP status to the US market, although from now Bangladesh will be able to raise the issue in the forum...
View ArticleLegal notice seeks schedule cancellation
A Supreme Court lawyer today served a legal notice on the Election Commission and the government to cancel the schedule of the 10th parliamentary elections within 24 hours. Chief Election Commissioner...
View Article1 pry exam rescheduled
An examination of primary terminal examinations 2013 for Class-V students of general and madrasa education slated for November 27 has been rescheduled due to opposition’s blockade. The exam of November...
View Article8-hr hartal in Comilla Thursday
The BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance today called an eight-hour shutdown in Comilla city for Thursday protesting death of two people in separate clashes. Mushtaq Ahmed, general secretary of Comilla...
View ArticleBGB man shot dead in Comilla
A jawan of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was shot dead when villagers in Comilla attacked a group of law enforcers this afternoon. Ripon, 35, died on the spot as two bullets hit him in the head during...
View ArticleChina urges constructive dialogue
China today called upon major political parties of Bangladesh to engage in a peaceful and constructive dialogue to find a solution to current crisis. After a meeting with newly appointed Foreign...
View ArticleJubo League leader among 5 killed
At least five people including a local Jubo League leader were killed as opposition activists clashed with law enforcers and ruling party men in different districts today. Two leaders of Jubo League...
View ArticleTensions mount in Libya after deadly unrest
Local officials called for civil disobedience including strikes for three days from in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi yesterday after deadly clashes between radical Islamist fighters and the army....
View ArticleZimbabwe court frees top rights lawyer
A Zimbabwean court yesterday freed prominent rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, who had faced charges of obstructing the course of justice during a police raid. “There is no evidence that the accused...
View ArticleDefence absent again from war crimes tribunal
The International Crimes Tribunal yesterday closed the cross-examination of a prosecution witness in the case against Jamaat-e-Islami leader AKM Yusuf as his senior counsel did not show up even after...
View ArticleHannan Shah remanded
A Dhaka court yesterday placed BNP leader Brig (retd) ASM Hannan Shah on a two-day remand, allowing police to quiz him in a case filed over torching a car in the capital. Metropolitan Magistrate Tareq...
View ArticleFive quit, two stay
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has retained two of her seven advisers appointed when she took office about five years ago while five of them resigned yesterday. The PM now has six advisers with four of...
View ArticleZafar Iqbal, Yasmeen Haque resign
Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST) Professor Muhammed Zafar Iqbal and his wife Professor Yasmeen Haque resigned yesterday soon after the university authority postponed the combined...
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