Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader met Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha last night, AL sources said.

North Korea "should be very, very nervous. Because things will happen to them like they never thought possible, okay."

As many as 90 hajj agencies could not send a single of the 13,415 pilgrims till yesterday despite getting their visas weeks ago, as the tour operators failed to book flight tickets and arrange their accommodation in Saudi Arabia. Eight other agencies have been able to arrange flight for one pilgrim each though they obtained visas for 1,157, according to a list prepared on Thursday by the Hajj Office, which operates under the religious affairs ministry.

India is planning to deport around 40,000 Rohingya Muslims who it says are living in the country illegally.

Restrictions on elephants' free movement, scarcity of their food and development work in their habitats by government and non-government organisations fuelled the elephant-human conflict in the country, leading to deaths on both sides.

LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain yesterday urged the apex court to review the “unexpected observations” in the verdict in the 16th amendment case.

Operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport stalled for about three hours after a fire broke out in a terminal building yesterday.

A Jubo League leader was killed and at least 25 others were injured, including 15 by bullets, in a gunfight between two rival groups of Awami League in Andharmanik Bazar area of Shariatpur yesterday evening.

Leaders of the ruling Awami League yesterday said some observations of the Supreme Court verdict in the 16th amendment case contain “incorrect information” and “wrong interpretation”.

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday said the Supreme Court welcomes constructive criticisms of judgments and its judges will not fall into any trap laid by the government or the opposition. Requesting all to refrain from playing politics with SC verdicts, he said everybody should exercise restraint and it will be good for all.

The grounds on which the Supreme Court scrapped the 16th amendment to the constitution are unacceptable to the government, Law Minister Anisul Huq said yesterday.

The Supreme Court Bar Association has become divided over Law Commission Chairman Justice ABM Khairul Haque's comments on the

The government has decided to approve all industries currently operating in the ecologically critical area (ECA) of the Sundarbans.

Seven-year-old Jewel was screaming for help, repeatedly saying he did not steal the phone.

Four suspected cattle thieves were beaten to death and two others injured in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali early yesterday.

Bangladesh yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with Thailand to facilitate up to 10 lakh tonnes of rice import from the

The BNP yesterday blasted former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque for his comments on the 16th constitutional amendment verdict

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that the government took the judiciary as its opponent following the release of the full verdict in the 16th constitutional amendment case.

Law Commission Chairman ABM Khairul Haque strongly criticises the Supreme Court verdict in the case over the 16th amendment to the constitution, terming it misconceived, irrelevant and immature.

The Awami League alleges that the BNP with ill intentions was trying to make it an opponent of the judiciary.