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No polls under Hasina-led govt: Goyeshwar

BNP Standing Committee Member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy says that his party will not take part in any election under the incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led administration.
18 February 2017, 12:06 PM

UN envoy on Myanmar to visit Bangladesh Feb 20-23

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will visit various locations in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district where people fleeing Myanmar are residing temporarily in makeshift shelters.
18 February 2017, 08:13 AM

Pakistan senate passes landmark Hindu marriage bill

The Hindu community in Pakistan is set to have a personal law for the first time as the country’s senate unanimously passes ‘The Hindu Marriage Bill 2017’.
18 February 2017, 07:08 AM

Pakistan to boycott South Asian Speakers’ meet in India

Pakistan is boycotting the two-day South Asian Speakers’ Summit to be hosted by India in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh to discuss various social issues like gender equality, women empowerment and climate change.
18 February 2017, 06:08 AM

AL mayoral candidate wins Baghaichhari polls

Awami League mayoral contender Zafar Ali Khan is elected unofficially in Baghaichhari municipality.
18 February 2017, 04:18 AM

AL has no objection to e-voting: Nasim

Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim says the Awami League has no objection if the mechanised electoral device is introduced in the next general election.
17 February 2017, 11:39 AM

BNP can’t thwart polls: Quader

BNP has no capacity to thwart next general election, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says, reacting to the BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's warning of thwarting polls.
17 February 2017, 10:39 AM

AL’s fracas on WB alarming: BNP

Political opponent BNP criticises the ruling Awami League for coming down hard on the World Bank, saying such a fracas might “upset the development partner of Bangladesh”.
17 February 2017, 09:26 AM

Trump's pick for national security adviser turns down offer

President Donald Trump's choice for national security adviser, retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward, has turned down the offer, a senior White House official says.
17 February 2017, 04:39 AM

Govt wants to influence polls by e-voting: Rizvi

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed says that the government wants to manipulate people’s mandates by introducing electronic voting system in the next general election likely to be held in 2019.
16 February 2017, 12:12 PM

JS polls won’t wait for Khaleda: Quader

The general elections will be held in due time without caring of anyone’s punishment, says Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader.
16 February 2017, 11:55 AM

No polls if Khaleda jailed in false case: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir threatens to thwart any election in the country if the party chief Khaleda Zia is jailed in any false case.
15 February 2017, 12:46 PM

Mymensingh UZ chairman arrested

Police have arrested the upazila parishad chairman of Gouripur and Mymensingh district BNP leader Ahmmed Tyebur Rahman over criminal charges.
15 February 2017, 04:28 AM

Golam Mostafa gets AL ticket for Gaibandha-1 by-poll

Bangladesh Awami League nominates its Sundarganj upazila unit general secretary Golam Mostafa Ahmed to contest the Gaibandha-1 by-election slated for March 22.
14 February 2017, 15:51 PM

India court allows BNP leader Salahuddin to take treatment outside Shilong

A court in Shillong of India's Meghalaya allows BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed, who is suffering from kidney disease, to take better treatment outside the state.
13 February 2017, 14:40 PM

BNP to propose PM for talks on polls-time govt

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that his party will place a proposal on the election time supportive government to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urging her to hold a dialogue on the issue.
13 February 2017, 12:50 PM

Yunus, TIB must apologise for Padma bridge conspiracy: AL

Awami League says Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and some local intellectuals should apologise for their conspiracy to stop World Bank’s financing in the Padma bridge project.
13 February 2017, 12:03 PM

Gun-toting BCL leaders get bail

Two former leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League who brandished guns during a hawkers’ eviction in Dhaka’s Gulistan area secure bail.
13 February 2017, 06:44 AM

Be proactive in fighting militancy: PM asks Ansar-VDP

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directs the members of Ansar and Village Defense Party (VDP) to play more proactive role against militancy, terrorism and abuse of drug in rural areas.
12 February 2017, 07:31 AM

Khaleda sits with party advisers tonight

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will sit with her party advisers to discuss about the newly constituted Election Commission and next general election.
12 February 2017, 07:00 AM