Banned countries have no terror link in US, critics say

Critics are pointing out that Donald Trump’s immigration restriction has excluded countries where citizens have terrorism records in the US.
31 January 2017

‘Trump is mentally sick’

Renowned psychotherapists, intellectuals and media outlets are now unequivocally questioning mental fitness of President Donald Trump for his arrogant behaviour and activities.
31 January 2017

Trump fires acting attorney general for defying migrant ban

US President Donald Trump fires the acting attorney general, a holdover from the Obama administration, after she ordered Justice Department attorneys not to defend his controversial immigration orders.
31 January 2017

AL, BNP hand proposals of likely commissioners

Ruling Awami League and their political archrival BNP have recommended five names each for potential election commissioners in the queue to reforming the Election Commission.
31 January 2017

BNP to finalise names for EC formation

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia begins a meeting with her party's policymakers to finalise the names to propose to the search committee for constituting the next election commission.
30 January 2017

20-party to separately propose names for EC

Responding to its invitation, registered political parties of the BNP-led 20-party alliance decides to separately propose names to the search committee for forming the new Election Commission (EC).
30 January 2017

EC search body to sit with 5 more civil society members Feb 1

The search committee is to hold a meeting with five more eminent civil society members on February 1 to discuss formation of the new Election Commission (EC).
30 January 2017

‘Pick honest, capable people’

Civil society members suggest the search committee to pick honest and capable people for reconstituting the five-member Election Commission who will be able to conduct the next general election in impartial and transparent manners.
30 January 2017

Graft case: Khaleda asked to appear before court Feb 2

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is asked to appear before a Dhaka court on Thursday in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
30 January 2017

Opinion: Trump's first week marked by action and friction

President Donald Trump's first week in office has set the tone for his presidency, analysts say - and it points to a rocky road.
29 January 2017

Trump talks to Putin, other world leaders about security threats

President Donald Trump discusses Syria and the fight against Islamic State with Russian President Vladimir Putin in one of several calls with world leaders that the new US president used to put his stamp on international affairs.
29 January 2017

Trump call for deadlier IS push may hit limits

US President Donald Trump's call for a military plan to defeat Islamic State is likely to see the Pentagon revisiting options for a more aggressive use of firepower and American troops.
29 January 2017

Khaleda in policy meeting over ‘EC formation’

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has sits in a meeting with her policymakers in what is believed to talk over the party’s proposals for the next potential Election Commissioners.
29 January 2017

PM again blasts anti-Rampal power plant campaigners

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina once again comes down heavily on the quarter campaigning against the Rampal power plant, saying that they never visited the power plant site to ascertain its impact on the Sundarbans.
28 January 2017

Perpetrators, protectors and the patrons

The 17 January verdict of the trial court on the Narayanganj seven murder case has been applauded by all quarters. Included among
27 January 2017

Keep faith in president, Hanif to BNP

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif asks BNP to keep faith in the president without creating any controversy over the Election Commission (EC) search committee.
27 January 2017

Photo of PM Hasina’s rickshaw-van ride with grandchildren goes viral

A photo of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with her grandchildren riding on a rickshaw-van in Tungipara of Gopalganj goes viral in the social media.
27 January 2017

Putin and Trump may speak by phone on Saturday: Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump may speak by telephone for the first time since the US leader's inauguration, the Kremlin says.
27 January 2017

Search body can’t make fair EC: BNP

Dissatisfied with the search committee formed to reconstitute the next Election Commission, BNP today alleged that the committee has been filled with those loyal to the ruling Awami League family. The party thinks this committee will be unable to constitute a fair election governing body.
27 January 2017

Govt wants to divert people's attention from EC search body: BNP

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir accuses the government of diverting people’s attention from the Election Commission search committee by issuing an arrest warrant against Tarique Rahman.
26 January 2017