Zia charitable graft: SC to hear Khaleda’s plea Aug 1

The Supreme Court fixes August 1 for hearing two appeals filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking stay on the trial proceedings of Zia Charitable Trust corruption case against her.
16 June 2016

Assault on polls officer: Ctg MP gets bail

Chittagong-based lawmaker from the ruling Awami League Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury secures bail after he surrendered before a court in a case filed over assaulting an election official.
16 June 2016

145 killed in ‘ghoulish’ UP polls: Shujan

The country saw loss of 145 lives in violence throughout the six phases of partisan union parishad elections, a civil body platform says.
16 June 2016

Remains of missing Kushtia BNP leader found

Remains of a local BNP leader is recovered in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia last night, a year after he was abducted from the district.
16 June 2016

Syed Ashraf leaves Dhaka for London

Awami League general secretary and Minister for Public Administration Syed Ashraful Islam left Dhaka for London today to take part in an international conference there.
15 June 2016

Govt repression on media on: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia alleges that the government has continued its repression on journalists and threats to the media.
15 June 2016

Rizvi now blasts Inu at press briefing

Blaming a faction of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) for creating anarchy in post-independence Bangladesh, BNP today says Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu should be brought to justice for that.
15 June 2016

Arrest not politically motivated: Home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says that no one has been detained in the ongoing crackdown against militancy with any political motive.
15 June 2016

PM dedicates her success in int'l arena to countrymen

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina dedicates her achievements in the international arena to the countrymen, saying world leaders also evaluated her work.
15 June 2016

Extortion on in pretext of crackdown: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia says that extortion is going on across the country in the name of ongoing crackdown on militants.
14 June 2016

After Ashraf, JP MP also criticises Inu

Opposing induction of JSD leader Hasanul Huq Inu as a minister, Jatiya Party lawmaker Kazi Firoz Rashid expresses his fear that the prime minister might even bring some secret killers to the parliament someday.
14 June 2016

Allegation of torture: Wife sues Khaleda’s press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan

Maruf Kamal Khan Sohel, press secretary to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, has been sued by his wife for torture, police in Dhaka say.
14 June 2016

JSD urges PM to stop Syed Ashraf

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal has urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to stop her party’s top leader Syed Ashraful Islam from “throwing mud” for the sake of the unity of Awami League-led political combine.
14 June 2016

JSD created ground for Bangabandhu killing: Ashraf

Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam accuses Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) of creating ground for assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
13 June 2016

BNA to join AL-led protest progamme: Huda

Ex-BNP leader Nazmul Huda-led Bangladesh National Alliance (BNA), a platform of 31 political parties, expresses solidarity with Awami League-led 14-party alliance and will join programmes led by the alliance to protest criminal activities and secret killings.
13 June 2016

Rebel candidates behind UP polls violence: Minister

Rebel candidates were responsible for the deadly violence during the recently held Union Parishad (UP) elections, law minister tells the parliament.
13 June 2016

Over 2,100 BNP men held during spl crackdown: Rizvi

Over 2,100 leaders and activists of BNP are so far arrested by law enforcers during the ongoing anti-militancy crackdown, the party’s Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed claims.
13 June 2016

Assault: Ctg MP Mustafiz told to surrender by Jun 20

Chittagong-16 lawmaker Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury are told to surrender before a lower court over a case filed for assaulting an election officer.
12 June 2016

Inu ‘threatened with death’

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu is anonymously threatened with death through a package containing a shroud, says a ministry official.
12 June 2016

Barapukuria graft: Khaleda, 10 others asked to appear before court July 24

A Dhaka court asks BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 10 others to appear before it on July 24 in connection with the Barapukuria coalmine corruption case.
12 June 2016