BNP leader Minu freed from jail

Former Rajshahi city mayor Mizanur Rahman Minu was released on bail on Wednesday.
17 September 2015

Khaleda graft cases: Court adjourns hearing till Oct 15

A Dhaka court adjourns the hearing of trial proceedings in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and eight others till October 15.
17 September 2015

Income tax fair begins today

The sixth annual tax fair begins throughout the country from today.
16 September 2015

Verdict on Khaleda's challenge tomorrow

The High Court yesterday fixed tomorrow for delivering verdict on a petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the legality
15 September 2015

Principal Ibrahim Khan Memorial Lecture held at DU

Principal Ibrahim Khan Memorial Lecture 2015 was held at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University yesterday.
15 September 2015

Lack of political will main obstacle to accepting CEDAW

Lack of political will is the main reason for not withdrawing the reservations about the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of
15 September 2015

'Democratic' parties blasé about democracy day

The main political parties of the country, who claim to be democratic, did not observe any programmes on International Day of
15 September 2015

Journalist leader Shawkat Mahmud denied bail again in five arson cases

The Dhaka metropolitan magistrate's court rejected all five bail petitions of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's adviser Shawkat Mahmud in as
15 September 2015

SCBA won't bid adieu to Justice Manik

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has decided not to organise a farewell ceremony for Appellate Division's Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik, who will retire on October 1, for a host of reasons.
14 September 2015

Democracy must see rising political role of people

The strength of democracy is equivalent to the strength of political participation of citizens and this must be increased for world peace, social cohesion, and development, says the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), marking International Day of Democracy today.
14 September 2015

Wetlands, water bodies must be recovered

The draft master plan of the capital city has to have strategies to recover and conserve the proposed water retention ponds, water bodies, lakes, canals, and rivers, said a leading urban planner on the concluding day of a two-day national seminar yesterday.
14 September 2015

AL leader murdered

Unidentified people hacked a ward-level Awami League leader to death in Pagla of Mymensingh's Gafargaon upazila last night.
14 September 2015

Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, Nepal regional connectivity trial run from Nov 14

The trial run of passenger transport for regional connectivity between Bangladesh, India, Bhutan and Nepal is scheduled to be held from November 14 to December 1 this year.
14 September 2015

SC asks lower court to finish trial in three months

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed for three months a High Court order that granted bail of BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a money laundering case.
13 September 2015

Saudi envoy meets Khaleda

Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Abdullah HM Al-Mutairi met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office last night, party sources said.
13 September 2015

HC scraps Nazmul Huda's sentence

The High Court on Thursday scraped a lower court verdict which in 2008 sentenced former BNP minister Nazmul Huda to 12 years'
11 September 2015

VAT on education aims to generate revenue

Demanding removal of the value added tax (VAT) on private universities, opposition leaders yesterday contradicted the finance
11 September 2015

SC scraps acquittal

The Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped a High Court verdict that acquitted former BNP lawmaker M Rashiduzzaman Millat in a case
11 September 2015

Bangladesh’s finance minister explains his comments, says sorry

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday regretted his comment on the agitating teachers of public universities.
10 September 2015

BNP chief Khaleda, Jamaat behind losing GSP facility in US market

Blaming Khaleda Zia and Jamaat for Bangladesh's losing the GSP facilities in the US market, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday told parliament that the BNP chief and the Islamist party were spreading propaganda abroad through lobbyists.
9 September 2015