Bangladesh

Awami League General Secretary (AL) Obaidul Quader on Monday said BNP has taken the path of conflict in the name of movement as it wants to foil the upcoming general elections. “We don’t want to hold the elections without BNP. The polls will be held as per the rules and it will not wait for any one. BNP wants to ...

Jamaat-e-Islami has called for a three-day blockade programme from October 31, coinciding with the blockade announced by the BNP. A statement signed by Jamaat-e-Islami’s Acting Secretary General Maulana ATM Masum announced the countrywide blockade on vehicle movement on road, rail and waterway protesting the arrest of activists, including Ameer Shafiqur Rahman, and the police’s obstruction of the mass meeting announced ...

Two foreigners appeared before a court in Dhaka on Monday to testify against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and seven others in the Niko graft case. The foreign officials are Kelvin Duggan and Lloyd Schoepp of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. They are giving their statement before Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-9 Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman. Earlier, the same court asked the ...

The High Court on Monday commuted the death sentence of seven militants to jail till death in Holey Artisan café attack case filed over the terrorist attack and brutal massacre at the Holey Artisan Bakery restaurant in Gulshan in 2016. An HC bench of Justice Shahidul Karim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman commuted the punishment of the seven condemned convicts ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been sent to jail in a case filed with Ramna Thana over vandalism. The court of Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Shafi Uddin passed the order around 9:54pm on Sunday, rejecting his bail petition. Earlier, Humayun Kabir Khan, DB police inspector and investigation officer of the case, produced him before the court around ...

Visiting Saudi Imam of the Holy Masjid-E Nababi in Madina Shaikh Dr. Abdullah bin Abdur Rahman Al-Bua`Yjan on Sunday said Bangladesh is his second country. “The people of Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia are very close due to religious bonds despite geographical distance between the two countries,” he said. Shaikh Dr. Abdullah bin Abdur Rahman Al-Bua`Yjan said this when he called ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her government wants to build developed Bangladesh enriched with knowledge and science maintaining global standard. “I want to tell one thing to our teachers and students standing at the Dhaka University that we want to build our country as developed enriched with knowledge and science,” she said. The prime minister said this while ...

A journalist who was injured during the clash between police and BNP activists on Saturday has died while receiving treatment. The deceased Rafique Bhuiyan was a member of the National Press Club and a former member of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ). Rafique Bhuiyan was going to the press club on a rickshaw on Saturday afternoon when he ...

The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel in Chattogram opened for vehicular movement on Sunday morning. The tunnel was opened for vehicular movement at 6:00am on Sunday. Earlier on Saturday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the country’s first underwater tunnel built under the Karnaphuli River, reports UNB. However, traffic movement remained low due to the on-going countrywide hartal called by the ...

Dhaka University has conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, as a token of respect, in a special convocationn Sunday. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina joined the convocation as the convocation speaker and Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni joined as the special guest. DU VC Prof Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman presided over the special convocation program, reports UNB. ...