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BCL also blamed for attack: Discontent spreads DHAKA, JULY 11: About 20 people were injured in sporadic clashes between the police and government job seekers and students at the Shahbagh intersection, as well as on the Dhaka University campus, on Thursday. The job seekers were demanding abolition of quotas for government jobs. Five students were ... Read more

Reservation of seats in public exams has triggered a debate among academics and experts after some unsuccessful examinees in the 34th BCS preliminary examination blocked roads, throwing traffic out of gear, in protest against the quota system, on Wednesday. Most experts, however, have given top priority to merit in the selection of candidates.

The flood situation in the northern districts has worsened, with the Brahmaputra river crossing the danger level (DL) on Wednesday night, officials said on Thursday. Water from the rising river flooded vast areas of Gaibandha district and was threatening to inundate other districts in Rangpur division, as well as Jamalpur district.

The suspension of GSP benefits for Bangladesh by the US Administration was a wrong move, which will only hurt Bangladesh’s poor and damage the trade relations between Dhaka and Washington, said an article, appeared on Tuesday on the Issue Brief on Asia and the Pacific of the Heritage Foundation, a Washington-based conservative think tank.

The main opposition BNP on Thursday accused a new political outfit of hatching a conspiracy to split the opposition party ahead of the general election. BNP standing committee member MK Anwar met Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad at his office and asked him to cancel the registration of Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF),

Adulterated food, including ghee, milk powder, oil, flour, semolina and vermicelli, have flooded  Chittagong markets ahead of Ramzan, posing a health hazard for residents of this port city. Consumers’ Association of Bangladesh (CAB) sources said syndicates of unscrupulous traders have once again reared their heads in the city. These traders

Country’s veteran lawyer and constitution expert Dr M Zahir passed away at a hospital in Bangkok on Thursday.  He was 74. Family sources said Dr Zahir breathed his last at 10:30am (BDT). He was flown to Bangkok on June 27 as he had long been suffering from cancer.

Nasaka of Myanmar handed over 75 Bangladeshi nationals detained in Bay of Bengal in Myanmar water area since two years, to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) after ending their punishment. A Battalion Commander level joint flag meeting between BGB and Nasaka was held at Mangdu of Myanmar on Thursday noon. Among the Bangladeshi nationals,

Defence completed the cross-examination of Shyamali Nasrin Chowdhury, prosecution witness-13 against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami, at the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday. Shyamali, the widow of martyred ophthalmologist Dr Abdul Alim Chowdhury, gave her deposition at the tribunal on Wednesday, accusing Nizami as the mastermind

The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) will review the results of the 34th BCS preliminary examinations. This follows protests by failed examinees demanding a review of the results and an end to the quota system. The controller of examinations, AEM Nesaruddin,

Over a dozen American retailers including Walmart, Gap, Target, Kohl’s and Macy’s on Wednesday announced a plan for improving factory safety in Bangladesh – an alternative to a plan embraced by 70 retailers and apparel brands, most of them European, reports the New York Times. The proposal calls for the retailers to inspect the estimated ... Read more

BNP on Wednesday accused the government of not taking action against corrupt traders. “A certain group of pro-government traders is engaged in making money through syndication ahead of Ramzan. As a result, prices of essential goods in the markets are skyrocketing. But the Awami League-led government is keeping mum,” BNP leader

Prime Minister and President of the ruling Awami League Sheikh Hasina who returned home on Wednesday shortening her Belarus visit by one day, directed her party leaders to gear up campaign among people to enhance party’s support base. She gave the instruction while meeting senior leaders of her party at her official residence Ganabhaban in ... Read more

The fasting month of Ramzan begins in Bangladesh today. The National Moon Sighting Committee took the decision in a meeting after reviewing reports on moon sighting for the holy month of Ramzan. President M Abdul Hamid, Premier Sheikh Hasina and leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia gave separate messages urging Muslims of the country to ... Read more

First secretary of Bangladesh Consulate General in Jeddah Md Jamal Uddin is all but certain to be withdrawn from his station for allegedly assaulting a Foreign Service Ministry assistant secretary, Tanvir Kabir, at Jeddah Hajj Camp on July 1. According to sources concerned, based on a report from the Consul General of the Consulate Nazmul ... Read more

Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said the United States (US) is sincere to consider Bangladesh’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) for readymade garment (RMG) sector of Bangladesh. “I have got assurance in this regard from Charge d’affaires of the US Embassy in Dhaka Jon Danilowicz during a meeting,” he told journalist after a meeting ... Read more

The Al-Badr had killed prominent ophthalmologist Dr Abdul Alim Chowdhury on the instruction of their chief, Motiur Rahman Nizami, just a day before the victory day in 1971, said Shyamali Nasrin Chowdhuy, the victim’s wife, at the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1), on Wednesday. A group of Al-Badr cadres picked up Alim from his Purana

State Minister for Law Advocate Qamrul Islam on Wednesday came down heavily on the Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) saying that the TIB report which showed political parties as most corrupt is aimed at assassinating characters of political leaders. The minister said, conspiracy is going on against the country and a vested quarter has been working

Egypt on Wednesday ordered the arrest of the Muslim Brotherhood’s supreme leader Mohammed Badie over violence in Cairo that left dozens dead while charging another 200 people over the bloodshed, judicial sources said. Badie and other senior Brotherhood leaders are

The Bangladesh government ordered criminal cases be dropped against top union leaders on Wednesday, a ministry official said, a move hailed by labour activists who say they are routinely harassed and threatened. A home ministry official told AFP that the cases of inciting violence during wage-hike protests in 2010 against Kalpona Akter and