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Awami League Presidium Member Syeda Zohra Tajuddin died at the United Hospital in the capital on Friday morning. She was 80. Her daughter Simin Hossain Rimi, an AL parliamentarian, said that her mother died at around 10:20 am. Zohra was the wife of the country’s first Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmad, who was assassinated inside the Dhaka ... Read more

In response to prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s remarks on dialogue and consensus over the 11th parliamentary polls, Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday said it saw no chances of a consensus in future if the ruling party did not change its stubborn attitude. The BNP said the prime minister had made the statement to ‘mislead’ the people. ... Read more

Mollah execution internal affairs of Bangladesh Pakistan has described the execution of Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah as an internal affair of Bangladesh, adding that the Pakistan National Parliament did not mean to interfere in the internal affairs of Bangladesh by passing a resolution. Islamabad also said that it did not want to respond to ... Read more

A drastic drop in the price of winter vegetables at the growers end caused by supply chain disruption because of recent blockades of roads, railway and waterways has left thousands of farmers in the country in dire straits. Farmers in Rangpur, Narsingdi, Munshiganj, Sirajganj. Rajshahi, Bogra, Gazipur and Manikganj reported a fall in price to ... Read more

At least five people were injured in a bomb attack inside the auditorium of the National Press Club immediately after the inauguration of the Jatiya Party’s(Zafar) special council on Friday afternoon. Kazi Zafar had announced the special council after he was expelled from the Jatiya Party by party chairman HM Ershad on November 28. The Juba ... Read more

The ruling Awami League (AL) would go for a massive election campaign from Sunday, in a bid to increase voter participation in the upcoming 10th parliamentary election slated for January 5. “To increase people’s participation in the coming election, we’ll form several election teams, comprising the party’s senior leaders, who will visit different constituencies across ... Read more

The European Union has said it will not send observers to monitor the January 5 elections in Bangladesh, as the necessary conditions for holding inclusive polls were not created. The spokesperson for EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton, in a statement on Friday, said “The high representative has decided to halt for now ... Read more

People from Dhaka on their way to outlying areas suffered because of huge tailbacks on different highways on Friday. After being trapped for 72 hours during the fourth spell of blockade of road, railway and waterways, enforced by the opposition alliance, people rushed out of their houses in droves, leading to the heavy rush. Thousands of passengers ... Read more

The operation of brick kilns, one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, in the country continues unabated, flouting the laws as the authorities concerned have failed to address the issue properly. Under the laws, brick-fields cannot be set up within three kilometres of densely populated residential areas, commercial areas, parts of city corporation, ... Read more

Phensidyl Booming trade along border They usually go there in groups, crossing the international border, unchallenged. Some 20 makeshift houses there, just along the zero line in India, sell phensidyl, an addictive cough syrup. The houses are on the Dhorla river, opposite to Chauratari village under Moghalhat upazila, approximately nine kilometres west of Lalmonirhat town. Every day, ... Read more

Actor Khaled Khan died in BIRDEM Hospital in the capital Dhaka on Friday night. He was 57. The actor was admitted to hospital on Monday night for motor neuron disease he had been suffering from for about 10 years. As the news of the death spread, his colleagues, friends and members of his family rushed to the ... Read more

The customs officials Thursday night seized four gold bars weighing four kilograms at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. They said that the gold bars worth about Tk 2 crore were found hidden inside a television set, but no arrest was made in this connection.

Dhaka asks Islamabad to ensure security Banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has threatened to attack Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad in retaliation for execution of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah, reports a Pakistani newspaper. The Nation, a leading Pakistani daily, released the news Thursday. Although security around Bangladesh foreign mission in Pakistan has been enhanced manifold

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said election would be held again, if necessary, after the January 5 polls by dissolving parliament if BNP shuns hartal, blockade and violence and cuts ties with Jamaat-e-Islami. She said election process has already started and BNP has missed the polls train as it did not come to the elections. ... Read more

Toxic Toys Study finds toxin level 100 times safe limit Young children are at risk of serious health problems from toxic materials found in toys widely available in the capital city. A recent study, undertaken by the Environment and Social Development Organisation, identified high levels of lead, cadmium, bromine and chromium in all but one of ... Read more

Pak mission to get enhanced security Police on Thursday foiled for the second day Ganajagaran Mancha’s bid to lay siege to the Pakistani High Commission in Dhaka. At least two Ganajagaran Mancha activists, including its spokesman Imran H Sarker, were injured as law enforcers charged batons to disperse the anti-war criminal protestors who tried to lay ... Read more

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 18-Party Alliance has declared another spell of a 83-hour countrywide road-rail-waterway blockade from 6am on Saturday to mount pressure on the government to hold the next general election under a non-party poll-time interim management and postpone the schedule for the 10th Parliamentary election. Starting

The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has approved a resolution on ‘the critical need for political reform in Bangladesh’, paving the way for a full Senate hearing on the motion. The resolution on Bangladesh asks the US Senate to condemn the political violence and urges political leaders in Bangladesh to engage directly in a ... Read more

Stray incidents of violence marked the third day of the 72-hour-long nationwide blockade programme, called by the BNP-led 18-Party alliance, on Thursday. The opposition alliance called the blockade, demanding that the next election be held under a non-party poll-time administration and that the already

The issue of deploying the Army during the general election would be decided tomorrow (Friday) at an emergency meeting on the law and order situation, chief election commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said here on Thursday. The meeting will be held with members of law enforcement agencies and returning officers. “We need to discuss the ... Read more