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US ambassador in Dhaka Dan Mozena on Tuesday said the US is still assessing the evolving political situation mentioning that the current situation underscores the need for proceeding more urgently to find some way for an election that the people of Bangladesh want and deserve. ‘We’re still assessing the situation. I’m certainly aware of that,’

The Jatiya Party chairman, HM Ershad, who was picked up by people of an intelligence agency on December 12 and was admitted to Combined Military Hospital, is likely to be sent to a hospital abroad, party leaders and the family told New Age on Tuesday night. ‘Passports of four people, including that of Ershad

BCIM kicks off at Kunming today Bangladesh is likely to emphasise regional connectivity in the first two-day meeting of the joint working group of the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) economic corridor, which begins at Kunming on Wednesday, so that academic discussions can be transformed into reality. Sources in the Economic Relations Division (ERD) said Bangladesh is

Improvement of generation, distribution aimed at The government would seek US$2.28 billion from donors, specially from China, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and Japan for developing the country’s power sector, officials said Tuesday. The fund will be used for nine power generation and distribution projects, they said. The Power Division has made the demand for ... Read more

Deadly volence HRW urges govt, political parties to show restraint Human Rights Watch (HRW) has expressed its concern over the ‘deadly street violence’ in Bangladesh and urged both the government forces and the political parties to show restraint to stop endangering lives, reports UNB. The New York-based global rights watchdog urged the government to ‘publicly ... Read more

The verdict in the Biswajit killing case will be delivered on Wednesday, a year after the gruesome murder was committed, a Dhaka court said. Biswajit Das, a 24-year-old shopkeeper, was allegedly chopped to death by some Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists of Jagannath University.

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against BNP stalwart Moudud Ahmed and his brother Manzur Ahmed, now living in London, on charge of grabbing a government house worth about Tk 300 crore. The commission deputy director Harunur Rashid filed the case with Gulshan police station. According to the first information report,

Technical Glitches in 2 Aircraft Biman passengers stranded for hours Hundreds of air passengers have been held up for long hours in Bangladesh and three other countries, as two aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines were grounded due to technical glitches in the last two days. Lack of hotel accommodation from the airline added to the sufferings ... Read more

Two constructions workers were shot dead and another was wounded by unnamed people at Madhya Badda in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday morning reportedly over the payment of extortion money. The deceased were Faruk Hawlader, 30, a brick layer, and Milon Hossain, 19, a day laborer. The other laborer who was injured is Md Mahmud, 35, also

British police on Monday said they had finished examining new information about the 1997 death of Diana, princess of Wales, but had found “no credible evidence” she was murdered. Scotland Yard police headquarters announced in August it was checking the credibility of recently received information about the deaths of the princess

The nation celebrated the 43rd Victory Day on Monday amid a renewed pledge to fulfil the hopes and aspirations of the freedom fighters by ensuring peace and stability in the country and by fulfilling the spirit of the War of Liberation. The day was a public holiday. The government, different political parties and socio-cultural organizations celebrated

At least seven people were killed and 40 others injured as the joint forces comprising police, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) started their drive on Monday. In Satkhira, five people were killed and several others hurt in clashes between Jamaat-Shibir activists and members of law enforcers during the

Bangladesh on Monday formed the world’s largest human national flag in the capital to mark the 43rd Victory Day in an attempt to make it to the Guinness World Records. The largest ever human national flag of Bangladesh was formed with 27,172 volunteers at the National Parade Ground. A team of 18 auditors of Huda Vasi,

The expenditure for maintaining the law and order in the ensuing general elections scheduled to be held on January 5 will be three times higher than that of the previous polls even though no polling will be held in half of the 300 constituencies this time. As many as 154 candidates have already been elected ... Read more

The BNP-led 18-Party Alliance has convened another spell of 72-hour nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade from 6am on Tuesday to demand for election under a non-party poll-time administration and postponement of schedule for the 10th parliamentary election. The blockade would continue till 6am Friday. BNP standing committee member, Nazrul Islam Khan,

PM intervention sought for clearing jobs The Cabinet division has sent a note to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, seeking the PM’s intervention for clearing the files which have piled up since various ministers and state ministers have not carried out office work at the Secretariat since December 8. The note was sent on Sunday following ... Read more

European Union (EU) ambassadors in Dhaka did not join the Victory Day programme at the National Mausoleum in Savar on Monday morning, but they attended the reception hosted by President Abdul Hamid at the Bangabhaban in the afternoon. However, skipping of programme at the mausoleum by the EU ambassadors has caused

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the acting secretary general of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has said the people would certainly achieve victory in the ongoing movement to restore democracy in the country. The BNP leader said this to reporters after placing floral wreathes at the National Mausoleum at Savar on the occasion of the Victory Day. Fakhrul

The joint general secretary of the ruling Awami League, Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif, on Monday alleged that the BNP-Jamaat coalition, under the leadership of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia, was conspiring to turn the country into a failed state. He was addressing a pre-procession rally in front of the Institution of Engineers

United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon has regretted the execution of Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah that took place on Thursday. He also urged all sides to exercise restraint and avoid violence. “The Secretary-General regrets that this execution took place,” Martin Nesirky, spokesperson of Ban Ki-moon told a regular press briefing in New York