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The BNP has expressed deep concern over the possible uncontested victory of a good number of MPs in the polls, scheduled for January 5, and said the victory will be self-destructive for democracy and the upcoming general election. All MP aspirants of Awami League-led Grand Alliance have already been elected uncontested in the January 5

‘Bureaucrats achieved little in Bali Ministerial’ The country’s 12 civil society organisations (CSOs), working with development and economic issues, Saturday said instead of bureaucrats political leadership should play the pivotal role in the multilateral trade talks. They criticised the Bangladeshi delegation, lead by bureaucrats, for its inert role in securing a concrete and time-befitting

Six influential Democrat and Republican members of the US House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the US Congress, have written to both Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia, calling for free, fair and credible polls. “A bipartisan letter was sent to both Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia,

Turned helpless due to continuous violence coupled with hartals and blockades, the business community takes to the streets across the country with white flags on Sunday for half an hour calling upon the political parties to restore peace and stability for the sake of economy, reports UNB. They will line up on the streets in ... Read more

A young man allegedly killed his elder brother following a dispute over land at Moktarerchar in Naria upazila on Friday The deceased was identified as Motaleb Kazi, aged around 25, son of late Abdul Hamid Kazi of the upazila. Quoting locals, police said there had been a longstanding dispute between Motaleb Kazi and Shahjahan Kazi, sons of ... Read more

NBR terms it illegal, threatens action A good number of courier service providers in the country are realising money illegally from the clients while delivering documents in the name of customs duty and service charges, victims have alleged. It has been alleged that some courier services demand varied amounts of money from the clients who receive ... Read more

Nelson Mandela embarked on the final leg of his exceptional 95-year journey on Saturday, as his remains were transported to his rural childhood home for traditional burial. A C-130 Hercules carrying Mandela’s flag-draped casket and escorted by two fighter jets landed in Mthatha, in Mandela’s native Eastern Cape province,

The global group Reporters Without Borders is proposing that attacks on journalists be considered war crimes by the International Criminal Court. The UN Security Council held informal talks on Friday on the protection of journalists amid alarm at the more than 50 killed so far this year. An

A space module carrying China’s first lunar rover is scheduled to land on the moon Saturday evening, state media said, in a huge step for the Asian superpower’s ambitious space programme, reports AFP. The spacecraft is expected to make touchdown at 9:40 pm (1340 GMT), state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) said, 12 days after ... Read more

122 alliance candidates set to be elected unopposed The Awami League-led grand alliance needs to win in only 29 constituencies to form government for the second straight time as 122 of the alliance candidates are set to be elected unopposed in the 10th parliamentary polls slated for January 5. If the election schedule remains unchanged, ... Read more

The nation will observe the Martyred Intellectuals Day today paying rich tributes to a galaxy of intellectuals systematically killed at the fag-end of the War of Liberation in 1971 to cripple the Bengalis aspiring after nationhood. Renowned academics, doctors, engineers, journalists, teachers and other eminent personalities were dragged out of their homes,

A day after Jatiya Party (JP) chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad was admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), JP presidium member and Ershad’s younger brother, GM Quader, alleged on Friday that his elder brother was taken to the hospital under unusual circumstances. Confirming Quader’s suspicion, Ershad on Friday issued a statement

3rd secretary-level meeting held Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said postponement of the election schedule is a must to prove the government’s sincerity towards fruitful talks. Khaleda said this at a meeting with party top leaders on Friday night right after the 3rd Awami League (AL) – BNP talks. During the party ... Read more

At least seven people were killed and 150 others injured in clashes across the country on Friday as activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir engaged in violence following the execution war crimes convict Abdul Quader Mollah, a top Jamaat leader, on Thursday night. Jamaat-Shibir men also went on a rampage in the ... Read more

I’m in detention at CMH, Ershad says in special message A day after Jatiya Party (JP) chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad was admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), JP presidium member and Ershad’s younger brother, GM Quader, alleged on Friday that his elder brother was taken to the hospital under unusual circumstances. Confirming Quader’s suspicion, Ershad ... Read more

After the execution of Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah in a war crimes case, the United States has termed the current situation in Bangladesh a ‘sensitive moment’, and has urged all the political parties in the country to exercise restraint and refrain from violence. “We are aware that his (Quader Mollah’s) execution took place on ... Read more

Frequent nationwide shutdowns and non-stop blockades are causing immense inconvenience to thousands of students and their guardians as this is the time of the year when admission tests and final examinations in educational institutions are usually held. Terming the blockade as a destructive act, education minister Nurul Islam Nahid has expressed

A human skeleton and a skull were found at the site of the Rana Plaza building collapse in Savar on Friday afternoon. Police said street children found the human remains while collecting garbage at the site at around 5:00pm on Friday. An identity card belonging to Obaidul, a swing operator of the New Wave Bottoms ... Read more

“He is my only son… if he dies, how shall I live?” wept Asma Begum, the mother of Shanto, a class III student who sustained severe injuries from rubber bullets in the Mothijil-Fakirapul area around Friday noon — an instance of collateral damage in the fierce clashes between the police and Jamaat-Shibir activists in the ... Read more

Main opposition BNP has criticised the government for picking up Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad and said the JP Chief has suffered the consequence for not participating in the stage managed 10th parliamentary poll to fulfil the will of the Awami League. Demanding Ershad’s immediate release, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir