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Examinations of Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) scheduled to be held on November 13 (Wednesday) have been shifted to November 22, due to extension of hartal called by BNP-led 18 party. The JSC test for Wednesday will take place at 2:30pm on November 22, while JDC test for the day would ... Read more

Hundreds of illegal migrants targeted in a Saudi nationwide crackdown turned themselves in on Sunday after security forces besieged a Riyadh neighbourhood where riots had killed two people. Men, women and children lined up carrying their belongings to board police buses transferring them to an assembly centre before their deportation, a week after a seven-month

Newly-appointed United States Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal is likely to highlight the current political impasse over the election period governance, worker rights and Grameen Bank at her talks with Bangladeshi officials during her upcoming visit to Dhaka over November 16-18. Besides, she will talk about the ... Read more

China has expressed its deep concern over the political situation in the country and called for dialogue between Awami League and BNP to resolve the differences. Like Bangladesh people, I am deeply worried about the recent development of the political situation, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jun said in

The five arrested BNP leaders were sent to jail on Saturday after a Dhaka court adjourned the hearing of their bail petitions till November 14. The court also postponed hearing on the remand petitions of the investigating officers, till date. The BNP leaders were arrested on Friday night for their alleged involvement in “attempting to ... Read more

Most senior leaders of the BNP-led 18 Party Alliance have gone into hiding after the arrest of BNP stalwarts on Friday night. The police also carried out raids at homes of a number of senior leaders, including acting secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, following the detention of the BNP bigwigs. The 18 Party Alliance leaders have ... Read more

Pro-hartal activists torched at least 10 vehicles including a police car and hurled several cocktails in different areas in the city on Saturday ahead of the BNP-led 18-party’s 84-hour countrywide hartal demanding caretaker government. Quoting witnesses, police alleged that at around 11am, pro-hartal activists torched a

Firing a broadside at the BNP chief for her ‘destructive’ politics, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday alleged that whenever BNP comes to power it turns the country into a doomsday through killing people and plundering public funds. “Whenever BNP comes to power it brings doomsday for the country,” she said while

Business people have expressed serious concern over the current spate of shutdowns and urged the political parties to reach a consensus, immediately, on a poll-time government, for the benefit of the country’s trade and economy. They expressed deep anxiety over the fallout from the ongoing violent political developments. The situation is hindering uninterrupted

Talks of arrest of the Leader of the Opposition and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia buzzed around the capital throughout Saturday, but it happened to be rumour. The rumour was, however, given some semblance of credence after Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu told reporters at a function in

The United States has called for ensuring political space to enable all parties in Bangladesh to express their views freely and peacefully. “There must be political space so all parties can express their views freely and peacefully. This is an essential element of democracy,” Kelly McCarthy, the spokesperson of the US Embassy in Dhaka, said ... Read more

The country-wide 72-hour general strike, called by the BNP-led 18 Party Alliance, has been extended by 12 hours, following the arrest of the opposition party’s top leaders. BNP joint secretary-general, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, said this at a press conference at the party’s Naya Paltan central office, on Sunday. The hartal will now begin at 6am ... Read more

Condemning the arrest of its senior leaders, opposition BNP on Saturday urged the government to pursue the path of dialogue on the polls-time non-party government to restore peace and relief among people. In a statement, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, “Come to the path of dialogue on restoration of the nonparty ... Read more

Shaheed Noor Hossain Day, commemorating the heartrending martyrdom of young man Noor Hossain during the anti-Ershad movement in the late 80s, will be observed on Sunday with due solemnity. On November 10, 1987 Noor Hossain, a leader of Awami Juba League, was killed in police firing when he had staged protest against the autocratic rule ... Read more

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has said that three examinations of Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) scheduled to be held on November 10, 11 and 12 (Sunday, Monday and Tuesday) have been shifted to November 14, 16 and 21 due to 84-hour nationwide hartal called by BNP-led 18-party. “The Opposition has ... Read more

Chittagong, Nov 9: A 50-km tailback was created on Dhaka-Chittagong highway on Saturday following road blockade and vandalism by opposition activists in Sitakundu upazila protesting the arrest of five BNP leaders, reports UNB. Thousands of commuters faced immense sufferings as they got struck in the gridlock

Typhoon Haiyan in Philippines 1,200 feared dead One of the most powerful typhoons in history is believed to have killed 1,200 people in the Philippines, the Red Cross yesterday, as rescue workers raced to reach towns devastated by tsunami-like waves. A day after Super Typhoon Haiyan whipped across the central Philippines with maximum sustained winds ... Read more

A Bangladeshi worker reportedly committed suicide at an island of the Maldives, over 600 kilometers away from its capital Male, on Friday night, said an official on Saturday, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Samad, son of Ayub Ali, hailing from Gafargaon, Mymensingh. Wahiduzzaman Liton, head of the Chancery, Bangladesh High Commission in the ... Read more

At least ten people, including three members of a family, were killed and 11 others injured in separate traffic accidents in the country on Saturday and Friday. In Comilla, five people were killed and 10 others were injured in near Tipra bazaar in the Cantonment area on Saturday afternoon

DB pick up Moudud, MK Anwar, Rafiqul Islam Mia; Khaleda’s Gulshan office, residence cordoned off The government has started a crackdown on the opposition BNP arresting its three stalwarts on Friday late evening. The BNP chairperson’s office and her residence in Gulshan area were also cordoned off by the police. The Detective Branch (DB) of police ... Read more