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An indomitable Rubel Hossain brought down the high flying New Zealand to the earth slamming a brilliant hat-trick that gave Bangladesh a 43-run win in the first ODI as per D/L method at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Rubel became the third Bangladeshi bowler after Shahadat Hossain Rajib and Abdur Razzak to claim the ... Read more

Doing business in the country has eased further over the past one year, according to the “Ease of Doing Business (EDB) 2014” index issued by the World Bank (WB), which ranked Bangladesh in the 130th position among 189 countries. The 2014 Doing Business Report, an annual survey on business environment around the world, was released on ... Read more

The BNP acting secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, has accused the government of staging a drama, in the name of starting a fruitful dialogue with the opposition, over poll-time management. He said the government is trying to implement its own design, ahead of the next general election. “The Awami League is playing a game, ... Read more

The ruling Awami League on Tuesday said that door is still open for the Opposition chief Khaleda Zia to sit for a dialogue on the formation of an election-time government to oversee the 10th parliamentary poll. The party also hoped that the general election would be held in a free, fair and credible manner with ... Read more

Leaders of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) on Tuesday suggested that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina take necessary steps for holding the next general election in a free, fair and credible manner with the participation of all political parties. The leaders of the two left leaning political parties made the suggestion ... Read more

Transport crisis hits hard people from outlying areas The patients, especially from out of the city, suffered most for severe transport crisis due to 60-hour general strike enforced by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led opposition alliance. Hospital officials said they received fewer patients during the last three days, while many admitted patients could not leave hospitals ... Read more

The first bone marrow transplantation in the country, which was scheduled for October 26 at the lone bone marrow transplantation centre at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, has been halted due to ongoing political unrest. The transplantation was halted as most of the experts from Massachusetts General Hospital, the teaching hospital of the Harvard Medical School

Delivery of the verdict in the case of killings in a rebellion in the border force headquarters in Dhaka in 2009 has been postponed, official sources said on Tuesday night. Additional metropolitan sessions court judge-III Md Akhtaruzaman was scheduled to deliver the verdict today in the case against 846 accused.

The bodies of at least seven dead Bangladeshis are brought home every month from South Africa, according to data of Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training. They died mostly in indiscriminate shootings by miscreants in South Africa with its law and order deteriorating, said officials and migrants’ rights bodies.

Three workers were killed and three others injured in a boiler blast at Bhaularhat in Sadar upazila on Tuesday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Kafiluddin, 45, Posidul Islam, 40, of Paikpara village and Somesh Barman, 42, of Dighi village in the upazila. Witnesses said the boiler of ‘Bristi-Pinky Husking Mills’

Another 100 injured as blast, arson, clashes continue across country for second day of shutdown At least five people were killed and more than 100 injured in fierce clashes between the police and political activists across the country on the second day of the 60-hour nationwide hartal called by BNP-led opposition alliance on Monday. In ... Read more

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday made it clear that she would form an all-party poll-time government with small political parties, if the BNP does not respond to her proposal, sources said. The Prime Minister told her cabinet colleagues that she would hold talks with these parties individually on the formation of her proposed all-party

Pvt operators put up resistance to their commercial operation The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) is in trouble with its 88 air-conditioned buses, imported recently from India under the latter’s $ 800 million line of credit (LoC), due to opposition from private bus operators to their economically viable commercial operation. Officials said the revenue earning ... Read more

BNP, other parties decry provision for allowing candidature with instant joining in parties Parliament on Monday passed the Representation of People Order (Amendment) Bill, 2013 restricting an individual convicted under the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act from contesting the national election. The bill also allowed a person to contest polls only by joining a political party. Earlier ... Read more

Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) are going to sit with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia separately in a bid to find out a solution to the political impasse over election-time government. As part of the effort, a delegation, led by CPB president Mujahidul Islam Selim and ... Read more

The country’s top business leaders held a closed-door meeting on Monday night to discuss the latest political developments and come up with future strategy. The leaders would issue a press statement welcoming the telephonic conversation between the two political chiefs of the country, according to sources.

Hartal Violence Bomb splinters damage worker’s eye A painting worker became yet another victim of political violence on Monday, the second day of the 60-hour general strike being enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance. The victim, Abdur Rahman, 40, is feared to lose his left eye permanently due to injuries he received from splinters of ... Read more

Despite the lapses of six years since the separation of judiciary from executive, the government is yet to form a separate secretariat for the judiciary. The lower judiciary still remains on paper as well as the law regarding the appointment of the High Court judges is yet to be framed due to the lack of ... Read more

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has urged the government to take initiatives for holding an effective as well as a meaningful dialogue between the country’s two top political parties to overcome the prevailing political stalemate over the poll-time administration. “A phone call is not enough for a dialogue; a congenial atmosphere is needed to

The Awami League-led 14-party alliance on Monday called upon Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to form an election-time government based on constitutional provisions, after completing the dialogue process as soon as possible. “We laud Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her initiative and the 14-party alliance believes that the dialogue should be held without