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JSD leader ASM Abdur Rob extends his support Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus on Monday urged business community  to take a stand against the attempt to destroy the Grameen Bank that “belonged to 8.4 million people in the country, most of whom were poor and homeless”.  He said: “The recommendation to divide the bank into ... Read more

Chairman of Jatiya Party (JP) HM Ershad on Monday termed the defeat of Ajmotullah Khan in the just concluded Gazipur City Corporation election (GCC) as the perilous ‘Signal No-10’ for the ruling Awami League led 14-party grand alliance government. He made the remark while inaugurating the Dilkusha Branch of his Union Bank at Motijheel in ... Read more

‘Next national polls to follow other parliamentary democracies’ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reiterated that the next general elections in Bangladesh will be held as per the Constitution and follow the other parliamentary democracies across the world. “The next general elections in Bangladesh will be held the way elections are being held in other ... Read more

 A civil society platform on Monday said it was going to send 11 proposals to the UN for inclusion in the post-Millennium Development Goals (MDG) agenda. The platform, People’s Forum for MDG (PFM), announced this at a meeting on “People’s report on post-2015 development agenda”. The meeting was organised by Palli Karma Sahayok Foundation

Five crew members of MV Hope landed at Jetty no. 15 of the Chittagong Port at 11 am on Monday. They are fourth engineer of the vessel Abdul Hakim, deck cadet Mukhlesur Rahman, seamen Rubel, Osman and Saiful Islam. The crew members started crying at seeing their homeland once again. “We’ve returned alive from death’s ... Read more

Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) mayor Selina Hayat Ivy on Monday warned the government not to foment trouble in an attempt to protect Shamim Osman, an Awami League leader and an accused in the Twaki murder case. She also slammed the government for failing to maintain law and order. “We have won the mayoral elections of ... Read more

Leader of the opposition in Parliament Khaleda Zia has invited Awami League’s general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam along with all presidium members to join BNP’s Iftar party in political leaders’ honour. A BNP delegation, led by assistant office secretary Abdul Latif Jony, on Monday went to AL president’s political office at Dhanmondi and handed over ... Read more

Water levels in 50 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise and 19 stations recorded fall. Among the 73 monitored water level stations, three have been registered steady, a bulletin issued by FFWC said today. All the monitoring water level stations are flowing below their respective danger levels except ... Read more

A defence witness on Monday claimed that war crimes accused and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury was in Karachi, Pakistan, on April 8, 1971. The witness, Nizam Ahmed, gave the deposition during Chowdhury’s trial at the International Crimes Tribunal-1. Ahmed was the second defence witness in the case. “My friend Qaiyum Reza Chowdhury had

The BNP has observed that people have sent a no-confidence message to the government through the recently concluded Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) poll, boosting their demand to hold the next general election under the caretaker government (CG) system. “People have given their verdict against the government’s repressive acts. The government

The landslide victory of 18-party-backed candidate M A Mannan over his rival 14-party backed Azmatullah Khan in the first mayoral election to newly created Gazipur City Corporation is considered as the writing on the wall for the ruling party.     It has reset the equation of national politics. According to the unofficial results declared on early

Senior Awami League (AL) leaders said the party should take lessons from the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) poll and plan for the next general election early next year. “We should take lessons from the GCC poll. We’ve to identify our mistakes for which the voters have rejected the AL-backed candidate,” Senior Awami League (AL)

The law and order situation in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) has severely deteriorated. Local residents are fearing a political turmoil following a recent amendment of the land law. Sources said the government was trying to resolve the prevailing crisis. Three top representatives of the government, including two ministers, will visit Rangamati

Bangladesh has met some important targets like reducing poverty gap ratio, attaining gender parity at primary and secondar levels of education, reduction in under-five mortality rate, containing HIV with antiretroviral drugs and detection and cure rate of tuberculosis (TB). It was disclosed by the General Economics Division

Freedom fighter Baten was killed by a group of Razakars at the directive of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami during the liberation war, prosecution witness Dr Rathindranath Kundu said on Sunday. Nizami also instigated Razakars to set fire to his relative’s house for his participation in the liberation war, he said at the International Crimes

Five crew members of the sunken MV Hope, who were found alive, reached the Chittagong Port at around 9 pm on Sunday. They boarded the ship MV Bux Moon to reach the port. The bodies of two crew members of the ill-fated ship will reach the Chittagong Port the next week. The alive seamen are ... Read more

The point-to-point inflation in June has soared further touching 8.05 per cent, according to the base year 2005-06. In May, the inflation rate was 7.98 per cent. However, the average annual inflation rate in FY13 came down to 6.78 per cent, which was 8.69 per cent in FY12.

The defeated mayoral candidate Advocate Azmat Ullah Khan said, a free and fair election was held. I have already accepted the result. He said, the opponent was used some false propaganda including religious issue and used black money in the election. However, I did not refuse the people’s mandate. I always accept their judgment. He ... Read more

BNP-led 18-party alliance backed candidate Professor MA Mannan is set to be the first mayor of the recently established Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) winning a hard-fought election battle against 14-party alliance supported candidate Azmatullah Khan. Perhaps no other civic body elections generated so much heat and nationwide interest like the GCC election

The Awami League advisory council member, Tofail Ahmed, said on Saturday that the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election shows that the Opposition’s demand for a caretaker government to oversee the next general election is “illogical”. “The present Election Commission is not like the one headed by Aziz. All elections under this EC have been held