CHITTAGONG: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said Bangladesh government wants United Nations’ involvement in discussions with Myanmar about the repatriation of the Rohingya refugees who were forcibly displaced. Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made

DHAKA: BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that the Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha was forced to take leave at gunpoint.  He made the remark while addressing as chief guest at a human chain held in front of National Press Club on Friday noon (Oct 13).

DHAKA: The dawn-to-dusk countrywide hartal called by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami was observed peacefully in the city and other parts of the country on Thursday (October 12). The party observed the shutdown protesting the arrest and remand of its top leaders, including the party’s

DHAKA: The dawn-to-dusk countrywide hartal called by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is underway peacefully in the capital with no major untoward incident reported. The party is observing the shutdown on Thursday protesting the arrest and remand of its top leaders, including the ameer,

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday issued arrest warrant against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a defamation case. Metropolitan Magistrate Nur Nabi issued the order as Khaleda Zia failed to appear before the court in hearing on Thursday. Besides, the court asked Gulshan Police Station

NOAKHALI: At least fifty leaders and activists of BNP, including police personnel, were injured in a clash between police and BNP in different areas of Noakhali town on Wednesday (Oct 11).   Besides, BNP central leader Mahbub Alamgir Alo and Sadar upazila general secretary VP Jasim

DHAKA: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for Thursday (October 12) protesting arrest and remand of the party’s ameer, secretary general and other top leaders. Jamaat Nayebe Ameer Prof Mujibur Rahman announced the hartal program in a statement

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday (Oct 10) placed eight top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islam including its ameer Maqbul Ahmed on 10-day remand each in two cases.   The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Golam Nabi granted the remand after the accused were produced before it shown arrest

DHAKA: Bikalpadhara Bangladesh has proposed formation of election-time interim government with representative of the parties who were in the 9th Parliament to oversee the 11th Parliamentary elections. The party during dialogue with the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday (October 10)

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy has commented that the government intervened in the judiciary nakedly through sending Chief Justice SK Sinha on forced leave. He made the comment at a discussion meeting at the National Press Club in the city on Tuesday

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of police on Monday night (October 10) detained nine top leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami including its ameer and secretary general from a house in Dhaka’s Uttara. They are-- Jamaat Nayeb-e-Ameer Golam Parwar, Ameer Maqbul Ahmed, Secretary General

DHAKA: HM Ershad-led Jatiya Party has proposed dissolution of the current 10th parliament and deployment of armed forces in creating environment for the next national elections. The party during dialogue with the Election Commission (EC) on Monday (October 09) also proposed formation

COMILLA: A Comilla court on Monday (October 09) issued arrest warrant against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 77 others in a case filed for patrol bomb attack that killed eight people during the anti-government movement in 2015. Judge of District and Sessions Judges Court in Comilla

DHAKA: BNP vice-chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu has alleged that there is no democracy in the country. He asked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to restore the democracy. The BNP leader was speaking at a human chain formed in front of the National Press Club in the city on Sunday (October 08).

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary also Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday (October 8) said that Bangladesh will keep the borders open for Rohingyas until Myanmar stops the killing spree. “The government won’t close the borders forcefully, until the

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain claimed that the Rohingya crisis deepened due to diplomatic failure of the government. Addressing a discussion on Saturday (October 07), the BNP senior leader said that the Rohingya influx cloud be stopped if the

DHAKA: The BNP has alleged that the government has established absolute control over the judiciary by forcibly sending Chief Justice SK Sinha on a one-month leave. The party’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed made the allegation at a press conference at the

DHAKA: Alleging that the Chief Justice SK Sinha fell victim of the government’s wrath, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said CJ Sinha has been targeted for speaking against the government.  He made the remarks while addressing a human chain protesting the

DHAKA: Supreme Court senior lawyer TM Akbar died at a city hospital on Thursday noon (October 05) after he suddenly got sick at the courtroom during argument on BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s case. He was 86. He was rushed to the Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital at Shahbagh immediately where the on

DHAKA: BNP vice-chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu has commented that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is now staying abroad for Nobel laureate. The BNP leader made the comment while speaking at a seminar at the National Press Club in the city on Wednesday (October 05). Khelafat Majlish, a