Delays in holding elections will fuel conspiracies: Tarique Rahman
BNP relieves four leaders over alleged misconduct
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that there is no headache regarding the comments of CPD, TIB, and Sujan on the proposed budget for fiscal year 2024–25. “We are making arrangements to bring the undisclosed money to the bank. The tax benefits will
Prime Minister's newly-appointed Press Secretary Md Nayeemul Islam Khan today paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the capital. After laying the
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader today (June 6) termed Bangladesh's proposed national budget for the financial year 2024-2025 as 'realistic and pro-people'. He also said: ‘Amid the current global crisis, a pro-people budget has been proposed. This budget
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) today (June 6) criticized the proposed budget for the 2024–25 fiscal year, labeling it a 'new plan of looting' and alleging it was designed to benefit those who engage in plundering. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir
A total of 175 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed across the country to maintain law and order during the 4th phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad Election. BGB will work as a mobile and striking force to maintain peace and order in the electoral areas from 3
Search for the body parts of Bangladeshi MP Anwarul Azim Anar continues as officers of the West Bengal CID and detectives of Dhaka Metropolitan Police grilled the arrested butcher to get more details about the crime, an officer said. It is suspected that Anar, who has been missing for
A Dhaka court has placed three accused in MP Anwarul Azim Anar murder case on a five-day fresh remand. Those remanded are Syed Amanullah Aman alias Shimul Bhuiyan, Faisal Ali Saji alias Tanvi Bhuiyan, and Celesty Rahman. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shanto Islam Mollick
The immigration department must cancel its deportation order issued for Bangladeshi MA Quayum, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur ruled earlier today (May 29). Justice K Muniandy, in issuing a consent judgment, also ordered that Quayum, 61, be released to the care of the United Nations
After killing Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar in a flat in Kolkata, the suspected murderers left the murder spot wearing his clothes, a joint team of Dhaka Metropolitan police and West Bengal CID said. Anar’s murder came to the fore last week days after the leader went missing in
A Dhaka court today (May 28) set August 5 for holding hearing on charge framing in the Barapukuria coal mine graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and nine others. The date was announced by Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-2, as the defense lawyers
Nayeb Ali Joarder, who was elected unopposed in the by-polls to Jhenaidah-1 constituency, today (May 26) took oath of office as the Member of Parliament (MP) in the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS). JS Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath to Joarder at Jatiya Sangsad
The West Bengal Police CID team continued their search operation in the Bhangar area in connection with the murder case of Bangladeshi MP Anwarul Azim Anar who went missing for days in Kolkata. The investigation continued for the second consecutive day, on May 25. The CID team is
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the 14-party alliance leaders to more organize the alliance and make it popular to the people. The directives came while Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined a meeting at her official Ganabhaban residence in the capital on Thursday (May 23)
A meeting of the central 14-Party Alliance led by ruling Awami League will be held at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official Ganabhaban residence in the capital at 7pm today (May 23). Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will chair the meeting, said a press
Widening the probe over the murder of Bangladeshi MP Anwarul Azim Anar, the Forensic team of Kolkata Police on Thursday collected samples from a car found at the spot where the Bangladeshi MP was found murdered. The Bangladeshi MP, who entered India on May 12, was last seen on
A Dhaka court today sentenced 11 people including former assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami ATM Azharul Islam to two-year jail in a sabotage case filed with the capital's Motijheel Police Station. The other 10 convicts are- Mobarak Hossain, Hasan Al Mamun, Abu Taher
The second phase of the sixth upazila parishad election is underway in 156 upazilas across the country. Election experts attribute fears of another potential low turnout to a general apathy towards the electoral process, as evidenced by the 36 percent voter turnout in the first phase
The second phase of the sixth upazila parishad elections will be held in 157 upazilas tomorrow (May 21) amid fears of violence and a boycott by the BNP. Allegations of conflict, threats, violations of the electoral code of conduct, and the influence of parliamentarians were reported in
A Dhaka court today (May 19) sent Ishraque Hossain, member of the International Affairs Committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, to jail in a case filed with Paltan Police Station. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Ash Shams Jaglul Hossain passed the order after Ishraque
A court in Dhaka today (May 19) sentenced three people, including BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's Foreign Affairs Advisory Committee member Ishraque Hossain, to jail in a case filed for involvement in provocative activities with Paltan Thana on October 2023. Dhaka Metropolitan