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

DHAKA: Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday (Oct 5) visited the Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, who is currently on one month due to physical illness, at the latter’s residence.  The minister went to Chief Justice’s residence at 4:05pm and left at 4:39pm after the meeting. He

DHAKA: BNP standing member Barrister Moudud Ahmed alleged that the government sent Chief Justice SK Sinha on forced leave by forging his signature.   The BNP’s senior leader and also senior lawyer of the Bangladesh Supreme Court made the allegation while addressing a seminar at

DHAKA: Law Minister Anisul Huq has urged not to do politics with the illness of Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha who went on one month leave recently for rest. He made the call while talking to reporters at the secretariat on Wednesday (October 04).   Anisul said, “The Chief

SIRAJGANJ: Police arrested the Sirajganj district amir of Jamaat-e-Islami, Shahinur Alam, 42, in the case filed over sabotage and obstructing police duty. He was nabbed from Kazipur Mor area of Sirajganj town, at around 10:30am Tuesday (October 3). Sirajganj Sadar Police Station

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman are hatching conspiracy to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The AL leader made the comment during a press briefing following a meeting of the Awami League with

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the repatriation process of Rohingya refugees has now become more uncertain as the two countries decided to form a ‘joint working committee’ in the Monday’s meeting. He expressed the concern while addressing a

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the country has now set up instances to the world by constructing a mega infrastructure Padma bridge, and also by giving shelter to distressed Ronigya people of Myanmar with its limited resources. She said, “We have proved, we

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday (September 28) acquitted Awami League Organizing Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim in a case filed over hiding the wealth information and possessing properties beyond known income. Judge KM Imrul Kayes of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 announced the verdict.

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman and former President HM Ershad was admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Rangpur on Tuesday night after he fell sick.  Ershad, who is currently visiting Rangpur, fell ill while attending a roadside rally in Shahebganj upazila in the evening

JESSORE: A special court has awarded three years rigorous imprisonment to Narail municipality mayor Jahangir Hossain and four others in corruption cases. Judge of special court in Jessore Nitai Chandra Saha delivered the sentence on Tuesday (September 26) in the corruption cases filed

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday (September 25) greeted the Hindu community of the country on the occasion of the Durga Puja and Bijaya-Dashamai. In a message, the BNP chief urged the countrymen, irrespective of reed and color, to remain alert so that no one can carry out

DHAKA: Bangladesh Jatiya Manobadhikar Samity, a pro-BNP platform, formed a human chain demanding whereabouts of secretary general of Bangladesh Kalyan Party MM Aminur Rahman who went missing on August 27. Founder of Gonosastya Kendra Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury and Kalyan Party chairman Maj

BARGUNA: The local administration imposed section 144 at Betagi upazila in Barguna to avert untoward situation as Betagi upazila and municipal BNP separately called rallies on the same venue and same time. Betagi Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and Executive Magistrate Md. Zakir Hossain

JESSORE: A local Awami League leader was stabbed to death by the unidentified miscreants at Jhikargachha upazila in Jessore. The incident took place at Dikdana area at Jhikargachha upazila in the evening on Sunday (September 24). The deceased was identified as Siddikur Rahman, 55,