Jamaat wants to join JS polls
Jamaat-e-Islami leaders have discussed with the visiting UN delegation on how the party can take part in the upcoming general election. “Jamaat cannot join election following a High Court verdict but...
View ArticleRizvi, Hannan to be interrogated at jail gate
A Dhaka court today rejected both the bail and remand prayers of BNP leaders Rizvi Ahmed, ASM Hannan Shah and Belal Ahmed and sent them to jail in three cases. The court however allowed the...
View ArticleBoy killed in Sirajganj Jamaat-cop clash
A 12-year-old child was shot dead and 10 were injured as the activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, clashed with police in Sirajganj Sadar upazila during the...
View ArticleHalt Quader Mollah’s execution: HRW
Human Rights Watch has asked Bangladesh government to immediately stay the death sentence against condemned convict Abdul Qader Mollah due to fair trial concerns. Mollah should be granted a right to...
View ArticleStop execution till review, Mollah urges
Condemned Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah today served a legal notice asking the authorities not to execute him until disposal of a review petition to be filed challenging his death penalty....
View ArticleBlockade extended till 6am Friday
The opposition alliance has extended its countrywide blockade to 6:00am Friday to press its demands for rescheduling of the parliamentary election, installation of a non-party polls-time government and...
View ArticlePeaceful talks pre-condition for solution: Taranco
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernández Taranco has expressed optimism about a peaceful solution to the prevailing political impasse. “I do believe that there is...
View ArticleSmokescreen created over resignation: Ershad
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad today said his party’s ministers tried to submit their resignation letters over the last three days but the prime minister was not available for an appointment. A...
View ArticleHate war criminals forever: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the country’s womenfolk to hate the war criminals for all time and forge unity against the evil force trying to dislodge women’s progress and emancipation. “We...
View ArticleErshad orders nomination withdrawal by Dec 13
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad today directed his party’s candidates to withdraw nomination papers for the upcoming parliamentary election by December 13. “I will not participate in the election...
View ArticleBus torched in capital
Blockaders torched a bus and vandalised a human hauler in the capital’s South Jatrabari today, the third day of the countrywide blockade enforced by the BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleAustralia thrash England in Adelaide
Australia secured a 2-0 lead in the Ashes series after brushing away the last feeble vestiges of English resistance to win the second Test by a thumping 218 runs. Needing to bat all day to save the...
View ArticleAnother Jamaat hartal tomorrow
Jamaat-e-Islami has called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for tomorrow protesting what it said “conspiracy to execute Abdul Quader Mollah by defying jail code”. “The government is hatching a...
View ArticleTaranco meets Khaleda again
Visiting UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernández Taranco this evening met with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for the second time in two days. BNP standing committee member Dr...
View ArticleHoroscopes bad for you!
If the horoscope is your favourite page in the newspaper, then beware: the Zodiac is more than just a harmless pastime. People who follow their stars are more likely to abandon their commitments and be...
View Article42 Hindus shot dead on Yusuf’s order
Yet another freedom fighter has testified that 42 Hindus were shot dead at Shakharikathi Bazar of Kachua upazila in Bagerhat on November 5, 1971, following Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer AKM Yusuf’s...
View ArticleIftekhar new IG-Prisons
The government yesterday appointed Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin as the inspector general of prisons, replacing Additional Home Secretary Main Uddin Khandaker, who was given the charge about a week ago....
View ArticleAbsentee counsel loses power of attorney
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday cancelled the vokalatnama (power of attorney) of defence counsel for Jamaat-e-Islami leader AKM Yusuf as the counsel has been remaining absent from court...
View ArticleIt’s plot to kill him
Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday claimed that the government, out of political vengeance, was trying to kill Abdul Quader Mollah, disregarding the constitution, the Supreme Court and the jail code. Issuing a...
View ArticleChina for dialogue
A Chinese special envoy yesterday stressed the need for dialogue between political parties for peace and stability in Bangladesh. Luo Zhaohui was speaking to reporters after meeting BNP Chairperson...
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