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BNP to stage demo across Dhaka city Saturday

-- 2018-01-05 12:00:00

BNP will stage demonstrations in all wards of Dhaka city on Saturday protesting denial of permission to it for holding rally at Suhrawardy Udyan marking what it calls “Democracy Killing Day&rdqu...

AL’s ex-local leader Torab Ali dies

-- 2018-01-05 12:00:00

Former local Awami League leader Torab Ali, who was acquitted in the Peelkhana massacre trial, has died. He was among the 12 people acquitted from the charges by the High Court last year. Ali, who h...

Entry passes for govt hospital visitors  

-- 2018-01-05 09:27:31

By introducing the system of gate passes for the patients' attendants at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) recently, the authorities concerned have done a commendable job. So long the system...

Govt trying to push politics towards conflict: BNP

-- 2018-01-04 12:00:00

BNP alleged the government is trying to push politics towards confrontation by buying time in giving permission to their party to hold its scheduled rally in the city on Friday. “Awami League le...

Imperatives for NBR automation  

-- 2018-01-04 09:44:13

If officials at the Large Taxpayers' Unit (LTU) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) have to rummage through hundreds of files for information, it surely is an anachronism in this age of automation....

BNP favours avoiding conflict, may not mark ‘Democracy Killing Day’

-- 2018-01-04 08:57:06

BNP is unlikely to arrange any programme in the capital on Friday to mark what the party calls 'Democracy Killing Day' to avoid confrontations.  Earlier, the party was denied permission to hold...

Hasina criticises Khaleda’s Padma Bridge comments

-- 2018-01-04 08:10:01

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina came down heavily on BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Thursday for the latter’s comments on Padma Bridge saying that she would not have uttered those words had she been i...

BCL men injured in factional clash at CU

-- 2018-01-04 07:38:40

At least two students were injured in a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League’s (BCL) Chittagong University unit.  The clash broke out at a programme marking the politica...

DMP urges BNP to hold indoor programme

-- 2018-01-04 05:06:14

Dhaka Metropolitan (DMP) police on Thursday called upon BNP to arrange an indoor programme instead of going for outdoor one on Friday. BNP publicity affairs secretary Shaheed Uddin Chowdhury Anee mad...

Dhaka Int'l Trade Fair

-- 2018-01-03 12:00:00

By all accounts, the month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF), held each year, has failed to do justice to its name. An international trade fair is something different from what turns out to b...

Jessore AL man dies in ‘bomb attack’

FE Online Desk 2018-01-03 12:00:00

An activist of ruling Awami League was killed in a “bomb attack” by his rivals over enmity in Jhikargachha upazila of Jessore on Wednesday noon. The deceased was identified as Abbas Molla...

Next parliamentary polls under EC : Quader

-- 2018-01-03 12:00:00

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said that the next general election would be held under the Election Commission (EC), not under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. "Next polls will be he...

2015 arson attack: Warrant out for Khaleda

-- 2018-01-02 12:00:00

A Comilla court has ordered the arrest of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 48 other leaders and activistsin the Zia Or of her party in a murder case filed over the 2015 arson attack on a bus in Choudda...

Khaleda's presence prompts authority to open door for JCD discussion

Rezaul Hannan with SM Najmus Sakib 2018-01-02 12:00:00

The authority of a venue for holding a prescheduled discussion organised by BNP’s student wing in Dhaka opened gate on Tuesday after intervention by party chairperson Khaleda Zia. The BNP chief...

Elevated expressway to connect port is a sensible option  

-- 2018-01-02 10:40:55

That the stalemate still continues over execution of the Dhaka-Chittagong elevated expressway to facilitate speedy and hazard-free movement of goods and services to and from the country's lone major p...

Govt’ cannot prevent BNP from participating in election: Khaleda

-- 2018-01-02 10:30:46

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) cannot be prevented from participating in the upcoming parliamentary election irrespective of what the government wants. The party’s Chairperson Khaleda Zia s...

BNP hatching conspiracy to create turbulence: Hasan

-- 2018-01-02 04:25:29

Awami League Publicity and Publications Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud said BNP is hatching conspiracy to create a disordered situation in the country centering the next general election. "BNP wants to ca...

Result reversal  

-- 2018-01-01 10:07:32

The just published results of the Junior School Certificate (JSC) and primary terminal examinations have been poorer by all counts. If lower pass rates for all education boards, with Comilla Board hit...

JCD factional clash leaves one dead

-- 2018-01-01 07:57:43

A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was killed in a factional clash in Court Point area of Sylhet on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Abul Hasnat Shimu, former assistant...

BNP is scary for people: Hanif

-- 2017-12-31 12:00:00

Joint general secretary of Bangladesh Awami League Mahbubul Alam Hanif said that BNP is a nightmare for the mass people of the country. "Awami League doesn’t fear BNP; the common people of the...

AL wants no bloodshed in Bangladesh: PM

-- 2017-12-31 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her party does not want to see any bloodshed in the country. "Bangladesh will be a developed and prosperous country...it'll will march forward," she said. The P...

'Missing' BNP leader Sadat on 3-day remand

-- 2017-12-31 12:00:00

A Dhaka court granted on Sunday a three-day remand to interrogate BNP leader Syed Sadat Ahmed, who was arrested on Saturday night after four months of 'disappearance'. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate P...

Regrettable people disappearing in independent country: B Chowdhury

-- 2017-12-31 10:42:22

President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Sunday said it is regrettable that people are getting disappeared in an independent country. "We fought the Liberation War for...

The challenging New Year  

-- 2017-12-31 10:22:46

Yet another year on the Gregorian calendar passed into perpetuity leaving behind events and memories that were both relishing and nightmarish. With the end of the year 2017, the nations across the wor...

Khaleda urges countrymen to 'restore democracy' in 2018

-- 2017-12-31 05:56:06

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has urged the people of Bangladesh to work together for restoring the 'lost democracy and voting rights' in 2018. The former Prime Minister made the call in a message on t...

BNP wants to hold rally on January 5

-- 2017-12-30 12:00:00

BNP wants to hold a rally on January 5 at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka to protest 10th parliamentary election held on that day in 2014. The party observes January 5 as 'Democracy Killing Day' every year...

BNP has faith in conspiracy: Hanif

-- 2017-12-30 12:00:00

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub-Ul Alam Hanif has said BNP doesn't have any faith in election commission; rather their faith is now in conspiracy. "BNP don't have any faith in people, peo...

Hoping for Buriganga's revival  

-- 2017-12-30 10:15:41

The good news is that the water quality of the much abused Buriganga River has improved to some extent but the bad news is that the sources of pollution are still quite active. Tests conducted by the...

Fakhrul expresses optimism about returning to power

-- 2017-12-30 06:15:19

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday expressed his optimism and confidence about returning to power through the 11th parliamentary polls. "We've been on a movement, and will...

Saga of question-paper leak  

-- 2017-12-29 10:30:25

After playing havoc with the country's almost all public and major admission and vital recruitment examinations, the question-leak pestilence has made its onslaught on some rural primary schools. A fe...