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Usefulness of BRT

-- 2019-01-03 22:18:19

With the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) seeking help from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) for developing an operational design and business model suitable for Dhaka...

Fakhrul terms Dec 30 polls ‘cruel mockery’ with nation

-- 2019-01-03 18:18:29

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said the December 30 election was 'a cruel mockery' with the nation. "It was mockery, a cruel mockery with the nation, and the nation has...

Khaleda declines to comment on national election

-- 2019-01-03 17:33:51

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday declined to comment on the latest national election. "No comment," is what she said when reporters asked her about the December 30 polls after the Niko corrupt...

Addressing residual woes of the economy

-- 2019-01-02 22:03:24

The re-election of Awami League-led Mohajote government to a third term in office evidently increases its responsibility to measure up to its overwhelming mandate. In plain terms, it means continuity...

Decision on Jatiya Party’s role in JS Thursday

-- 2019-01-02 17:25:34

Jatiya Party co-chairman GM Quader on Wednesday said its parliamentary party on Thursday will decide its role in the 11th parliament. "Our newly-elected MPs will join Jatiya Party Parliamentary Party...

Minister Mosharraf urges elected BNP MPs to take oath

-- 2019-01-02 14:34:03

Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday urged the elected BNP MPs to accept people's verdict and take oath. "It will not be wise to reject the people's verdict. Thou...

AL infighting leaves 20 injured in Shariatpur

-- 2019-01-02 11:44:05

At least twenty people were injured in a clash between two factions of Awami League over dominance at Subochini Bazar in Shariatpur’s Sadar upazila on Tuesday evening. Quoting locals, police sa...

Re-election to B’baria centres on Jan 9

-- 2019-01-02 10:41:28

Polls to three polling stations in Brahmanbaria-2 constituency will be held on Jan 9, SM Asaduzzaman, the Election Commission (EC) Secretary, said. The EC suspended voting at the three centres—...

Ershad names GM Quader as his successor

-- 2019-01-02 09:54:46

Jatiya Party co-chairman GM Quader will be the chairman of the party in absence of his elder brother and party's current chairman HM Ershad. Ershad made the announcement in a statement issued late on...

Legal support for returnee maids    

-- 2019-01-01 22:21:22

Many of our migrant women workers  end up facing double jeopardy: Once in their place of work going through the mill of  a  hostile environ; and thence having been    dri...

BNP calls ‘Sheaf of Paddy’ candidates for urgent meeting

-- 2019-01-01 20:51:50

In the wake of its debacle in Sunday's polls, BNP has convened an emergency meeting of the candidates who contested the 11th national election with its symbol the 'Sheaf of Paddy'. The meeting will b...

UN welcomes opposition’s participation in polls

-- 2019-01-01 18:04:39

The United Nations has welcomed the participation of the opposition in elections for the first time in last ten years. “We called on all sides to exercise restraint and ensure a peaceful post e...

Chhatra Dal marks low-key 40th anniversary

-- 2019-01-01 17:33:54

The BNP’s student organisation, the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, has not organised any programme on the 40th anniversary of its formation. The party usually holds events to mark the occasion every...

Tofail says lax preparation behind BNP’s defeat

-- 2019-01-01 17:26:33

BNP suffered debacle in the national election because it lacked proper polls preparations, senior Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed said on Tuesday. During an interaction with journalists in the city,...

Jatiya Party unhappy over election results: Ranga

-- 2019-01-01 16:30:54

Jatiya Party secretary general Moshiur Rahman Ranga has said they are not happy with results of their party in the 11th parliamentary election. "We're not happy with the election results as Jatiya Pa...

Election violence leaves one more dead at DMCH

-- 2019-01-01 11:45:59

A young man who sustained bullet injury in firing on the eve of the voting in the national election in Barura upazila of Cumilla on Sunday died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the capital...

Cherishing the New Year

-- 2018-12-31 22:05:30

The relations between time and space are confounding. It is because man's place here is impermanent and he has a desperate search for anything that will leave an imprint to survive time. For convenien...

Jatiya Party decision on opposition after talks with alliance

-- 2018-12-31 20:00:09

The Jatiya Party will decide whether it will sit in the opposition bench in parliament after discussion with its allies in the Awami League-led Grand Alliance, its secretary general says. “We a...

AL factional clash in Savar leaves 10 injured

-- 2018-12-31 18:02:45

Ten activists of Awami League (AL) were injured in a clash between two factions of the party at Samair village in Savar on Monday. Locals said Sajib, a local AL activist, had an altercation with some...

BNP, alliances to hold meetings to finalise next steps

-- 2018-12-31 17:31:19

Jatiya Oikyafront, BNP and 20-party alliance are going to hold separate meetings to discuss their next course of action In the wake of a massive debacle in the 11th parliamentary elections. The top l...

Defending domestic child workers' rights  

-- 2018-12-30 22:12:05

Discourse on cruelty to and sexual abuse of domestic helps -- mostly underage poor girls -- has remained partial and flawed. Society's double standard could not be more conspicuous here. If child labo...

Incidents of violence significantly lower in this election: AL

-- 2018-12-30 20:46:23

The ruling Awami League has said the incidents of violence in the latest national election was significantly lower compared to the previous polls. "This election was very participatory," AL Joint Gen...

Kamal demands fresh polls under neutral govt

-- 2018-12-30 20:37:03

Jatiya Oikya Front chief Dr Kamal Hossain has demanded fresh elections under a neutral government. He made the demand hours after the end of voting held for the 11th national election on Sunday. The...

Ruling party men, law enforcers rigged votes, alleges Rizvi

-- 2018-12-30 16:19:47

BNP on Sunday alleged that ruling party activists with the help of law enforcers rigged votes at around 20 per cent of the total polling stations as of 11:00am. "AL cadres didn't allow our polling ag...

Polls violence leaves 11 dead in 10 dists

-- 2018-12-30 13:46:13

At least eleven people were killed in election-related violence in Noakhali, Rangamati, Chattogram, Cumilla, Rajshahi, Natore, Tangail, Narsingdi, Bogura, and Brahmanbaria districts on Sunday. In Noa...

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin casts vote

-- 2018-12-30 12:37:37

Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury cast her vote at Laldighee High School polling centre in Pirganj upazila of Rangpur district on Sunday morning. The Speaker cast her vote at the pol...

Joy casts vote at City College centre

-- 2018-12-30 12:06:28

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT Adviser and her son Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy cast his vote at Dhaka City College centre on Sunday morning. Joy cast his vote at 10:25 am in the 11th Jatiya Sang...

Two die in Rangamati, Ctg polls violence

-- 2018-12-30 11:39:38

A Jubo League leader and a Jatiya Party activist were killed in election-related violence in Rangamati and Chattogram districts on Sunday. In Rangamati, a local Jubo league leader was killed in an at...

Obaidul Quader casts vote

-- 2018-12-30 11:01:35

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader cast his vote at Udayan Kindergarten centre in Bashurhat municipality area of Noakhali district on Sunday morning. The AL leader, who is contesting the e...

Dr Kamal casts his ballot at Viqarunnisa centre

-- 2018-12-30 09:26:44

Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain has cast his vote at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College centre in the capital city on Sunday morning. He went to the centre along with his two daughters - Sa...