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BNP accuses law enforcers of killing spree

BNP accuses law enforcers of killing spree

-- 2018-05-20 15:59:39

Voicing deep concern over the growing incidents of extrajudicial killing, BNP on Sunday said it seems law enforcers are on a killing spree. "A killing spree is going on in the name of gunfights acros...

Khaleda files bail pleas with HC in three cases

Khaleda files bail pleas with HC in three cases

-- 2018-05-20 14:18:54

The lawyers of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia have filed separate petitions with the High Court (HC) seeking her bail in three cases. Among the cases, two were filed in Cumilla on charge of plotting to...

Preventing throwing of stones at running trains   

Preventing throwing of stones at running trains  

-- 2018-05-19 22:08:56

Throwing stones at passing trains is no fun. It is potentially a fatal act. Even a small stone thrown at a train travelling at high speed can endanger the lives of its driver and passengers. In most c...

'Govt fails to keep market stable during Ramadan'

'Govt fails to keep market stable during Ramadan'

-- 2018-05-19 20:12:52

Two BNP leaders have alleged that the government has failed to control the market at the beginning of the fasting month of Ramadan. BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and BNP s...

Old-age allowance      

Old-age allowance    

-- 2018-05-18 22:09:39

A media report on the sufferings of rural elderly people in receiving their old-age allowance at a local-government office is depressing. Long agonising wait by people entitled to the allowance for re...

Khaleda takes iftar in jail with traditional items

Khaleda takes iftar in jail with traditional items

-- 2018-05-18 20:23:17

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday took iftar with traditional items in the Old Dhaka central jail on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. A jail official wishing anonymity said cooked gram...

Govt working to dispose Khaleda's case hurriedly: Fakhrul

Govt working to dispose Khaleda's case hurriedly: Fakhrul

-- 2018-05-18 19:40:36

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the government wants to dispose BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's appeal against her conviction. "Unprecedented incidents are happening...

BNP losing support for negative politics: Obaidul Quader

BNP losing support for negative politics: Obaidul Quader

-- 2018-05-18 19:30:31

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that the BNP is losing support from countrymen as it engaged in “negative politics”. The road transport and bridges minister came...

Unprecedented tailbacks on highways   

Unprecedented tailbacks on highways  

-- 2018-05-17 22:24:40

Roads and highways in this country are not foreign to intractable tailbacks but what the Dhaka-Chattogram highway has been experiencing over the past one and a half weeks is unprecedented. A gridlock...

BNP thoroughly dishonest, says Joy

BNP thoroughly dishonest, says Joy

-- 2018-05-17 17:41:31

Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy said that the BNP is thoroughly dishonest. He came up with the remark on a facebook post on Wednesday night, reports UNB. “Every day...

Putting people at the centre of AI application

Putting people at the centre of AI application

-- 2018-05-16 22:33:18

The theme of the 2018 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, which is being observed in Bangladesh today as elsewhere in the world, is 'Enabling the Positive Use of Artificial Intelligen...

People to shun BNP in next general election, says Quader

People to shun BNP in next general election, says Quader

-- 2018-05-16 21:10:31

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said voters will reject the BNP in the upcoming national election as it has refused to accept the outcome of Khulna city polls in which people voted e...

BNP demands reform of Election Commission

BNP demands reform of Election Commission

-- 2018-05-16 11:05:58

After observation of the Election Commission in the recent Khulna City Corporation polls and its activities over the region, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir demanded its reconstituti...

Potential of wind power   

Potential of wind power  

-- 2018-05-15 22:23:56

It is very heartening to know that a recent survey by the American National Renewable Energy Laboratory has found the potential of producing wind power in Bangladesh to be quite bright. It arrived at...

Police arrest nine Jamaat-Shibir men in Satkhira

Police arrest nine Jamaat-Shibir men in Satkhira

-- 2018-05-15 20:44:20

Detectives arrested nine leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir from different parts of Satkhira town on Tuesday. The arrestees were identified as Obaidullah Mollah, 50, s...

BNP alleges of widespread irregularities in KCC polls

BNP alleges of widespread irregularities in KCC polls

-- 2018-05-15 15:51:07

BNP alleged that ruling party men are responsible for various irregularities centering the ongoing Khulna City Corporation (KCC) election. A BNP leader on Tuesday also pointed that 50 per cent of poll...

Verdict on Khaleda's bail pleas now Wednesday

Verdict on Khaleda's bail pleas now Wednesday

-- 2018-05-15 14:39:49

The Supreme Court has set Wednesday to deliver its verdict on the two appeals against the High Court bail order for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a graft case. Though the verdict was expected to com...

Agents are being forced out from polling centres, BNP alleges

Agents are being forced out from polling centres, BNP alleges

-- 2018-05-15 11:48:05

BNP mayoral candidate Nazrul Islam Manju has alleged that the ruling party men have driven out his polling agents from at least 20 centres of the ongoing Khulna City Corporation elections. The conten...

Improving standard of healthcare   

Improving standard of healthcare  

-- 2018-05-14 22:24:51

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has once again expressed her frustration over the inferior quality of health service rendered in the country. She has posed the question: if countries like Singapore, Thai...

SC decision on Khaleda’s bail Tuesday

SC decision on Khaleda’s bail Tuesday

-- 2018-05-14 19:19:31

The Appellate Division of Supreme Court (SC) will deliver its order on Tuesday on two leave-to-appeal petitions filed challenging BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's bail granted by the High Court in the Zi...

‘Govt conspiring to rig KCC polls’

‘Govt conspiring to rig KCC polls’

-- 2018-05-14 17:53:45

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Monday alleged that the government is conspiring to resist their party's victory in Tuesday's Khulna City Corporation polls by rigging votes. "A tense...

Stunning comeback by Mahathir Mohamad   

Stunning comeback by Mahathir Mohamad  

-- 2018-05-13 22:23:31

Mahathir Mohamad is back. He has staged a comeback in the centre-stage of Malaysian politics with a big bang. The victory of the opposition Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) in the just-held electi...

Hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case deferred

Hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case deferred

-- 2018-05-13 18:13:04

A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred the hearing until June 25 on charge framing against BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia in Niko graft case on health ground. Judge Mahmudul Kabir of Dhaka Special Judge's Cou...

Moudud wants to know total cost of satellite project

Moudud wants to know total cost of satellite project

-- 2018-05-13 17:10:04

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed wants to know the total cost of Bangabandhu Satellite-1 launching project. The BNP leader made the demand on Sunday while addressing a discussion in Dhaka, reports UNB....

KCC electioneering gains momentum on final day

KCC electioneering gains momentum on final day

-- 2018-05-13 13:34:03

The Khulna City Corporation election aspirants and their agents were seen to be working relentlessly in electioneering as the last day of campaign approaches on Sunday. All the mayoral and councillor...

Streamlining ADP preparation   

Streamlining ADP preparation  

-- 2018-05-12 22:25:16

It is quite logical to raise a few questions about the government's annual development programme (ADP). The questions relate to its size and quality of projects included for implementation. Despite be...

BNP questions ownership of Bangabandhu satellite

BNP questions ownership of Bangabandhu satellite

-- 2018-05-12 19:29:42

BNP on Saturday alleged that the ownership of the country's first communication satellite, Bangabandhu-1, has gone to the hands of two persons. "This is fine that they've launched the satellite. Now...

BNP to hold nationwide demo Monday

BNP to hold nationwide demo Monday

-- 2018-05-12 13:31:34

BNP will stage demonstrations across the country, including in Dhaka, demanding better treatment of its chairperson Khaleda Zia and her release from jail. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kab...

Jute pulp paper   

Jute pulp paper  

-- 2018-05-11 22:24:59

Following years of successful research conducted by Bangladeshi scientists on genome sequencing of jute, there have been high expectations of the landmark accomplishment leading to innovation of newer...

BNP to publish autobiography of Khaleda

BNP to publish autobiography of Khaleda

-- 2018-05-11 16:38:00

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said an autobiography of their chairperson Khaleda Zia, now in jail, is being written. "An autobiography of our honourable leader is being...