Chief Coordinator of the National Citizen Party (NCP) Nasiruddin Patwary has expressed dissatisfaction over the poor condition of several roads in Sylhet, warning that public suffering will worsen if urgent repairs are not undertaken. He made the remarks while addressing an iftar mahfil organised
A BNP delegation has met US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs S Paul Kapur. The meeting was held at the home of the US ambassador to Bangladesh in Gulshan on Thursday, according to Shairul Kabir Khan, a spokesman for the ruling party. The delegation entered the resi
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has reduced the use of lights and air-conditioners in his office room in the Secretariat in the interest of saving power. He has also urged all ministries and other organisations to be economical in their consumption of power. Additional Press Secretary Atiqur Rahman
A local leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s labour wing, Sramik Dal, has been hacked and shot dead in broad daylight in Khulna city. Police have detained one person with a foreign pistol in connection with the murder. The incident occurred around 9:00 pm on Wednesday outside the Ba
Cox's Bazar's farmers have been securing profit amounting at least five times the production cost with mustard cultivation on post-Aman-rice-harvested fallow land - in an efficient crop rotation that transformed vast fields into a sea of yellow blooms. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) so
BNP Standing Committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Sunday said the current government will move the country forward in a united manner under the leadership of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. “BNP has repeatedly been elected by people’s votes because it is a people-based political par
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed says the future of the National Citizen Party (NCP) is promising, suggesting that the youth-led organisation could one day ascend to state power. Speaking at a discussion and Iftar party marking the party’s first anniversary at Dhanmondi’s Abahani Club gr
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday said his party will extend full support to all reasonable initiatives taken by the government by playing a constructive and responsible role in Parliament. The Jamaat Ameer made the remarks while addressing an iftar mahfil at the Bang
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today said political parties should take an oath to work together to change the destiny of the countrymen. "The people of Bangladesh are now looking to all of us, especially to the political parties, with great hope and aspirations. Today, at this Iftar mahfil, let's
Prime Minister Tirique Rahman has attended an Iftar party hosted by Jamaat-e-Islami, the main opposition in parliament, calling for a collective oath to "change the nation’s fortune". The event, held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Agargaon, saw the prime ministe
Police have arrested seven leaders of the Awami League's women's wing and a microbus driver during a flash procession in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi. Assistant Commissioner Shah Mustafa Tariquzzaman of the DMP’s Dhanmondi Zone said the arrests were made around 6:15am on Friday, reports bdnews24.
At least nine people were injured in a clash between BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami activists in Bhatpara Bazar of Baghtia Union, Abhaynagar Upazila, Jashore on Thursday. According to locals and police, the incident occurred between 4:30 pm and 5:00 pm. The tensions reportedly began on Wednesday over a f
The High Court (HC) has granted ad-interim bail to Selina Hayat Ivy, former mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC), in five cases, including four over murder, filed in connection with the July Uprising. The HC bench of Justice KM Zahid Sarwar and Justice Sheikh Abu Taher passed the order on T
