Bangladesh govt, military working together: army
Bangladesh army鈥檚 operations director Brigadier General M Nazim-ud-Daula on Monday said that the military was working together with the government abiding the by government directives.
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Ishraque issues legal notice on govt, protests continue
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain on Monday issued a legal notice to the Local Government Division secretary demanding the administer of his oath as the Dhaka South City Corporation mayor within 24 hours...
BNP leader shot dead聽in Dhaka
Unidentified assailants shot a leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to death at Gudaragat of the Madhya Badda area in the capital Sunday night.
Student advisers must be treated with respect: Hasnat Abdullah
The National Citizen Party chief organiser for the southern region, Hasnat Abdullah, has urged all parties to treat two student advisers of the interim government with respect, describing them as representatives of the student-led mass uprising.
Machines may generate, only people can mean
NOT long ago, artificial intelligence made headlines for what many described as a creative breakthrough. OpenAI鈥檚 GPT-4 ranked in the top one per cent on standardised creative thinking assessments 鈥� those same tests used to measure human originality and problem-solving. Around the same time, an Artifical Intelligence generated song that mimicked the...
Govt, parties should reassess priorities
The meetings of the chief adviser to the interim government with political parties on May 24, presumably aimed at resolving the ongoing political and other crises that had led the increasingly frustrated chief adviser to consider resignation, appear not to have decisively eased the stalemate. Conflicting demands from various political parties, especially the...
BPA urges inclusion of Rehabilitation Council Act in health reform report
Bangladesh Physiotherapy Association, the national platform of physiotherapy professionals and a member of the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Council, on Saturday called for the inclusion of the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Council Act in the recently submitted Health Reform Commission report.
Body of July martyr brought home
The body of Mohammad Hasan who died in Thailand after a long struggle to recover from a gunshot wound to the head sustained during the July-August mass uprising in Chattogram, was brought to the country on Saturday evening...
CID freezes bank accounts of Munni Saha, individuals, organisations
The Criminal Investigation Department鈥檚 financial crime unit on Saturday froze 35 bank accounts of journalist Munni Saha and individuals and organisations linked to her...
Sramik Dal opposes NCT handover to foreign firm
Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal, labour wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, held a demonstration and protest rally on Saturday morning opposing the government鈥檚 move to hand over operational control of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) at Chattogram Port to a foreign company...
Nagar Bhaban still remains closed
The supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain continued to keep the gates of Nagar Bhaban and other zonal offices of 聽Dhaka South City Corporation locked for the eighth consecutive day on Saturday demanding Ishraque鈥檚 sworn in as the city mayor...
Govt should go tough against threats to traditional fairs
A FAIR, Gazi Kalu-Champabati Mela, having been held for about two hundred years, at Jagannathpur of Kumarkhali in Kushtia has remained suspended since May 20 after it began on May 17. A clash between the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, which wanted a permanent end to the holding of the fair, and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which wanted the fair to continue, has...
NCP rebuts link to student advisers
The National Citizen Party on Saturday said that the two student advisers in the interim government had no affiliation with it (NCP).
All eyes on Jamuna ahead of crucial political meetings
All eyes are now on Jamuna, the official residence of chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami prepare to meet the head of the interim government amid rising political tensions in the country...
BNP delegation to meet with Professor Yunus today
Amid growing political tensions and various speculations, a Bangladesh Nationalist Party delegation will hold a meeting with chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday...
Four injured in BNP factional clash over jhut business
At least four people were injured in a clash between two factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party over jhut business of Saturn Textile Limited at Tongi in Gazipur Friday morning.
StanChart, JETRO host high-level economic meet
Standard Chartered Bangladesh, in association with Japan External Trade Organisation and key government institutions, recently hosted a high-level economic briefing spotlighting the strategic importance of the Japan-Bangladesh economic corridor, said a press release.
Tension prevails as Krishak Dal leader killed
Tension ran high as leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its front organisations on Friday morning demonstrated in Jashore town carrying the coffin of Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal leader Tariqul Islam.
Announce polls to avert unrest, BNP urges Yunus
Stating that the delay in holding the next parliamentary elections was fuelling instability in the country, Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Zainul Abedin Farroque on Friday said that his party would be aggrieved if interim government...
Cooperation difficult without polls road map: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday warned that it would be difficult for the party to continue its cooperation with the interim government unless a clear and immediate road map is announced for holding a free, fair, and neutral national election by December 2025.
HC clears way for Ishraque to take oath as DSCC mayor
The High Court on Thursday cleared the way for Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain to take oath as mayor of the Dhaka South City Corporation, rejecting a writ petition that challenged the legality of his appointment...
Ishraque鈥檚 supporters continue demo demanding resignation of Asif, Mahfuj
Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain on Thursday afternoon continued their programme blocking Matsya Bhaban Crossing and Kakrail Mosque Road demanding resignation of local government, rural development and co-operatives affairs adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain and information and broadcasting affairs adviser Md Mahfuj Alam alleging that the advisers had been working for a newly formed political party...
Govt urged to announce list of priorities
Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh general secretary Saiful Huq on Wednesday called on the interim government to announce its list of priorities to the people and political parties...
NCP seeks Hannan鈥檚 explanation over releasing 3 detainees
The National Citizen Party on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to its senior joint chief organiser Abdul Hannan Masud for allegedly securing the release of three detainees from police custody without party authorisation...
BNP calls for early polls
Leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party at a discussion on Wednesday called on the interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus to hold general elections as early as possible for democratic transition of the country...
Protests that govt should resolve or, at least, heed
DHAKA continues to remain a very happening place in terms of protests that diverse groups hold to push for their demands. The rallies, demonstrations, gatherings, blockade and processions keep taking place on most of the weekdays, causing immense sufferings to people who need to go to work or do some other chores. The groups that are now out on the roads...
鈥楽omoy鈥� concludes at Chitrak
Bangladesh-born English painter-sculptor Abu Jafar portrayed his journey experience in his solo exhibition which ended on Tuesday at Gallery Chitrak in Dhaka.
HC to hear Zubaida鈥檚 petition challenging jail term in graft case tomorrow
The High Court on Wednesday scheduled a hearing for Thursday, May 22, on a petition filed by Zubaida Rahman, wife of Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman, challenging her three-year jail sentence in a graft case...
Ishraque supporters gather near Jamuna
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain on Wednesday joined the protest and demanded that he should be sworn in as Dhaka south mayor...
Ishraque鈥檚 supporters block different roads near Nagar Bhaban
Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain blockaded the roads in front of Nagar Bhaban, Gulistan, Kakrail Crossing, and Matsya Bhaban on Wednesday, demanding his swearing-in as the South City mayor...