Shamima not Bangladesh citizen: foreign ministry

The government on Wednesday said that ISIS outfit member’s wife Shamima Begum would not be allowed to enter Bangladesh territory as she was not a citizen of the country.

Jamaat should apologise: BNP

Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Wednesday said that the Jamaat-e-Islami should apologise to the nation for opposing the country’s War of Independence in 1971.

Nation set to observe Amar Ekushey

The nation will observe Amar Ekushey paying homage to the martyrs of the language movement of 1952 a minute after midnight past Wednesday by placing flowers standing in solemn silence for a while at Shaheed Minars across the country amid beefed up security.

Newly elected women MPs sworn in

The newly elected lawmakers to the seats reserved for women in the 11th Parliament were sworn in on Wednesday morning.

Farashuddin report not published as CID probe on: minister

Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday told parliament that the probe report on the Bangladesh Bank reserve heist was not made public to avert influence on the ongoing investigation into it by the Criminal Investigation Department.

Greater press freedom in Bangladesh than elsewhere, says minister

Information minister Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday claimed that Bangladesh has been enjoying greater press freedom than other countries of the world.

Govt’s project on back burner

The government’s project to relocate chemical warehouses and concerns from the densely populated Old Dhaka to Keraniganj has been on the back burner for nine years since 2010.

JP MP questions Shajahan Khan’s road safety job

Jatiya Party lawmaker Fakhrul Imam on Monday questioned the rationality of making former shipping minister Shajahan Khan as the head of a committee formed Sunday to ensure road safety.

Deaths in Thakurgaon firing ‘unexpected’: BGB chief

Director general of the Border Guard Bangladesh Major General Md Shafeenul Islam on Monday described the killings of three people in firing by the paramilitary force members at Bahrampur in Haripur upazila of Thakurgaon as ‘unexpected’.

Charge sheet in Avijit murder case prepared accusing six

Police prepared a charge sheet accusing six people, including sacked major Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque, a suspected coordinator of banned militant outfit Ansar-Al-Islam, and Shafiur Rahman Farabi, in a case filed over the murder of Bangladeshi blogger and science writer Avijit Roy.