PM’s call for national unity was phoney: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s call for national unity was just words for words’ sake and she was not committed to resolve political disputes at all.
PM invites political parties at Ganabhaban on Feb 2
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, has invited leaders of different political parties to a post-election tea-party at Ganabhaban on February 2 to exchange greetings.
PM calls for national unity to fight graft
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday vowed to launch a massive anti-corruption campaign as she delivered her first nationwide address, assuming office for the third consecutive term, also seeking a greater national unity on core issues.
BNP rejects PM’s call to join parliament
Terming prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s address to the nation deceptive, BNP on Friday turned down her call for taking oath by MPs of the party to join the 11th parliament.
400 migrants from Bangladesh detained on Mexico-US border
Nearly 400 Bangladeshi migrants are currently in jails on the cross-border areas of the United States of America and Mexico after they were detained by the law enforcement agencies for attempting to enter the US illegally.
Drugs still aplenty despite drive across Bangladesh
Illegal drugs are still available in almost all places of the country as a huge quantity of the contraband items are being seized in countrywide anti-drug drives and suspected drug peddlers are being killed and arrested almost every day.
Cooperation needed among Asia-Pacific nations to combat natural disasters: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday put emphasis on cooperation among the Asia-Pacific nations, especially among neighbours, to combat natural calamities, describing it as very important to face damage of greater magnitude.
Khaleda isolated in courtroom
Jailed Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia was kept isolated in a makeshift courtroom at Bakhshibazar in Old Dhaka during hearing in GATCO graft case on Thursday.
BNP to decide joining DNCC by-polls Thursday evening
Bangladesh Nationalist Party policymakers are going to hold a meeting tonight to decide whether the party will join the upcoming by-elections to the vacant mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation.
Mosharraf, Saimon face arrest warrant in GATCO case
Dhaka Special Judge’s Court 3 has issued arrest warrants against former state minister for power and energy AKM Mosharraf and Ismail Hossain Saimon, son of former shipping minister Akbar Hossain, in GATCO corruption case.
