Court records statement of former JP MP Quader

A judicial magistrate court in Gaibandha on Saturday evening recorded statement of former Jatiya Party lawmaker Abdul Quader Khan in the case of killing Gaibandha-1 Awami League lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton in his house on December 31, 2016.

BNP to extend support to Tuesday’s hartal

Extending his personal support to the half-day hartal to be enforced by left parties in the capital on Tuesday protesting at the fresh gas price increase, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said their party may also support it.

Yes we can... elect Obama president of France?

Could France elect Barack Obama president? Not really -- but that's not stopping the organizers of Obama17, a guerrilla campaign trying to entice the former U.S. president to head to Paris.

Ganges Barrage construction Dhaka expects breakthrough

The government is expecting a breakthrough in the construction of Ganges Barrage in the Bangladesh side of the cross-border Padma River during prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s upcoming visit to New Delhi scheduled for April.

JL man killed in ‘gunfight’

A Juba League activist was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between police and ‘miscreants’ in Khulna early Friday, about 12 hours after his family claimed that police picked him up from a court premises. The deceased is Ziaur Rahman, 45, of village Gutudia under Dumuria in Khulna.

All int’l brands to join today’s apparel summit

All international brands agreed to participate in today’s Dhaka Apparel Summit-2017, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association said on Friday.

BNP for declaring Feb 25 as nat’l mourning day

Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday demanded that either February 25 or February 26 be declared as national mourning day when 57 army officers were killed in a mutiny at the Pilkhana headquarters of the erstwhile BDR in the capital in 2009.

Khadiza comes home, seeks capital punishment of attacker

Sylhet Government Women’s College student Khadiza Akter Nargis, returned home from Dhaka on Friday, after 5 months after she was wounded critically in an attack by a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader, Badrul Alam.

PM censures Khaleda for stepping onto Shaheed Minar

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday censured Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia for stepping onto the Central Shaheed Minar during placing wreath their on Tuesday. ‘How Khaleda Zia along with her party leaders stepped onto the main altar of the Shaheed Minar where the president, the prime minister and the speaker placed wreaths….

Workers’ mortality abroad on rise

The number of Bangladeshi workers dying abroad steadily increased each year in last 12 years making the dependent families worried, Wage Earners’ Welfare Board officials said.