Hasina, other leaders pay homage to Sheikh Mujib

Awami League president Sheikh Hasina along with other newly-elected office-bearers of the party on Tuesday paid tributes to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Schoolgirl strangled, another stabbed by stalkers

A schoolgirl was strangled and another was stabbed by stalkers at their houses in Gazipur and Jhenaidah early Tuesday and Monday evening for their reported refusal to proposals for affairs.

ECNEC approves 10 projects including revised ‘One House One Farm’ project

The executive committee of the National Economic Council on Tuesday approved the 3rd revision of the ‘One House One Farm’ project raising its cost by Tk 6,813.27 crore,

‘Eliminating corruption fully is not possible’: Iqbal Mahmud

Anti-Corruption Commission chairman Iqbal Mahmud on Tuesday said it is not possible to eliminate corruption fully in Bangladesh.

BNP leader, six others indicted

A lower court in Dhaka on Tuesday indicted Dhaka city unit Bangladesh Nationalist Party joint convener MA Quayum and six others in the case filed over the killing of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella in September last year.

Get ready for polls

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked Awami League leaders and activists to get ready for the next general election and make the best use of the remaining time of the AL government’s tenure.

Quader stresses AL preparation for next polls

A day after being elected general secretary of the ruling Awami League, Obaidul Quader on Monday said preparations will be taken from now on targeting the next general election as prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s call.

Appeal against HC order on 16th amendment in one month

Attorney general Mahbubey Alam on Monday said the state will file an appeal within a month challenging the High Court order declaring the 16th amendment to the constitution establishing parliament's power to remove the Supreme Court judges illegal.

Poachers get ready as bird hunting season begins

Bird poachers’ network across the country became active with the advent of hunting season, said worried ornithologists and wildlife crime controllers.

Hasina AL president, Obaidul gen secy

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been re-elected president of the Awami League unopposed for the eighth time in a row as the ruling party concluded its 20th national council sessions on Sunday.