Mahbub issues dissent note, boycotts EC meeting again
Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder on Monday boycotted a commission meeting about the progress of next general elections saying that he was not allowed to exercise his freedom of speech.
Digital Security Act : Editors’ Council demands amendment to nine sections
Newspaper editors on Monday demanded amendment to nine sections of the newly enacted Digital Security Act which was widely feared to be misused to gag the media.
Saudi Arabian King calls Turkish President over journalist Khashoggi's disappearance
Saudi Arabia's King Salman spoke Sunday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, Saudi and Turkish media reported.
9 noteworthy moments from Trump's '60 Minutes' interview
President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast Sunday night that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "probably" involved in assassinations and poisonings, but "it's not in our country."
Kamal joins killers: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday came down heavily on Kamal Hossain for forging an alliance with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party calling the combine a platform of killers and opportunists.
BNP allies positive about Jatiya Oikya Front
Parties in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance are positive about the new alliance Jatiya Oikya Front launched on Saturday ahead of the 11th parliamentary elections due by January 28, 2019.
Parties except AL, allies float same demands
Political parties outside the ruling Awami League-led alliance have put forth similar demands such as the dissolution of the parliament, resignation of the incumbent government, a party-neutral election-time government, among others, before the 11th parliamentary elections.
UK PM faces double trouble in looming Brexit showdown
British prime minister Theresa May faces a fight on two fronts this week, battling to convince her own ministers and then Brussels as the Brexit talks come to a crunch.
Trump vows 'severe punishment' if journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by Saudis
President Donald Trump vowed in a "60 Minutes" interview that the United States would get to the bottom of what happened to a missing Saudi journalist and that there would be "severe punishment" if he were found to have been killed.
Bikalpadhara not in unity having ties with anti-liberation forces: B Chy
Bikalpadhara Bangladesh on Saturday announced that the party would not be in the newly floated Jatiya Oikya Front as its two conditions were not met.
