Tough movement after Eid if CG not restored: Khaleda
Position of 60 AL MPs shaky: PM
The prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on Monday expressed doubt about re-election of party lawmakers in 60 out of the 234 constituencies it holds, in the next polls scheduled for January 2014. Full storyPeople suffer amid forced suspension of transports
Thousands of people in Dhaka and those headed for Dhaka suffered because of the sudden dearth of transport both in the capital and elsewhere in the country on Monday when the opposition... Full storyBGB pushes back 300 Rohingyas fleeing riots
The Border Guard Bangladesh and coastguard personnel pushed back eight boats carrying more than 300 Rohingys fleeing sectarian violence in Myanmar. According to BGB and police officials on Monday, the BGB and... Full storyTroops patrol strife-hit Myanmar state
Security forces tried to restore order on Monday to a Myanmar state placed under emergency rule after a wave of deadly religious violence, as the United Nations evacuated foreign workers. Full storyHonours even as France held
Muhith describes share market as wicked
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday described the country’s share market as ‘wicked’ and said nothing would happen to national economy even if he gave no time to think about it. Full storySupplementary budget passed
Parliament passed a supplementary budget of Tk 8,880 crore in the outgoing fiscal year, amid absence of the opposition BNP party. The supplementary fund went to 22 ministries and divisions with the newly... Full storyAlim indicted
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Monday indicted Abdul Alim, the detained former minister and Member of Parliament on 17 counts of genocide and crimes against humanity he... Full storyUS still hopeful about Padma Bridge
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena on Monday said there is still a chance to end the stalemate over the construction of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge. Full storyRemove business houses from Dhanmondi: HC
The High Court on Monday directed the Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakkha to remove all commercial structures from the Dhanmondi residential area. After delivering the verdict, the bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice... Full story25,000 people thrown into hardship in Kurigram
Approximately 2,573 families, with 25,000 members, in Kurigram who earn their living through fishing ran into hardship for last two months as the government imposed a ban on inland fishing during breeding season... Full storyHC summons Narsingdi SP, OCs
The High Court on Monday asked Narsingdi’s superintendent of police, the officers-in-charge of Narsingdi sadar thana and the sadar Detective Branch to appear before it on June 20 to explain the... Full storyDU teacher in jail on dowry charges
The police arrested a Dhaka University teacher on Monday after he was denied bail by the High Court for allegedly torturing his wife over dowry. Zafar Ahammed Khan, associate professor at the... Full storyJet fuel price cut by Tk 5.0 a litre
The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation on Monday reduced the price of jet fuel by Tk 5.0 a litre, with effect from today, but the travellers will not get any benefit from the fuel price cut, said officials. Full storyIndia, Pakistan begin fresh talks
Indian and Pakistani defence officials held a fresh round of talks Monday seeking to end decades of dispute over the Siachen Glacier, dubbed the world’s highest battlefield. Full story3 tiger cubs rescued from trafficking
