The High Court has sent to the Chief Justice the petition filed by Khaleda Zia challenging the legality of a government notice, ordering her to leave her Cantonment residence. The order followed a submission by the former prime minister's lawyers that Begum Zia lacked confidence in the neutrality of the bench.
Bidisha Siddique sued her ex-husband HM Ershad on Thursday for Tk 60 crore in damages alleging that she was tortures by him and suffered harm to her reputation through false cases filed by him for "harassment".
Home minister Sahara Khatun said the government will soon be publishing a new list of names of people considered to be the country's "crime bosses".
Police arrested 71 students in an overnight raid on seven dormitories of Dhaka College after a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League injured 10 persons on the campus Tuesday night.
Shifting from a stance for "midterm election", the main opposition party BNP yesterday asked the government to hold a "test case election" in some constituencies to judge their popularity.
BNP Secretary General Khondker Delwar Hossain yesterday said that Ziaur Rahman, not Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was the real proclaimer of independence of the country and that is historically proved.
The hearing on the petition of former state minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku seeking atachment of former army chief Moeen U Ahmed's property was yesterday deferred to April 12 after hearing on a time petition submited by Moeen's lawyer.
India's Border Security Force (BSF) expressed "regrets" at a flag meeting with Bangladesh Rifles on Monday over the shooting of at least 13 Bangladeshi civilians the day before at the Jaintapur border in Sylhet.
Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) today rejected outright the involvement of Sajib Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in illegal voice over internet protocol (VOIP) business.
With the restoration of the 1972 constitution, religion based political parties, including the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, will be banned in Bangladesh. Law, justice and parliamentary affairs minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed said.
The country is reeling under power and gas crises, and no end is in view within the next few years. Different gas-fired power plants having around 800 megawatt power generation capacity have remained idle due to the gas crisis. The situation renders Bangladesh's garment industry uncompetitive.
The government is considering increasing in cash incentives on export of potatoes to 20 per cent from existing 10 per cent to help potato growers get fair price as now the price is lower than the production cost in domestic markets.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday sought assistance from Bangladesh''s development partners and donor agencies, particularly from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), for economic development of the country.
Amid mounting criticism over interest rate, Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Younus has admitted that microcredit interest should be standardised.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasian starts her visit with a red carpet reception at the Northern Hall of the historic Great Hall of China on Thursday, the second day of her five-day state visit. Bangladesh and China signed three accords and one MoU to bolster cooperation in the fields of economy and technology, infrastructure and energy.
Leaders of the main opposition BNP at a rally yesterday demanded of the government to play a neutral role for the continuity of democracy in the country.
A huge blast blew off the roof of a CNG refuelling station, leaving four employees, including an engineer, critically injured in Uttara in the capital yesterday. Authorities of the "Tasin CNG Filling Station" in Abdullahpur apprehend booster pipe leak might have caused the explosion around 7:15am.
The country will observe National Children’s Day tomorrow (Wednesday) on the occasion of the 90th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Shipping minister Shajahan Khan described the indefinite strike by the launch workers as "illegal" and a "violation of labour laws", but the workers federation that called the strike rejected the allegation.
Commerce Minister Faruk Khan on Monday warned of stern actions against the violators of consumers’ rights protection laws.
Army Chief Gen. Md Abdul Mubeen was presented with a Guard of Honour by the soldiers of the Indian Army in New Delhi on Monday. General Mubeen arrived Sunday on a five-day tour at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Gen. Deepak Kapoor.
An 11-member high-level team comprising experts and technical persons on Monday left Dhaka for Yangon to discuss maritime boundary issue.
The convener of Jessore sadar upazila unit Chhatra League was hacked dead in an attack allegedly by rival group yesterday, a day after the organisation's district council was suspended following a factional feud.
Rokibul Hasan took another step yesterday in his bid to return to competitive cricket. The retired cricketer has submitted a letter in this regard to the Bangladesh team's operations manager Shafiqul Haque, informed a Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director.
Bangladesh is likely to take part in the World Table Tennis Championship, which will begin on May 23 in Moscow.
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The indefinite strike enforced by the Water Transport Workers Federation on the second day Wednesday paralyzed inland water services across the country and halted export-import between Bangladesh and India through waterways.
President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday morning paid homage to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marking his 90th birth anniversary.
The late music maestro and Bengali cultural icon Waheedul Haque and celebrated filmmaker the late Alamgir Kabir were among 11 named Thursday for Independence Award 2010.
Shipping minister Shahjahan Khan says the religious affairs ministry has turned down his ministry's initiative to transport Hajj pilgrims by sea. But Khan is still optimistic about the proposal which aims to reintroduce pilgrimage by sea after 25 long years.
The Chittagong Hill Tracks (CHT) Land Commission on Settlement of Land Disputes sought application from the affected refugees to settle land dispute in the hill region.
The government has decided to honour nine Indian celebrities for their outstanding contribution in Bangladesh’s War of Liberation in 1971.
Everything was okay on Tuesday morning at the gate of Registrar Building of Dhaka University. Result of 4th semester examination of the Department of Islamic History was published. All students were gazing on the board to find their much awaited results.
A murder suspect died from a head shot during a daytime shootout with RAB at the capital's Demra area on Tuesday. The suspect was wanted in 11 cases, including eight involving murder charges, said RAB.
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