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Syed Ashraful Islam passes away
10:11 AM, 04 Jan 2019 FridayPublic Administration Minister and former general secretary of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) Syed Ashraful Islam, MP, died at a hospital in Bangkok on Thursday. Ashraful Islam who had been suffering from lung cancer for a long time breathed his last at the Bumrungrad Hospital...
There is nothing to say about election: Khaleda
04:55 PM, 03 Jan 2019 ThursdayThere is nothing to say about the election, said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now in jail. In a reply to a question of a journalist, BNP chief on Thursday declined to comment about the election held on Sunday last while Awami League got landslide victory. Earlier Khaleda Zia appeared before the court in Niko corruption case...
Sheikh Hasina set to be PM for fourth time
03:33 PM, 03 Jan 2019 ThursdayAwami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina is set to be the prime minister for the fourth time, third in a row, as she was unanimously reelected the leader of the AL Parliamentary Party today...
Oikyafront to file case over ‘election irregularities’
03:06 PM, 03 Jan 2019 ThursdayBringing allegation of election irregularities and vote rigging, BNP-led Jatiya Oikyafront will file a case with the election tribunal. The decision was taken from a meeting of the Oikyafront’s candidates at the BNP chief’s political office at Gulshan in the capital on Thursday...
Oikyafront’s MPs-elect not attend oath ceremony
01:48 PM, 03 Jan 2019 ThursdayNewly-elected seven lawmakers to the parliament from BNP and Gono Forum under the alliance of Jatiya Oikyafront didn’t attend at the oath-taking ceremony on Thursday. Oikyafront’s media coordinator Latiful Bari Hamim confirmed the matter to Jago News...
Case filed against Anupam Kher over “The Accidental Prime Minister”
12:39 PM, 03 Jan 2019 ThursdayA case has been filed against actor Anupam Kher and others associated with upcoming film 'Accidental Prime Minister' in a Bihar court on Wednesday for damaging the image of some top people...
Chang’e-4: China space mission lands on Moon’s far side
12:17 PM, 03 Jan 2019 ThursdayChina says it has successfully landed a robotic spacecraft on the far side of the Moon, the first ever such attempt and landing...
Newly-elected lawmakers take oath
11:31 AM, 03 Jan 2019 ThursdayThe newly-elected lawmakers to the parliament took oath of their office on Thursday at 11:15am. Speaker Shirin Sharmin administered the oath ceremony at the Jatiya Sangsad. Earlier on Tuesday, the Election Commission (EC) published the results of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections through issuing a gazette notification...
Six new Indian visa centres to be opened soon
09:25 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayThe Indian High Commission in Dhaka today announced that six new Indian Visa Application...
FIFA should expand 2022 World Cup to 48 teams if possible, Infantino says
08:49 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayFIFA should if possible increase the size of the football World Cup in Qatar in 2022 to 48 from 32 teams, the global governing body’s president Gianni Infantino has said.
Netflix drops satire episode critical of Saudi Arabia
08:21 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayNetflix has removed an episode of a satirical comedy show that criticizes Saudi Arabia after...
No culprit will be spared, Quader on Noakhali gang rape
07:43 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayAbout repression and rape of a woman at Subarnachar in Noakhali, Road Transport and...
2-day int’l entrepreneurial expo, summit begins Jan 18
06:38 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayA two-day International Entrepreneurial Expo and Summit-2019, organized by the Dhaka...
PM expresses gratitude to countrymen for AL’s landslide victory
05:52 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayPrime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today expressed heartfelt gratitude to the countrymen for her party’s absolute victory in the December 30 national elections...
Driver of Supravat Paribahan sent to jail
04:06 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayDhaka Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court ordered to send the driver of Supravat Paribahan to...
Newly-elected lawmakers to take oath Thursday
03:38 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayThe newly-elected lawmakers to the parliament will be sworn in tomorrow as the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Secretariat is now taking preparation to hold the oath taking ceremony.
India assures to continue cooperation with Bangladesh
03:03 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayThe Government of India has assured to continue cooperation with Bangladesh as a close neighbor. Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday gave this assurance after congratulating her Bangladesh counterpart Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali over phone on his reelection in the 11th national parliamentary polls...
Journalist Hedayet on 3-day remand
02:01 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayA Khulna court has granted three days remand for Dhaka Tribune’s Khulna correspondent Hedayet Hossain in a case filed under the Digital Security ACT for the reporting ‘wrong’ information regarding election results...
Gazette for 298 new MPs published
01:31 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayThe Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday published the gazette on the 298 MP-elects of the 11th parliament on Wednesday. Newly-elected members of the parliament will be sworn in on January 3. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will administer the oath ceremony at the Jatiya Sangsad...
Sonia Gandhi greets Sheikh Hasina on AL’s landslide victory
12:34 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayChairperson of Indian Congress Parliamentary Party Sonia Gandhi today extended her heartiest congratulations to Bangladesh Premier and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on securing her party’s absolute victory in the 11th parliamentary elections...