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Kim warns of change in direction on denuclearization
08:30 AM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un has renewed his commitment to denuclearisation but warned that he may have no option but to seek an alternative course if the United States does not take corresponding measures and maintains sanctions. Kim made the comments on Tuesday during his annual New Year's Day address laying out Pyongyang's top priorities for the 12 months ahead...
Legal battle alongside movement for re-election: Fakhrul
09:41 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayRejecting 11th parliamentary elections, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said they will go for movement alongside the legal battle demanding the re-election. Fakhrul said while addressing a press conference at the party’s political office at Naya Paltan after holding a meeting with standing committee members at Naya Paltan on Monday...
80pc votes cast in 11th JS polls: CEC
07:05 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayChief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda today expressed his satisfaction over the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections and said some 80 percent votes were cast in the December 30 polls. “A total of 10.41 crore voters got opportunity to vote in the parliament elections this year. . . 80 per cent of the votes were cast during the polls,” the CEC told...
Quader asks AL men don’t do politics of vengeance
06:22 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayGeneral Secretary of the ruling Awami League (AL) Obaidul Quader asked his party leaders and activists don’t do politics of vengeance after being inspired with landslide victory of the grand alliance in the 11th parliamentary election...
DMP issues directives to celebrate 31st night
05:36 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayDhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has issued a set of directives to celebrate the 31st night on the eve of the English New Year in a safe and peaceful manner...
Khaleda knows her party’s defeat
05:03 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayBNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now in old central jail in the capital’s Nazimuddin Road, has known her party’s defeat in the 11th parliamentary elections...
BNP leader Dulu’s bail plea rejected
03:45 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayA Dhaka court today rejected the bail plea of BNP leader advocate Ruhul Quddus Talukder Dulu in a case lodged over vandalizing vehicles in capital...
Rizvi meets US embassy official
03:07 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has met a US embassy official.
Mahathir named Muslim Man of the Year
01:10 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayDr Mahathir Mohamad was named the Muslim Man of the Year in this year’s The Muslim 500...
Modi phones Hasina, congratulates for AL’s landslide victory in polls
12:32 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today phoned Bangladesh Premier and Awami League...
11th general polls a ‘bright example’ in nat’l life: EC Secy
12:15 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayElection Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed today said the 11th parliamentary...
Indonesia’s latest tsunami raises global questions over disaster preparedness
11:32 AM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayAs Indonesia reels from the carnage of yet another natural disaster, authorities...
Israeli scientists find flowers can hear insects
09:44 AM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayAn Israeli research found that the night-primrose flowers, exposed to the sounds...
Fakhrul wins Bogura-6 constituency, defeated in Thakurgaon-1
08:50 AM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was elected unofficially from...
Mashrafe wins Narail-2 seat
08:32 AM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayBangladesh ODI cricket captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza was elected unofficially by a...
Massive victory for Sheikh Hasina-led grand alliance
08:12 AM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayThe Awami League-led Grand Alliance clinched a landslide victory with over two thirds majority in the 11th general elections amid festivity giving the Grand Alliance yet another chance to form the government for the third consecutive terms.
Voting postponed at 22 centres: EC secy
07:53 PM, 30 Dec 2018 SundayVoting was postponed at 22 polling stations across the country on various charges, Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed said on Sunday.
MOFA terms ANFREL statement biased, stating polls free, fair
07:36 PM, 30 Dec 2018 SundayThe Ministry of Foreign affairs (MOFA) today termed the Joint Statement of ANFREL-affiliated...
JSD seeks re-election under caretaker govt
06:49 PM, 30 Dec 2018 SundayJatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) general secretary Abdul Malek Roton sought re-election under the caretaker government.
Voting taking place smoothly: foreign observers
05:38 PM, 30 Dec 2018 SundayA team of foreign and local election observers said voting in the 11th parliamentary polls today...