The EC had sent a draft proposal to the interim government for formulating an ordinance on the appointment of chief election commissioner and election commissioners. [Read more]

Pakistani soldiers battling their way into a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border have seized passports that may be linked to 9/11 suspects, as they confront an enemy skilled in operating in a mountainous terrain with endless ways to wage a guerrilla war. [Read more]

bdnews24.com, Dhaka
Awami League presidium member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim MP has alleged that leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia was a part of the “conspiracy” which led to last week’s bomb attack on Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh MP.In an unscheduled discussion in parliament on Thursday, ruling party MPs, said the bomb attack was not just [...]

Staff Reporter
At least 20 people were injured in clashes between Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Chhatra Shibir at Rajshahi New Govt Degree College yesterday.BCL activists vandalized Islami Bank Hospital where two patients including a child were injured in the incident. The child was severely wounded when broken window glasses fell on baby’s bed on the [...]

Staff Reporter
BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain yesterday warned the ruling party leaders including Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam to be courteous in their use of words against leader of the opposition Begum Khaleda Zia.Posing a question Delwar wanted to know how criticisms against the government can go [...]

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Advocate Rahmat Ali is an Awami League MP and Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Local Government, Rural Development (LGRD) and Cooperatives. [Read more]

The Supreme Court started the hearing on appeals in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman assassination case for the nineteenth day on Thursday. [Read more]

UNB, Dhaka
The defense counsel for condemned ex-army officer AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed yesterday claimed before the apex court dealing with the appeal hearings in the Bangabandhu murder case that his client was a victim of mistaken identity.“Mistaken identity of my client was carried through the whole trial process as there were two Mohiuddins-one from Lancer unit [...]

Staff Reporter
BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain yesterday said that the last national election could not relieve people from crisis; rather the country was passing through a critical moment. The BNP leader accused the government of not taking effective measures to relieve people from the crises. He was addressing a press briefing at party [...]