M S Siddiqui | 2015-01-06 00:00:00
According to perceptions of society including police, prosecutors, judges, and, even, survivors, the victims of rape are divided into two categories: those who are 'rapeable' and those who are not. Records reveal that around 75 per cent of the alleged...
Abdur Rahman Chowdhury from Virginia, USA | 2015-01-06 00:00:00
On December 17 President Obama made a historic announcement to restore diplomatic relation with Cuba. The diplomatic relation was cut off in 1961, a few years after Fidel Castro came to power following a revolution against the Batista regime. Castro...
Opposition leader Raushon Ershad said on Monday Jatiya Party ministers will quit the cabinet soon so that the party can play an effective role as the opposition, reports UNB. "We've had discussions at the party forum that we'll play an...
Awami League (AL) joint general secretary Advocate Jahangir Kabir Nanak, MP, said Monday it has become clear from the remarks of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman that BNP tried to create anarchy in the country on January 5, reports BSS....
Railway Minister Mujibul Haque said Monday Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is destroying the prevailing peaceful situation in the country and misleading the people in the name of movement, reports BSS. "BNP is puzzled to see the development of the country,...
Noted jurist Dr Kamal Hossain said Monday the present political standoff should be overcome through a national consensus and dialogue, not through street violence, reports UNB. "We need to overcome this situation through an immediate national consensus and dialogue, not...
FE Report | 2015-01-06 00:00:00
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed Monday urged the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to wait with patience for four more years. "BNP should wait until the next parliamentary election. During this period, they (BNP) should go to the people with their agenda,"...
State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan said on Monday police will remain deployed in front of the Khaleda Zia's Gulshan political office as long as they are needed for her security, reports UNB. Dismissing the claim that the BNP...
Our Correspondent | 2015-01-06 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Jan 5: Sporadic clashes between the police and the BNP-Jamaat activists have left 20 people injured including three members of the police in the city's Kazir Dewri area this afternoon. The police have detained around 50 workers and supporters...
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) urged Monday the government to lift the police siege of the BNP chairperson's Gulshan office and allow her to walk free, report UNB. CPB president Mujahidul Islam Selim came up...
Ex-word councillor held with crude bombs in city Member of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested former ward councillor of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and Lalbagh thana unit BNP leader Hazi Altaf Hossain along with 20 crude bombs from Lalbagh...
Shamsul Huda | 2015-01-06 00:00:00
An inter-ministerial meeting recently turned down a proposal of framing separate building construction rules for the areas under the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), officials said. The LGED had earlier sent a proposal to the Ministry of Housing and Public...
FE Report | 2015-01-06 00:00:00
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday instructed her cabinet members to carry out the government's development agenda for next four years to turn Bangladesh into a middle income country by 2021. At a meeting with the cabinet members, she also...
CHITTAGONG, Jan 5 (BSS): A Chittagong court on Monday awarded death sentence to three persons for raping a health worker in Banshkhali upazila of the district in 2005. The judge Mohammad Rezaul Karim of the Women and Children Repression Prevention...
BOGRA, Jan 5 (UNB/BSS): President Abdul Hamid urged the members of Bangladesh Army on Monday to earn the confidence of people as they are the country's strength. "It's people who are the country's strength and you're part of that. So,...
The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, marking the birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh), was observed in the country on Sunday with due reverence and religious fervour, reports UNB. On this day in 570, the 12th of Rabiul Awal of the...
The Supreme Court (SC) exonerated Monday Prothom Alo editor Matiur Rahman and joint editor Mizanur Rahman Khan in a contempt of court charge as both the journalists prayed unequivocal apology for publishing a contemptuous post editorial on the process of...
Art exhibition by Kalidas Karmakar begins A 13-day 70th art exhibition of internationally acclaimed artist Kalidas Karmakar began at the Jatiya Chitrashala of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the city Sunday. International Affairs Adviser to Prime Minister Dr Gowher Rizvi inaugurated...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6pm today (Tuesday). Moderate to thick fog may occur over the river basins and light to moderate fog may occur elsewhere over the country during...
Jubair Hasan | 2015-01-06 00:00:00
The capital wore an unusually calm and desolate look on Monday, as business activities and traffic virtually came to a standstill, following a confrontational political situation and subsequent tension that gripped the city dwellers. Especially office-goers and business people had...
Ziaur Rahman | 2015-01-06 00:00:00
The proposed free-trade agreement (FTA) will benefit Beijing more than Dhaka as imports from the former are likely to increase further because of tariff waivers unless there are guarantee provisos with regard to striking a balance in the two-way trade....
Yasir Wardad | 2015-01-06 00:00:00
Disruption caused to the transportation of goods due to political tension led to the hike in prices of essentials in the city on Monday, traders said. Trading of essentials in the city's key wholesale markets was disrupted. This also caused...
Former Chief Justice Mostafa Kamal passed away at his Gulshan residence in the city early Monday. He was 80, reports UNB. Family sources said Mostafa Kamal breathed his last around 3am. He was laid to eternal rest at the city's...
FE Report | 2015-01-06 00:00:00
Bangladeshis working abroad sent home nearly US$15 billion in the just-concluded calendar year as a relative stable domestic political situation paid off, officials said. Nearly nine million Bangladeshi overseas workers remitted $14.92 billion in 2014, marking a 7.91 per cent...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia fell ill on Monday evening 'due to the impact of pepper spray' police used on the party leaders and activists inside her Gulshan office, reports UNB. "The BNP chairperson fell ill due to the poisonous effect...
FE Report | 2015-01-06 00:00:00
Expressing their worry over the latest spell of political troubles, economists and businesses said prolonging the deadlock could affect the country's overall trade and economic activities beyond repair. They said the ruling and other political parties should come forward to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Monday Bangladesh has emerged as a role model on the global stage over the last five years of her government's previous tenure as well as the first year of this tenure due to successful implementation...
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