IG Prisons Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin said that Mir Quasem Ali will get maximum seven days to file a mercy petition. Death-row convict Mir Quasem Ali has sought time from the Kashimpur jail authorities to
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the parliament that Bangladesh assured the Muslim world of doing everything necessary to fight militancy and terrorism. “Bangladesh government is determined in this regard,”
Good news for civil servants! The government today declared a long nine-day holiday for Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest Muslim religious festival, starting from July. The holidays will start from July 1
After a long night of vote counting, we are expected to get the national declaration of the result at around breakfast time on Friday June 24. Although a vote to
Officials believe the pair were operating within the notorious terrorist group Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh – or JMB. The 10,000 strong network are aiming to remove the country’s current government and
Awami League-backed chairman candidates gained victory in 396 union parishads while Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won 67 in the fifth phase of the union parishad polls. AL-rebel candidates won 125
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has advised the UK not to leave the European Union considering the greater economic interests of the people. She made the advice when her British counterpart
Six Bangladeshi nationals, detained in Singapore under its Internal Security Act (ISA) last month, have been charged in a court with financing terrorism. Singapore-based channelnewsasia.com has said in a report
A total of 717 unions are ready for balloting on Saturday in the fifth leg of the six-phase Union Parishad (UP) elections. The voting is going to take place against
The High Court has published the full verdict that cleared the way for trying former prime minister Khaleda Zia for corruption in the Barapukuria coal mine deal. As directed by
