Despite a continuing partisan divide on electoral issues, the ruling Awami League government has gained support of a majority of Bangladeshi respondents, says a survey conducted by United States-based International Republican Institute (IRI) in June 2015. This recent survey follows a similar evaluation…

Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka yesterday refused comments on the remarks made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who on Wednesday said in parliament that two of the convicted killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman are in Pakistan and that Islamabad was not cooperating with Bangladesh in this…

The government will reward people for providing information on illegal voice over internet protocol (VoIP) activities. A circular issued yesterday by…

The government has started the process of forming a new tribunal, which is likely to begin work from Sunday, according to law ministry sources. Justice Anwarul Haque, a member of the ICT-1, is likely to be appointed its chairman. “The move comes as the number of pending cases has come down,”…