The outgoing chief election commissioner (CEC), Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad, said yesterday that the January 5, 2014 parliamentary polls had to be held for the constitutional and democratic process to continue unhindered.  “When all national and international attempts to bring about consensus among…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought more cooperation from all including armed forces in combating militancy and terrorism to keep undisrupted the country's ongoing development process, BSS reports.  "We want to build Bangladesh as a developed, prosperous and peaceful country…

 Around seven-and-a-half months after its inauguration by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Palli Sanchay Bank (PSB) is yet to begin its banking activities. It is a specialised bank that was established by converting the ‘Ekti Bari, Ekti Khamar’ (EBEK) project under the Rural Development…

The BNP and its alliance partners have decided not to organise any agitation or rally against the newly formed Election Commission (EC), led by KM Nurul Huda, at least for now.  The parties, though, have made strong observations about the neutrality of the head of the commission, according to alliance…

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday upheld a High Court ban against Darul Ihsan University, declaring it illegal for numerous irregularities, reports BSS. A four-member Appellate Division panel headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed the order. "All the activities…

A Dhaka court yesterday asked the investigation officer of journalist couple Sagar-Runi murder case to submit a progress report before it on March 21, reports UNB.  Metropolitan Magistrate Mazharul Islam passed the order as IO of the case assistant police super Mahiuddin Ahmed, also assistant director…

The High Court yesterday accepted appeals of 15 condemned convicts, including Nur Hossain and three sacked Rab-11 officials, challenging the their death penalty in the Narayanganj seven-murder cases, UNB reports. An HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Shahidul Karim accepted the petitions…

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday appointed 12 senior lawyers as amicus curiae to advise the court to dispose of an appeal filed against a High Court (HC) order that declared illegal the 16th amendment to the Constitution establishing parliament's power to remove Supreme Court…

Bangladesh has lodged a strong protest with Myanmar against the killing of a fisherman by the firing of that country’s Border Guard Police. “Bangladesh strongly protested the act of unprovoked aggression committed by the Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) by firing at an unarmed fishing…