The BNP would stress for the dissolution of Parliament before the next general elections as one of its four major demands, according to party leaders. “Our party wants the dissolution of Parliament before the next polls or holding the elections after the expiry of the term of the present Parliament.…

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has expressed optimism that the BNP would join the next general elections under the incumbent Sheikh Hasina government for its own interests. “The BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, will join the national polls under the Hasina government as she has no other alternative.…

The Transparency International of Bangladesh (TIB) has said that textbook contents were changed due to pressure from a communal quarter. This is opposed to the spirit of the Liberation War, it has noted. As many as 16 contents of five primary and secondary level books have been deleted due to the pressure…

The police seized four cubs of leopard and lion from Chanchra area on in Jessore town on Monday. The detainees are Rana Mia, 28 son of Mannan Bhuiyan…

Assistant high commissioner of India in Rajshahi Abhijit Chattopadhyay visited Thakurbari village in Rangpur yesterday where several Hindu houses were vandalsied and torched by a mob on Friday over a ‘blasphemous’ Facebook comment allegedly by a Hindu youth. He went to the village around…

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar yesterday said that the Election Commission was positive regarding the deployment of army during the next general elections, but divulged that the commission has no plan to use Electronic Voting Machines or EVMs in the polls. The commissioner, however, said that…