Ashraful made a mistake: Huq

Barrister Rafiqul Huq, who is trying to seat former prime ministers Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia together, has come out with all guns blazing after the acting Awami League general secretary had implicitly advised him and business leaders not to meddle with politics. More...

Anwar calls for emergency no-confidence vote in PM

Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim Thursday called for an emergency session of parliament to hold a no-confidence vote against the prime minister.Anwar promised to use the special sitting to prove his claim he has the support of enough government defectors to topple prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s Barisan Nasional ruling coalition. More info.....

China milk scam escalates as fourth baby dies

China’s milk scandal escalated dramatically on Thursday as it emerged the illegal chemical blamed for killing four babies had been detected in a wide range of dairy products, leading to mass recalls. More Info......

HC halts trial of MiG-29 case against Hasina

The High Court on Thursday stayed for three months the trial proceedings of the MiG-29 warplane purchase corruption case against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. With the MiG-29 case, trial has been stayed in all the five cases initiated by the military-controlled interim government against Hasina, also the Awami league president, her lawyer Shafique Ahmed told reporters after the High Court ruling(more info)

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The BNP-led four-party alliance has made moves to expand the coalition to contest the coming parliamentary election while the Awami League (AL)-led 14-party combine is also going for further expansion.More info........

Hizb ut-Tahrir leaders held over 'militancy'

Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) yesterday arrested the coordinator of Bangladesh chapter of Hizb ut-Tahrir and nine of his cohorts at Rajshahi City Press Club on suspicion of promoting militancy in the country.More info.......

Bashar shocked by ban

After the last three days' chaos, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) finally cleared their position against the rebel cricketers as the game's governing body in the country came up with a ten-year ban for them.BCB president Maj Gen Sina Ibn Jamali, appearing in front of the press for the first time after seven cricketers tendered their resignation letter to jolt the country's cricket, to declare the board's stance after a two-hour emergency meeting at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium's offices in Mirpur yesterday.More........

Thaksin's brother-in-law elected Thai PM, calls for reconciliation

A brother-in-law of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra was elected Thai prime minister by parliament Wednesday but faced immediate opposition from protesters who vowed to force him from office. Somchai Wongsawat, 61, called for reconciliation with the protesters who have occupied the prime minister's offices for the last three weeks in a bid to topple the government. More.............

Malaysian party quits coalition, PM says may step down earlier

Malaysia's premier, who is facing an opposition bid to seize power, was hit Wednesday with the departure of a party in his coalition, and said he may step down earlier than planned.

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Path to solution is polls: Hasina

Repeated military rule has played havoc with people's fate in Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina has said and called for elections right away to replace the incumbent administration. "Election is the only way to overcome the present deadlock in the country," the Awami League chief on Sunday told a gathering of the Bangladeshi community in NewYork, USA.

Speaking at an iftar gathering, she said: "People have also lost faith in the present government like they did in the four-party alliance government." "National elections must be held ahead of the Upazila polls," she said and referred to consensus among all political parties on the issue. "Military rule has always centralized power in our country. A strong four-tier local government system can only decentralize power," she said. More info..........

All poll dates after BNP talks: CEC

The EC will announce the date for general election upazila and Dhaka city corporation election after capping it's third-round dialogue by holding talks with BNP this week, Chief election commissioner ATM Samsul Huda said monday, more info .......

BNP decides to sit with govt, EC Standing Committee meeting held after 18 months

BNP on Saturday decided to sit with the government and Election Commission

sponsored dialogue to find out the ways of holding a free fair and credible parliamentary election and the party demanded national election first and complete withdrawal of emergency.

World's biggest experiment 'Big Bang' starts well

Scientists have hailed a successful switch-on for an enormous experiment which will recreate the conditions a few moments after the Big Bang.They have now fired two beams of particles called protons around the 27km-long tunnel which houses the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The £5bn machine on the Swiss-French border is designed to smash protons together with cataclysmic force.

Flood fears to ease: FFWC

The flood situation in the country will start improving from Tuesday as Brahmaputra waters have started receding at Nunkhoa point in Bangladesh, a senior FFWC official said on Sunday. Saiful Islam, executive engineer of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre, at a press conference also said Jamuna waters were stable on Sunday.

AL under fire for attending Iftar party with Jamaat

The leaders of 14 party alliance yesterday expressed their dissatisfaction over the attendance of some Awami League (AL) leaders at an Iftar party sponsored by the Saudi ambassador along with Jamaat-e-Islami man who played controversial role in the liberation war of Bangladesh.

BNP allies decide to boycott talks-- EC remains hopeful, re-invites BNP for dialogue

The Election Commission's (EC) efforts towards a consensus on registration of the political parties before the ninth parliamentary polls have suffered a setback with the BNP-led four-party alliance deciding against joining talks with it. BNP did not take part in the dialogue yesterday while its allies including Jamaat-e-Islami are set to follow suit today.

Businessman Salman Rahman freed on bail(2)

The High Court on Aug 20 granted Salman bail in the IFIC Bank corruption case and he got bail in other cases earlier, barrister Huq said.
"The bail order of Salman F Rahman has been informed in writing to 16 persons concerned including IG of police and DIG prisons.
"If he is not released by this night, tomorrow (Wednesday) contempt of court charges would be filed against the IG, DIG prisons and the jailer of Kashimpur jail. We've already made the affidavit," barrister Huq told bdnews24.com Tuesday evening.

Businessman Salman Rahman freed on bail(3)

The High Court in its orders said if anybody except the Appellate Division intervene in this matter punitive action would be taken against him.
The DIG prisons told bdnews24.com Tuesday evening, "We are scrutinising his papers. If the papers are okay we want to release Salman F Rahman by Tuesday night. For this he has been kept outside the lock-up."
He also said, "We got his bail papers Monday evening. But those could not be scrutinised on the day."
Joint forces arrested the AL leader at his Dhanmondi home on Feb 4 last year.