The Election Commission yesterday declared five Awami League (AL)-nominated candidates elected uncontested to the reserved seats for women in the parliament.
Posted on 11 December 2011
The Election Commission yesterday declared five Awami League (AL)-nominated candidates elected uncontested to the reserved seats for women in the parliament.
Posted on 24 October 2011
The High Court on Monday fixed October 27 for hearing a rule issued over the proceedings against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust case.
Posted on 19 September 2011
The main opposition BNP will hold a rally in the capital’s Paltan Maidan on September 27 to demand the ruling coalition leave office and give way to parliamentary polls under a non-partisan caretaker administration.
Posted on 17 September 2011
Central government minister Ambika Soni has met the West Bengal chief minister in an apparent bid to resolve differences over the Teesta water-sharing pact.
Posted on 07 September 2011
Pro-Awami League lawyers on Wednesday warned of legal action if BNP Chief Khaleda Zia does not withdraw her statement about former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque in 15 days.
Posted on 27 August 2011
The Indian prime minister’s forthcoming visit to Bangladesh is aimed at strengthening Indo-Bangladesh ties and improve bilateral relations, said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday.
Posted on 18 August 2011
Leaders of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, a women’s human rights organisation, yesterday demanded introduction of a direct election system for the reserved parliamentary seats for women.
Posted on 14 August 2011
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been selected as the 7th among 12 top world women leaders by the Time Magazine.
Posted on 11 August 2011
BNP lawmaker advocate Syeda Asifa Ashrafi Papia and two pro-BNP lawyers got bail Thursday in connection with a case filed for vandalising a vehicle in the capital’s Dhanmondi area.
Posted on 27 July 2011
Sri Lankan first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa and Maldives vice president’s wife Ilham Hussain yesterday met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her Gono Bhaban residence separately yesterday.
Posted on 26 July 2011
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi yesterday expressed unanimous opinion about concerted efforts among the South Asian nations to root out militancy and terrorism from the region.
Posted on 25 July 2011
Sonia Gandhi was given a red carpet welcome last night on her first-ever visit to Bangladesh to attend a conference on autism.
Posted on 24 July 2011
Sonia Gandhi, president of India’s ruling Congress party, is flying in here tonight on a 24-hour visit to attend an autism conference and receive a posthumous award on behalf of former Indian premier Indira Gandhi.
Posted on 21 July 2011
The government will provide VVIP protocol to four important women of South Asia during their visit to Dhaka to attend a two-day regional conference on autism beginning July 25.
Posted on 20 July 2011
Pakistan’s first woman foreign minister — and also its youngest — was sworn in yesterday, ending a five-month job vacancy a week before crucial peace talks in India.