Police have arrested Riajul Islam Masum, the general secretary of the Natore district unit of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), a banned student organization, from the Ruppur area in Pabna district.  The arrest was made on Thursday night following a tip-off, according to

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is set to join a meeting with political parties and other stakeholders to finalize the declaration for the July uprising.  Shairul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP media cell confirming the matter said BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin

Senior BNP leader Lutfozzaman Babar was released from Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj at 1:45 pm on Thursday, nearly 17 years after being imprisoned.  Deputy Inspector General of Prisons (DIG Prisons-Dhaka Division) Md. Jahangir Kabir confirmed this information to BanglaNews.

The High Court (HC) today (Jan 14) acquitted five individuals, including former home minister Lutfozzaman Babar, in an Arms Act case linked to the infamous 10-truck arms smuggling incident. The HC bench comprising Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Nasreen Akter issued the

The BNP has urged the interim government to hold the national election by August this year, emphasizing the move as crucial for the nation’s greater interest. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the plea while addressing a press conference at the BNP

BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia is undergoing health check-ups at a London clinic, with the process expected to be completed by next Friday.  Her personal physician, Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain, said that doctors will determine her next course of treatment

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi accused the Indian government of installing barbed wire fences in 160 locations along the Bangladesh border with the support of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.  He made the remarks on Monday (Jan 13) morning during a prayer

A member of the Dhaka Bar Association has filed an attempted murder case against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, and 91 others. Advocate Nupur Akhter lodged the case on Sunday (January 12), at the Metropolitan Magistrate Saifur Rahman’s court in

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her daughter Saima Wazed Putul, and 14 others for allegedly abusing power in securing six plots, totaling 60 kathas, in Dhaka's Purbachal area. ACC Director General Akhtar Hossain

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has expressed concern over what it calls "incorrect information" about the party in a Class IX-X textbook.  BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed, speaking at a press conference in Dhaka, demanded a revision of

Mujibur Rahman Bhuiyan Manju has been elected Chairman of the Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party) by a significant margin during its first national council held at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on Saturday.  He secured 1,400 votes, far outpacing his opponents AFM Solaiman Chowdhury (211

US President Donald Trump has extended invitations to BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, and Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury to attend the National Prayer Breakfast, an event hosted by the US

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today (Jan 11) said that some people within the country are attempting to create a division in the national unity forged during the anti-fascist mass uprising. Fakhrul said, “There is no division among us,” and expressed

BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, who is undergoing treatment at the London Clinic with multiple diseases, is in stable condition. After being admitted to the clinic on January 8, her eldest son and BNP's acting chairman Tarique Rahman, who is in London,

A local Jubo Dal leader died while leading a rally in Hatiya upazila’s Char Chenga Bazar on Thursday evening. The deceased Md. Omar Faruk, 35, was the general secretary of the Jubo Dal’s Sonadia Union Ward-8. He suddenly collapsed during the rally and was rushed to

BNP’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has expressed gratitude to Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim for providing a special air ambulance that carried Former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to London on Tuesday (January 7). In a post on his verified Facebook and X accounts,

A Dhaka court today placed former Comilla-8 lawmaker Nasimul Alam Chowdhury on a three-day remand in connection with the murder of Md Shahjahan during the student-led protests in July-August 2024.  Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sanaullah passed the order as

A Dhaka court has imposed a travel ban on former Railways Minister and ex-MP of Cumilla-11, Mujibul Haque, following a petition by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The order was issued by Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md. Zakir Hossain Galib on Thursday (January 9). ACC

The BNP has filed two complaints with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), alleging the killing of 2,276 of its leaders and activists in crossfires and the enforced disappearance of 153 others across the country between 2008 and August 5, 2024. Md. Salauddin Khan, coordinator of

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today set January 23 for hearing the review petition of Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam, who is seeking a re-evaluation of the death sentence upheld by the court in 2019.  The petition challenges the judgment handed down by the