DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday (Nov 8) deferred the indictment hearing in Niko corruption case till Nov 14. The Special Judge Court-9 installed at Old Central Jail pronounced the order. BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, Former Law Minister Barrister Moudud Ahmed, Former secretaries Md

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday (Nov 8) was taken back to the Old Central Jail from BSMMU hospital where she underwent treatment for nearly a month. She was escorted to a black-colored car at 11:20am. The car carried her to the prison at 11:35am.  Khaleda Zia

DHAKA: BNP has alleged that its Chattogram city unit president Dr Shahadat Hossain was arrested in Dhaka on Wednesday (Nov 7). BNP chairperson’s press wing official Shairul Kabir Khan and Shamsuddin Diadar told Banglanews that Shahadat Hossain was detained from Dhaka metropolitan

RAJSHAHI: Canceling the road-march program towards Rajshahi, Jatiya Oikyafront has decided to hold prescheduled rally here on Friday (Nov 9). Though BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, at a post-dialogue press conference in Dr Kamal’s residence on Wednesday evening

DHAKA:  Prime Minister also Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has assured that no new cases will be filed and no detention spree will be made ahead of the upcoming national polls. She categorically indicated the opposition party men to be free of harassing attempts. The ruling

DHAKA: Jatiya Oikyafront has placed a proposal to the ruling 14-party alliance to form a neutral polls-time government to host the 11th parliamentary polls. The government can be shaped like a caretaker government and it can include 10 advisers, they said. They placed the proposal

DHAKA: BNP on Wednesday (Nov 7) submitted a list of its arrested leaders and activists, to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). BNP Assistant Office Secretary Taiful Islam Tipu submitted the list to the PMO, around 11am. BNP Executive Committee members Prof Aminul Islam, Advocate

DHAKA:  Jatiya Party-led Sammilito Jatiya Jote has started a meeting with Election Commission (EC) over the 11th national election. The alliance leaders led by Jatiya Party Chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad reached EC Bhaban on Wednesday morning (Nov 7). The meeting started around

GANABHABAN: An 11-member team of Jatiya Oikyafront has started the second session of dialogue with the Awami League-led 14-party alliance at the Ganabhaban Wednesday (Nov 7). The Oikyafront delegation is led by its leader also Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain.  Mirza Fakhrul

DHAKA: Communist Party Bangladesh (CPB) President Mujahidul Islam Selim said Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) is ready for waging movement and boycotting the upcoming national polls if their demands aren’t met. A 16-member team of the 8-leftist party alliance participated in a dialogue

DHAKA:  Jatiya Oikyafront leader Dr Kamal Hossain demanded release of BNP Chairperson Khalea Zia as well as other bigwig leaders during rally at Suhrawardy Udyan. The political alliance held the rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Tuesday (Nov 6). Dr Kamal Hossain said,

SUHRAWARDY: Convener of Nagorik Oikya Mahmudur Rahman Manna said that they don’t want election to be held under Sheikh Hasina and current Election Commission (EC).   Manna, one of the leaders of Jatiya Oikyafront, was addressing the rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on

DHAKA: Jatiya Oikyafront has started its prescheduled rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Tuesday (Nov 6). The rally began around 2pm. BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Vice Chairman Abdullah Al Noman, Shamsuzzaman Dudu, Zainul abedin Faruk, Barkat Ullah

DHAKA: Bikalpa Dhara President also Jukta Front Chairman Badruddoza Chowdhury has sent a letter to President Abdul Hamid seeking time for holding talks over the upcoming national polls.  Press Secretary to the ex President Jahangir Alam confirmed the matter to Banglanews Tuesday (Nov

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad suggested Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina not to accept unconstitutional demands of anyone revolving the next national polls. Ershad led a team of opposition party representatives, while holding a dialogue with Awami League-led

JESSORE: BNP standing committee member Tariqul Islam laid to eternal rest beside his parents’ graves at Karbala graveyard in Jessore town on Monday evening (Nov 5). Tariqul Islam breathed his last at 5:05 pm at Apollo Hospital in Dhaka on Sunday (Nov 4).  Tariqul’s first

DHAKA: Demanding for army deployment during national polls, Jatiya Oikyafront leader and JSD president ASM Abdur Rab said army should be given magistracy power so that they can arrest anybody to contain any irregularities during election. Abdur Rab made the remarks to reporters after

DHAKA: Leaders of Jatiya Oikyafront sat with Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda over polls schedule on Monday afternoon (Nov 5). The meeting presided by CEC KM Nurul Huda started at 3:30pm at EC building in city’s Agargaon.  A 10-member delegation including Dr Zafrullah,

DHAKA: Jatiya Oikyafront got permission to hold rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Tuesday (November 6). Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia gave the approval to Oikyafront delegation on Monday noon (Nov 5). Earlier at 11:00am a Oikyafront

DHAKA:  Bangabir Kader Siddique’s Krishak Sramik Janata League joins Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikyafront.    Kader Siddique made the declaration at a news conference in city’s Motijheel central office at 1 pm on Monday (November 5). Joint Secretary General of the party