DHAKA: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday (Jan 21) granted former minister Barrister Nazmul Huda bail in a graft case. A four member bench led by chief justice Syed Mahmud Hossain issued the order in response of his leave-to-appeal petition. A Dhaka court on

DHAKA: Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court on Sunday (Jan 20) issued an arrest warrant against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed over hurting religious sentiment and inciting ethnical conflict. Metropolitan Magistrate Jasim Uddin directed the authority concerned

DHAKA: A Dhaka court fixed Feb 17 for hearing of 11 cases filed with various police stations here, against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on various charges. Judge KM Imrul Kayes of Dhaka Metropolitan & Sessions Judges Court set the date on Sunday (Jan 20). Khaleda Zia’s lawyers

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said a dialogue among the political parties can be held to keep the trend of democracy continuous. “The matter will be looked into later if we need,” he said. Quader made the remarks in wake of a UN report calling the

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman and also opposition leader HM Ershad left Dhaka on Sunday (Jan 20) for Singapore for regular medical checkup. An aircraft of the Singapore Airlines carrying him along with younger brother Hossain Morshed, his wife Roksana Khan Moreshed, and party presidium

SUHRAWARDY UDYAN: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina thanked countrymen for bringing Awami League to power for the third straight time by voting ‘boat’ in Dec 30 national elections.  “Thank you all—those who voted for us and those who didn’t,” she said. “But, we will work

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman and leader of the opposition in parliament HM Ershad is scheduled to leave here for Singapore on Sunday (Jan 20), for treatment and medical check-up. Ershad will leave Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 12:40pm by a regular flight of

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Hundreds of thousands of Awami League supporters joined the grand rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka to celebrate the party’s landslide victory in the Dec 30 nationals elections. Supporters and activists in small groups were seen heading towards the venue from

DHAKA:   The Ruling Awami League has sold 1510 nomination forms for its 43 reserved seats (women) in the 11th Jatiya Sangsad. On Friday (January 18), 125 aspirants bought forms on the fourth and the last day of sale. The price of nomination form was fixed at Tk 30,000. 4 crore 53

DHAKA: Former President of Bangladesh Mohila Awami League and freedom fighter Ashrafunnesa Mosharraf passed away in a city hospital on Friday (Jan 18) morning. She was 74. The former MP breathed her last around 8:15am at Square Hospital where she has been undergoing treatment due to

DHAKA: BNP has chalked out two-day programmes to observe the 83rd birth anniversary of its founder Ziaur Rahman in a befitting manner. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programmes at a press conference at the party's central office in Nayapaltan

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader preferred the Moha Jote (grand alliance) allies to act as ‘strong’ opposition in parliament so that it can held ‘constructive sessions’. “I think, it will be better for Moha Jote allies to be the opposition,” he said.  

COMILLA: A district court on Wednesday (Jan 16) deferred the hearing on charge-framing and bail in an arson case against BNP Chief Khaleda Zia filed in Comilla in 2015. Additional District and Session’s Judge Md Ali Akbar passed the order, at noon. The court granted a time

DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda hinted that the by-election to the mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is likely to be held in March as the High Court cleared the way for the polls.  He was talking to reporters after attending a programme at

DHAKA: The Steering committee of opposition alliance Jatiya Oikyafront has called a meeting on Thursday (January 17). Gano Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain will preside over the meeting.   The issues of national dialogue, current politics and post election work agenda will be

DHAKA: Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been reappointed as her honorary Information and Communication Technology (ICT) adviser. The premier appointed him under the power of Rules of Business 1996 3(B)x(i). Joy, as a part-timer and unpaid, will work for

DHAKA: The candidates will run with party symbols, not alliance in elections to upcoming upazila councils, scheduled to begin from first week of March in five phases. Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges minister Obaidul Quader came up with remarks while

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League has started selling nomination forms for the 11th parliament seats reserved for women. Party general secretary Obaidul Quader inaugurated the sale at the political office of the party president Sheikh Hasina in Dhanmondi, at 10am Tuesday (Jan 15). The sale

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader ruled out the possibility of holding any post-elections dialogue between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the political parties. “There exists no matter on which dialogue can be held with the political parties,” he said.

SYLHET: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the allies of opposition alliance Jatiya Oikyafront have some common agenda in a bid to realize people’s rights. “Jatiya Oikyafront remains strong at its goal. The political parties may have difference of opinion. But