DHAKA: The BNP has demanded army deployment in the upcoming mayoral-by polls to the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). The party’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed raised the demand at a press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan central office in the city

DHAKA: A total of 12 aspirants have collected the nomination forms of the ruling Awami League in two days for mayoral by-polls in the upcoming Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). Among them, four aspirants brought the nomination forms from the Awami League president’s Dhanmondi

DHAKA: Five aspirants on Sunday (January 14) collected the nomination forms of the BNP from the party’s central office in city’s Nayapaltan for mayoral by-polls in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). The aspirants are- BNP’s special secretary Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon, the

SIRAJGANJ: Police arrested two local leaders of BNP in separate cases in Sirajganj Sunday (January 14). They are—Nazmul Hossain Talukder Rana, president of Sirajganj municipality unit of BNP and Amar Krishna Das, secretary general of Sirajganj sadar upazila unit of the party.   

DHAKA: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said the opposition BNP's proposal for a polls-time supportive government is conspiratorial. Inu, also president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-Inu), came up with this remark at a press conference in his office at the Secretariat on

MEHERPUR: A district court awarded 10-years of imprisonment to the Mayor of Gangni upazila of Meherpur district and convener of upazila Juba League Ashraful Islam in arms case. Joint District Judge Tajul Islam of Mehrpur Assistant Judge Court-2 delivered the verdict at 11:30 pm on

KHULNA: Sheikh Sarhan Naser Tonmoy, 32, has already attracted the attention of all as a handsome, lovely and a good orator.  He is the only son of Sheikh Helal Uddin MP, son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s younger brother Sheikh Naser. He has drawn the attentions of many

DHAKA: BNP will start selling nomination forms for the mayoral by-polls to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) from Sunday (January 14). Interested aspirants can buy a nomination form at Tk 10,000 from BNP's Naya Paltan central office by 4:00pm Sunday. The nomination-seekers

DHAKA: At least eight aspirants, including former FBCCI president Atiqul Islam, on Saturday (January 13) collected the nomination forms from the Awami League’s office for mayoral by-polls in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). Atiqul Islam collected the nomination papers through

SATKHIRA: Police on Saturday (January 13) arrested ameer of Tala Upazila unit of Jamaat-e-Islami Maulana Mofidul Islam. A team of police arrested the Jamaat leader from his residence at Kotakhali village under Patkelghata area of the upazila at about 5:30 pm. Officer-in-Charge (OC)

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has ruled out the possibility of holding talks with the BNP or any other political party over the next general elections. “Talks can be held if requires. We are a political party. So, we don’t want to shut the talks door

DHAKA: The BNP on Saturday (January 13) said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's address to the nation has pushed the country towards political crisis further. The party urged the PM to hold talks with all the political parties to resolve the crisis. The party’s secretary general

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Saturday (January 13) said that the government arranged the fair of corruption in the name of development fair. The senior leader of the BNP was speaking at a discussion meeting at the National Press Club in the city.

DHAKA: Awami League has started selling nomination papers for the mayoral by-polls to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) from Saturday (January 13). The sale of forms began at AL President Sheikh Hasina’s political office in Dhanmondi at around 10am. It will continue till January

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said BNP will be served with legal notice too in reply to the notice they have sent to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made the remark while distributing warm clothes among deprived

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir termed the Wednesday’s speech of the Prime minister Sheikh Hasina at Jatiya Sangsad about former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia as ‘poisonous arrow in the heart of democracy’. He came up with the assertion at a press conference

DHAKA: Jamiyate Ulamaye Islam Bangladesh, a partner of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, has announced a new committee   making Mufti Mohammad Waqqas as president and Maulana Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as secretary general of the party. The announcement came from a national convention of the

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said that his party has not nominated any mayoral candidate in the upcoming Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-polls till now. He said this at a press conference following a meeting with the secretaries of the party at Awami

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia appeared before a special court for the 9th day in Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust corruption cases Thursday (January 11). Fifth Special Judge of Dhaka, Dr Akhtaruzzaman conducted the court installed on the premises of jail

SYLHET: Some 34 activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student wing of the ruling Awami League, were sued over the murder of Tanim khan.   Tanim, also an activist of BCL at Tilaghore area, was killed over factional clash at Tilaghore area of Sylhet on Sunday (January 7).