DHAKA: BNP is set to stage rallies and processions across the country on Wednesday (December 13) protesting the price hike of rice, pulse, and other essentials, and increase of power and gas tariffs, and City Corporation and municipal taxes.    However, Rangpur City Corporation

DHAKA: The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) sent a letter to the Election Commission (EC) for taking action against Salahuddin Ahmed Mukti, Joint Secretary General of the Jatiya Party's Central Committee and lawmaker from Mymensingh-5 constituency.  ACC public relations officer

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has strongly protested US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. She made the protest in a statement issued on Sunday (December 10). Signed by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed,

DHAKA:  Awami League General Secretary also Minister for Road, Transport & Bridges Obaidul Quader said the family members of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman including Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman laundered $ 1,200 cr into Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other countries. Quader referred to

KUSHTIA: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said that BNP Chairperson should apologize to the people, as repentance for the misdeeds she and her partymen conducted during BNP regime.  Claiming that the present government did nothing to feel guilty for, Inu said:”We won’t

DHAKA: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir reiterated his party’s earlier call that they want to participate in the election under such a poll-time government who won’t influence the polls. The senior BNP leader stressed the urge while addressing a discussion as the

DHAKA: Hefajat-e Islam, an Islamist pressure group of madrassah teachers and students, has announced to besiege the US embassy in Dhaka on Dec 13 to protest the US president Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Hefajat-e Islam nayeb-e-ameer Nur Hossain

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the money laundering allegation brought by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina against Khaleda Zia is absolutely fabricated and baseless.  Fakhrul made the response at a press conference in BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan

MOULVIBAZAR: Some miscreants hacked two members of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), a student wing of ruling Awami League, to death over factional clash in Moulvibazar town on Thursday evening (Dec 7).  The deceased were identified as Shahbab Rahman, 23, son of one Abu Bakar Siddique,

RANGAMATI: Some unknown miscreants stabbed a female leader of Rangamati district unit Awami league, her husband and son in their house in Rangamati on Wednesday night (Dec 6). The victims were identified as Jhorna Khisa, vice-president of Rangamati district Mahila AL unit, her husband

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday (December 6) sent 24 leaders and activists of BNP to jail, over carrying out vandalism and arson attack in Dhaka. The accused were rejected bail plea by the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court. On Tuesday (December 5), some vehicles were

DHAKA: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said his party wants to participate even in snap election but not under Awami League government. The senior BNP leader made the remark in a press conference after a joint meeting at the central office of the party in Naya Paltan

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said his party would prefer the national election to be held in December, the month of victory. Quader, also, the Road Transport and Bridges Minister made the remark while talking to reporters at the Secretariat office on Wednesday

DHAKA: The High Court on Wednesday (December 6) directed BNP Vice chairman Altaf Hossain Chowdhury to surrender within four weeks, in Barapukuria Coal Mine graft case. The HC bench of Justices M Enayetur Rahim and Shahidul Karim passed the order. The court rejected a plea that

DHAKA: Police detained 15 people after BNP activists clashed with police members and vandalizes vehicles in city’s Bangabazar area on Tuesday afternoon (Dec 4). Witnesses said the BNP men gathered in front of the court in Bakshibazar area as BNP Chief Khaleda Zia appeared before it

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has surrendered before a special court and received bail in two graft cases.   The BNP chief appeared before the Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-5, the makeshift court built on the premises of Madrasa-e-Alia Dhaka in city’s Bakshibazar, after 11:00

DHAKA: ‘Jukta Front’, a new political alliance is set to be commenced with Bikalkpadhara Bangladesh Chairman AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury as its convener. The three other partners of the four-party alliance are--Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD (Rab), Abdul Kader Siddique-led Krishak Sramik

DHAKA: The Supreme Court has issued an order that Jatiya Party’s MP Shawkat Ali Chowdhury’s bail would be scrapped if he fails to pay Tk. 5 crore to state-owned Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited within two months. The bench of Appellate Division of the SC, headed by Acting Chief

DHAKA: BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas said that his party is prepared for both movement and election.   He made the remark at a roundtable discussion titled 'Nationalist Generation 71' held at the VIP lounge of the National Press Club on Sunday (Dec 3). Mirza

DHAKA: Awami League leader and former minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said that the abolished caretaker government system won’t be restored. The next general elections will be held under the Election Commission (EC). The AL leader made the comment while speaking at a human chain program