CHITTAGONG: The transport owners of greater Chittagong are going to forge movement protesting the decision of stopping 20 years old vehicles plying on the roads. They will announce the program of movement through a press conference on Sunday morning (April 16). Secretary general of

DHAKA: Some 156 Union Parishads (UPs) in the country will go to the polls on Sunday (April 16). Voting to the UPs will begin at 8:00 am and it will continue until 4:00 pm without any break The Election Commission (EC) has already sent all materials related to the elections to the

SATKHIRA: Police claimed to have arrested three teachers, who are also workers of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, from a clandestine meeting in Satkhira on Thursday (April 13). Officer-in-charge (OC) of Syamnagar police station Syed Mannan Ali told Bangalnews that they arrested the Jamaat

DHAKA: The High Court has stayed for six months the government order suspending mayor of Gazipur City Corporation Prof MA Mannan from his position.   The HC bench of Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan passed the order on Thursday (April 13)

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said his party did not compromise with the ideology of Hefajat-e-Islam. He made the remark at press briefing in city’s Dhanmodi office of AL president Sheikh Hasina on Thursday morning (April

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia expressed no-confidence to the newly appointed judge in handling the judicial process of Zia charitable trust graft case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). Khaleda’s lawyer Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar

DHAKA: The High Court on Thursday (April 13) gave a stay order on the proceedings of four sabotage cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. An HC bench comprising Justice M Miftah Uddin Chowdhury and Justice ANM Basir Ullah pronounced the order. The court also issued a rule

DHAKA: A Dhaka court has fixed May 18 for placing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s self defence statement in the Zia Charitable graft case. Judge Abu Ahmed Jomader of the Special Judge Court in Bakshibazar passed the order on Thursday (April 13). Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar moved for

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that she won’t have Hilsha fish on the menu during celebration of the Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bengali New Year. Describing Pahela Baishakh celebrations as part of the country's tradition and culture, the PM also said that

DHAKA: Terming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent India tour as ‘unsuccessful’, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia said that the Premier returned home empty-handed.  “The country has been sacrificed during the PM’s tour”, she added. She made the comments at a press

DHAKA: The High Court has again fixed the date of delivering verdict on the appeals in the 26-year old corruption case filed against former President and Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad. The HC bench of Justice Ruhul Quddus and Justice Bhishmadev Chakraborty fixed May 9 the fresh date

DHAKA: An arrest warrant was issued against BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman's mother-in-law Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu in a case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). Senior Special Judge Kamrul Hossain Molla of Dhaka issued the warrant on Wednesday (April 12).

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia is scheduled to address the media on Wednesday afternoon (April 12). Chairperson’s press wing officer Shairul Kabir Khan told Banglanews that the briefing will be held at her Gulshan political office in Dhaka around

DHAKA: The High Court on Wednesday (April 12) asked Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, to surrender at trial court within eight weeks. The court also pronounced that the trial of the case, filed against her by Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on charge

DHAKA: Claiming that her India tour is fruitful, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that her state-tour to the neighboring has opened the door of cooperation for both the countries.   In response to criticism about selling out the country, the PM said, “Sheikh Hasina doesn’t

DHAKA: Criticizing PM Sheikh Hasina’s recent India tour, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the government failed to strike a fruitful deal with India this time. He made the remark at a protest rally marking the fourth anniversary of closing down the daily

SATKHIRA: At least 51 people including 4 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir have been arrested in a special crackdown in the district.    Police arrested them from different places in eight upazilas of the district in the

SATKHIRA: Miscreants shot to death a local unit leader of ruling Awami League in Satkhira sadar upazila on Monday night (April 10). The deceased was identified as Rasel Kabir, organizing secretary of Agardari union unit of Jubo League, a front organization of Awami League. Rasel’s

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is set to address media at party’s Nayapaltan headquarters on Tuesday afternoon (April 11) after the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s press briefing on her four-day state visit to India. BNP took the decision at a meeting of Standing

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has returned the country, wrapping up her four-day state tour to India. The VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, BG-1098, carrying the prime minister and the members of her entourage landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka