Thursday, 01 May, 2025

Politics

‘Public to deter BNP holding Jan 5 programs’

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL) joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif said that the people will prevent BNP holding programs on January 5. He made the assertion while addressing a joint meeting as chief guest at the Diploma Engineers Institute Auditorium Friday morning (December

Quader asks Khaleda to prove NCC polls plot

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader asked BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to prove her allegation of ‘underhand’ plots in Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls. Road Transport and Bridges minister came up with this assertion while speaking at an AL joint meeting in

Speaker urges MPs to leave constituencies

DHAKA: Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury sent emails to the MPs and ministers urging to leave their constituencies to prevent party influences on District Council polls. The speakers issued the email on Tuesday (December 27) following the instruction of election commission issued on

EC’s letter to Speaker over restriction on MPs

DHAKA: Election Commission has sent a letter to the Speaker asking to make sure that local MPs are complying with the code of conduct in the upcoming district council election.  Election commissioner Mohammad Shahnewaz made the disclosure to journalists at Election Commission office

Quader warns not to violate EC rules

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL) General Secretary and also Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has warned party men to not violate the code of conduct in the December 28 District Council Election. He made the remarks while talking to journalists at secretariat on Tuesday

BNP urges govt not to hike gas price

DHAKA: Bangladesh National Party (BNP) has asked the government to scrap the decision to raise gas price from January of 2017. Party’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the call from a press conference, organized at its Nayapaltan central office on Monday

Nasim asks BNP to leave Jamaat

DHAKA: Health Minister, also presidium member of ruling Awami League, Mohammad Nasim asked the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to leave the company of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. The AL-led 14-party alliance spokesperson also remarked that the election of Narayanganj City

Khaleda greets Christians on Christmas

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia has greeted the Christian community of the country ahead of the Christmas to be observed on Sunday (December 25). Chairperson’s media wing sent a release in this regard on Saturday (December 24). She congratulated

Ivy dedicates victory to Bangabandhu, Hasina

NARAYANGANJ: Selina Hayat Ivy has dedicated her victory in the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. She made the dedication in presence of her supporters at her own house on Thursday night (December 22)

Ivy wins NCC election

NARAYANGANJ: Ruling Awami League sponsored candidate Selina Hayat Ivy has won the much-talked-about Narayaganj City Corporation (NCC) mayoral election for the second time on the trot. As per unofficial results, Ivy secured 174,602 votes while her nearest candidate archrival BNP-backed

Ivy gets 105461 votes, Shakhawat 58131 in 105-center

DHAKA: Awami League sponsored candidate Selina Hayat Ivy secured 105,461 votes while archrival BNP-backed candidate Shakhawat Hossain Khan got 58,131 votes in 105 centers out of 174 on Thursday. The unofficial results from 105 centers came to Banglanews24.com’s newsroom by 8:30 pm.

Khaleda’s self-defense hearing deferred till Jan 5

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday (December 22) has fixed January 5 as the next date of hearing the statement of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage graft cases.  Earlier Khaleda appeared before the court of third special Judge Abu Ahmed Jomader in

Voting ends, counting on

NARAYANGANJ: Ballot counting has begun as voting ended at Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) mayoral polls on Thursday (December 22) afternoon amid tight security. People of Narayanganj started voting at 8:00am and continued till 4:00 pm to elect their next city corporation mayor and

Voting in NCC mayoral poll Thursday

DHAKA: The voting in the mayoral election in Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) is set to begin on Thursday morning (December 22). The voting will begin at 8:00 am and continue till 4:00 pm without any break. The number of voters in NCC area is 474,931 who would cast their votes in

BNP not to quit NCC Polls

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will not boycott the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) elections. Party’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the comment while addressing the reporters at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office in Dhaka around 12:30 pm

President assured of forming new EC: Oli Ahmed

DHAKA: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Chairman Oli Ahmed, Bir Bikram, on Wednesday (December 21) said the President assured them about forming new election commission (EC). He made the disclosure while addressing the journalists after holding a meeting with the President Abdul Hamid at

AL to win in fair NCC polls: Quader

DHAKA: Road Transport and Bridges Minister also General Secretary of ruling Awami League (AL) Obaidul Quader said the party nominated candidate will win by a landslide if Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) elections conduct freely. He made the remarks at a press briefing in city’s

72-hr restriction imposed to stop Khaleda: Rizvi

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) alleged the election commission (EC) imposed a 72-hour restriction on outsiders’ participation in campaign of Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls to dissuade participation of the party chief Khaleda Zia. Party’s senior joint secretary

BNP’s South Korea unit president passes away

LAKSHMIPUR: BNP’s South Korea unit President Alhaz Nurul Amin Chowdhury died of cardiac arrest in a Korean hospital on Monday afternoon (19 December) Bangladesh time. He was 50. Kamalnagar upazila unit BNP general secretary Nurul Huda Chowdhury confirmed the matter to Banglanews.

AL to hold rally Jan 10 at Suhrawardy

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL) will hold a rally on January 10 at city’s Suhrawardy Udyan to mark the Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. AL general secretary Obaidul Quader made the announcement at a press briefing at party president Sheikh