Sunday, 19 Jan, 2025

Politics

Khaleda gets bail in 5 cases

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday morning (April 5) was granted bail in five cases after she had appeared before the courts with bail appeals. Besides, one of the courts released her from the obligations of appearing before it in person. The courts pronounced the

Khaleda reaches court

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia appeared before the court on Tuesday morning (April 5) with an appeal for bail in five cases filed against her. Of the cases, two were filed on charge of killing passengers by a petrol bomb attack in a bus in Jatrabari area in city, a sabotage case

JP national council on May 14

DHAKA: National council of Jatiya Party (JP) will be arranged on the premises of Institution of Engineers Bangladesh on May 14.   JP secretary general Ruhul Amin Howlader made this announcement at a press conference at party central office in city’s Banani area on Monday (April 4).

BNP submits report to BB on recovering money

DHAKA: Newly appointed Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Fazle Kabir thanked the delegation of BNP for submitting a report on how to recover the heist money from the BB reserve.   BNP’s former financial affairs secretary Abdus Salam made this assertion while talking to journalists

Mirza Abbas released on bail

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member and also the party’s Dhaka metropolitan unit convener Mirza Abbas has got released on bail.   The BNP leader was released from BIRDEM Hospital, where he was under treatment, around 8:00pm on Sunday (April 3).   However, he will also

BNP demands cancellation of UP polls

DHAKA: BNP has demanded the cancellation of ongoing Union Parishad (UP) elections as well as resignation of the Election Commission (EC). The party’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the demands at a press conference at its central office in city Nayapaltan area

Barrister Shakila among 34 charge-sheeted

CHITTAGONG: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has filed a charge-sheet accusing Barrister Shakila Farzana and 33 Hamza Brigade members in a case filed over militant-financing. Ruhul Amin, investigation officer of RAB-7, submitted the charge-sheet before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Munshi

Khaleda to surrender Tuesday

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will surrender before trial court on Tuesday in five cases of violence. Her lawyer Sanaullah Mia confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday. He said Khaleda Zia will appeal for bail after surrendering before court on the day. BDST: 1407 HRS,

SC grants a week to Nizami for review hearing

DHAKA: Supreme Court (SC) Appellate Division has granted one week time to war criminal Jamaat Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami for hearing on his plea of review death penalty. An SC bench led by Chief Justice SK Sinha passed the order in response to six week time plea by Nizami on Sunday

AL earns 70% vote, BNP 11% in UP polls

DHAKA: An Election Commission (EC) report on Friday (April 01) said that ruling Awami League (AL) and opposition BNP earned 76 percent and 11 percent respectively in the recently ended 2nd phase of Upazila Parishad (UP) polls. Meanwhile, independent contestants earned 30 percent of

6 die in UP polls violence

DHAKA: At least six people were killed, dozens injured in several clashes in some districts during second phase voting of Union Parishad election on Thursday. Three people killed in Sandip of Chittagong, one each in Lalpur, Jessore and Keraniganj of Dhaka. The elections started at

No rule of law in country, claims Khaleda

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia claimed that the country now lacks democracy and rule of law at present.   ‘Moreover, the ruling party has not only snatched people’s voting rights but also their properties,’ she added.   The BNP chairperson made this assertion while

15 cocktails seized in Comilla

COMILLA: Police seized 15 cocktails from a home near Dertiti Primary School polling center of Abra union under Barura upazila of the district on Thursday morning (March 31).   Muradnagar Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Mizanur Rahman confirmed the matter to banglanews. He also said

Vote counting in 2nd phase of UP polls on

DHAKA: Counting of votes in 639 union parishads (UP) of the country is underway on Thursday morning (March 31) amid tight security. The elections started at 8:00am and continued till 4:00pm. Over 1.12-crore voters exercised their franchise rights in 6,205 polling centers on the day.

Polls violence kills 1 in Jessore

JESSORE: A septuagenarian man was shot to death and 10 others injured as supporters of two candidates exchanged firing at a polling center of Chanchra union parishad of Jessore sadar upazila on Thursday (March 31). The deceased was identified as Golam Babu, a nut vendor, hailed from

Khaleda’s arrest warrant ‘ill-motivated’

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday (March 31) termed the issuance of arrest warrant against party Chairperson Khaleda Zia as ‘politically motivated’.   He came up with the allegation while addressing a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan

Voting in 2nd phase of UP polls underway

DHAKA: Voting in 639 union parishads (UP) of the country are underway on Thursday morning (March 31) amid tight security. The elections started at 8:00am and will continue till 4:00pm. Over 1.12-crore voters are exercising their franchise rights in 6,205 polling centers on the day.

Fakhrul gets bail

DHAKA: A city court granted the bail of BNP secretary general Fakhrul Islam Alamgir replying to a review plea on Wednesday afternoon (March 30).   Three-hours earlier, the court ordered to send the BNP leader to jail by canceling his bail appeal.   At 12:45pm, court of

Khaleda Zia faces arrest warrant

DHAKA: A city court has issued an arrest warrant against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia among 28 fugitive leaders. The warrant has been issued in a case of killing passengers by hurling petrol bomb in a bus in city’s Jatrabari area. BDST: 1648 HRS, MAR 30, 2016 RR/SMS

Fakhrul sent to jail

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday (March 30) sent BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to jail rejecting his bail plea in two sabotage cases filed with Paltan Thana in city. Chief metropolitan magistrate (CMM) court judge Golam Nabi made the pronouncement in the morning