DHAKA: Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been declared BNP Secretary General after 11 days of party council. Besides, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi was made senior joint secretary general and industrialist Mizanur Rahman Sinha as treasurer of the party. Ruhul Kabir Rizvi himself made the

JESSORE: Miscreants shot a local BNP leader to death in Satmail area under Sadar upazila on Tuesday evening (March 29).   The deceased was identified as Idris Ali, 45, joint secretary of Kashempur union BNP of the upazila. Jessore Kotowali Model Thana officer-in-charge (OC)

DHAKA: BNP has called an emergency press conference at the party chief Khaleda Zia’s political office in city’s Gulshan area on Tuesday (March 29). The conference is set to be held at 11:00am on the day. BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and other senior

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami has withdrawn its daylong hartal for Monday (March 28) following the High Court (HC) order of rejecting the rule that challenged Islam as the country’s state religion. The HC order has made legality of inclusion of Islam as country’s state religion in the

DHAKA: A dawn-to-dusk hartal, enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the ‘conspiracy’ of canceling Islam as state religion from constitution, is underway across the country on Monday (March 28). Party acting secretary general Dr Shafiqur Rahman announced the hartal, said a media

DHAKA: A dawn-to-dusk hartal, enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the ‘conspiracy’ of canceling Islam as state religion from constitution, is underway across the country on Monday (March 28). Party acting secretary general Dr Shafiqur Rahman announced the hartal, said a media

DHAKA: A dawn-to-dusk hartal, enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the ‘conspiracy’ of canceling Islam as state religion from constitution, is underway across the country on Monday (March 28). Party acting secretary general Dr Shafiqur Rahman announced the hartal, said a media

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami has called a daylong hartal across the country as a protest of the ‘conspiracy’ against canceling Islam as state religion from constitution. The party informed the media by sending release on Sunday. BDST: 1541 HRS, MAR 27, 2016 RR/SMS

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia paid her tribute to the valiant son of the soil by placing floral wreath at National Memorial at Savar, at the outskirt of Dhaka, on Saturday morning (March 26), the 46th Independence and National Day. The BNP leader placed the wreath along with

DHAKA: BNP will organize a colorful procession in city on the occasion of country’s Independence Day on March 26. It will be brought out from the party’s central office at 3:00pm on the day. The party’s standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy told the media after a

DHAKA: At least nine people were killed and scores injured in four districts in clashes during the first phase of union parishad, lowest tier of local government, elections and over ballot counting in four districts on Tuesday night (March 22). Of the deceased, five were in Pirojpur,

DHAKA: The country experiences voting at 712 Union Parishads (UPs) in 34 districts on Tuesday in the first phases. As per unofficial result of 580 UPs, ruling Awami League (AL) candidates have elected in 451 and BNP candidates won 36, Jatiya Party four and, Jamaat got one. Besides

DHAKA: The counting of votes cast in the election at 712 Union Parishads (UPs) in 34 districts is underway and the unofficial results have started coming to banglanews newsroom.According to unofficial results of 94 UPs, ruling Awami League (AL) candidates have elected in 73 while

DHAKA: Ballot counting has begun soon as voting ended at 717 Union Parishads (UPs) of 34 districts across country on Tuesday (March 22) afternoon amid tight security.Earlier, voting started at 8:00am and continued till 4:00pm.Around 1.25-crore voters exercised their franchise rights in

COX’S BAZAR: At least seven people sustained bullet injuries after the supporters of two Union Parishad (UP) member-contestants of Teknaf Sadar Union of Cox’s Bazar district locked into clashes on Tuesday noon (March 22).Witnesses said that supporters of UP member candidates Abul

DHAKA: Detective branch (DB) of police detained four persons on suspicion of militancy in city’s Kalyanpur area on Tuesday early morning (March 22).Moreover, the law enforcers also seized huge number of jihadist books.Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) deputy commissioner (DC media) Maruf

NOAKHALI: Two officials of union parishads elections sustained bullet injuries at a girl’s high school polling center in Char King area under Hatia upazila of the district Tuesday morning (March 22).The injured were identified as assistant presiding officer Shahadat Hossain and polling

DHAKA: The polls officials have suspended voting in six centers in Satkhira and Barisal districts over violence.Our staff and district correspondents sent reports of those incidents.Satkhira: Officials cancelled voting in three centers even before it started due to violence.Tala upazila

DHAKA: Voting in 717 union parishads (UP) of 34 districts of the country got underway on Tuesday morning (March 22) amid tight security.The elections started at 8:00am and will continue till 4:00pm.Around 1.25-crore voters are exercising their franchise rights in 6,987 polling centers on

PABNA: At least nine people were shot during a clash between two rival groups of ruling Awami League at Poylanpur intersection in Panba on Monday (March 21) over setting up an auto-bike stand.Pabna Sadar Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Abdullah Al Hasan confirmed the matter to