DHAKA: The secretaries general of BNP-led 20-party alliance will meet the press at photojournalist association’s auditorium in city on Tuesday (February 16).The conference will be held at 11:00am.BNP chairperson’s press wing officer Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL) has made its president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina the authority for recommending aspirants from the party for forthcoming Union Parisad elections.AL information and research affairs secretary Afzal Hossian informed the matter to reporters at Election

DHAKA: The Supreme Court (SC) Appellate Division has adjourned till Tuesday placing the arguments for war crimes convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali in the hearing on his appeal that filed challenging the death penalty.A 5-member full bench of the Appellate Division, headed-by

DHAKA: The Supreme Court (SC) appellate division dismissed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s plea seeking cancelation of deposition of plaintiff in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.An SC bench, led by Chief Justice SK Sinha, passed the order on Sunday (February 14).Lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan

DHAKA: The stalemate of ruling Awami League (AL)’s Dhaka city committee might get unknotted before the national convention of the party. Sources concerned said that Dhaka Mahanagar AL committee would be declared before its national convention scheduled for March 28.This time, the city

SATKHIRA: Police arrested 19 activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami in accusation of creating violence in Satkhira district on Sunday (February 14).The arrest drives were conducted from the wee hours of Sunday to early morning in different parts of the district.District police

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is ready to participate in the upcoming Union Parisad elections, scheduled to begin from March 22 in a partisan manner.Informing the matter, BNP standing committee member lieutenant general (retd) Mahbubur Rahman urged the Election Commission to

DHAKA: Elections for 4,275 Union Parisads (UP) will be held in six phases, starting from March 22.Election Commissioner (EC) Shah Newaz made the disclosure while talking to reporters at his office in Election Commission secretariat in city on Thursday (February 11).He further said the

DHAKA: Visiting European Parliament (EP) delegation made a courtesy call on BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Thursday afternoon (February 11).The hour-long meeting was held at BNP chief’s political office in city’s Gulshan area.After the meeting, BNP standing

DHAKA: Elections for 752 union parisads will be held on March 22.Election Commission (EC) public relations director SM Asaduzzaman confirmed the matter to banglanews on Thursday afternoon (February 11).He further said the last date for submitting nomination papers is February 22 and the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Thursday adjourned till February 18 the hearing of Zia Charitable Trust graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and three others.Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of the Special Judge Court-3 set up on Alia Madrasa premises fixed the date after the defense

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) has announced that elections for 10 municipalities will be held on March 20.The municipalities include Haragachha of Rangpur district, Kaliganj of Jhenaidah, Jhalakathi sadar, Bhanga of Faridpur, Nangalkot of Comilla, Brahmanbaria sadar, Kabirhat of

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, prime accused in the Zia Charitable and Orphanage trust graft cases, will not appear before court in the hearing, scheduled for Thursday (February 10). Judge Abu Ahmed Jomadar of the Special Judge's Court-3 setup on Alia Madrasa premises at Bakshibazar

CHITTAGONG: Two cases have been filed against ruling party lawmaker MA Latif on charge of distorting the photo of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with the court of metropolitan hakim Farid Alam on Tuesday (February 9).One of the cases was filed on charge of treason and another under the

DHAKA: Metropolitan Session Judge Court also rejected bail petition of former MP and also BNP’s student affairs secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie in nine cases, including seven filed against him in January, 2015.Metropolitan Session Judge M Kamrul Hossian Molla passed the order on

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance will form human chain and bring out procession on February 15.Alliance spokesman health minister Mohammed Nasim made the assertion at a press briefing at AL president’s Dhanmondi office in city on Sunday (February 7).Nasim said, “We

DHAKA: Rajib Ahsan and Mohammad Akramul Hasan have respectively been made president and general secretary of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student front of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).The full-fledged committee of Chhatra Dal was declared after approval by BNP chairperson

DHAKA: A court in Dhaka deferred the date to March 3 for submission of probe report in the defamation case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and its standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy.Court of Metropolitan magistrate M Nuru Mia re-fixed the date, as police did not submit

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia approved the 736-member strong committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student front of BNP.The JCD committee, five times bigger than that mentioned in party constitution, got the BNP chief’s nod in the late hour of Saturday, several BNP sources

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas has been admitted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday morning (February 6).Dhaka Metropolitan Police and jail security men brought him from Dhaka Central Jail to the DMCH around 10:30am amid tight security.Central jail