GAZIPUR: BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has been released on bail on Wednesday afternoon.He got released from Kashimpur High Security Jail Part-1 around 4:15pm.Kashimpur High Security Jail Part-1 jail super Subrata Kumar Bala said that the bail papers reached

DHAKA: War criminal Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee will appeal for reviewing the verdict of his lifelong imprisonment seeking acquittal from charges after the prosecution had appealed on Tuesday.The Jamaat leader made the decision after his lawyers went to meet him

DHAKA: Visiting Saudi Arabia Prince Dr Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud called on BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Tuesday evening (January 12).The meeting was held at BNP chief’s Gulshan residence in city around 7:00pm.Moreover, Islamic Development Bank (IDB) chairman Dr Ahmad Mohamed Ali was

DHAKA: Election Commissioner Mohammad Shah Newaz said that Union Parishad (UP) elections will be held across the country in March.The party symbols will be used for the Chairman post while the Councilors will vie in non-partisan manner.Moreover, the elections will be held several

DHAKA: Re-voting in 51 centers of 19 municipalities ended and counting is underway on Tuesday (January 12).The voting, started at 8:00am, ended at 4:00pm on the day.Earlier, voting was postponed due to violence and other irregularities on December 30.The Election Commission (EC) also

DHAKA: State prosecution has appealed for reviewing the verdict of lifelong imprisonment against war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee.Attorney General Mahbube Alam said, the 653-page plea consists of five reasons seeking death penalty to Sayedee.On December 31 in

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia Prince Dr Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud will call on BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Tuesday evening.The meeting will be held at BNP chief’s Gulshan political office in city.Khaleda Zia’s press wing officer Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to banglanews.Earlier,

DHAKA: The High Court has ordered to issue a summon notice against BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman in a money laundering case.An HC bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Md Amir Hossain passed the order on Tuesday following an appeal by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).The

DHAKA: Re-voting in 51 centers of 19 municipalities is underway on Tuesday.The voting has started at 8:00am and will end at 4:00pm.Earlier, voting was postponed due to violence and other irregularities on December 30.The Election Commission (EC) also arranged voting in all 12 centers of

FROM SUHRAWARDY UDYAN: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina commented that Father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s homecoming on January 10 in 1972 fulfilled the independence of Bangladesh.‘Pakistani occupation army surrendered to the alliance forces on December 16 in 1971

DHAKA: Supreme Court Appellate Division has granted conditional bail for BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain.He received the bail in a money laundering case.The Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed the order on Sunday (January

DHAKA: The central council of ruling Awami League will be held at Suhrawardy Udyan in city on March 28.The decision was taken from a meeting of AL central working committee at Gana Bhaban in city on Saturday night.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also AL president, presided over the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina opined that the country sees development whenever Awami League (AL) government assumes power.She made this comment at AL executive council meeting at her official residence Ganabhaban in city on Saturday evening (January 9).‘AL people sacrifice for

MANIKGANJ: BNP mayoral candidate advocate Khorshed Alam Bhuiyan has been elected unofficially in Singair municipality election on Thursday (January 7).The winning candidate bagged 6,873 votes while his closest contestant Awami League rebel candidate Mir Shahjahan (with Jug symbol) secured

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami has observed countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal on Thursday (January 7) protesting the Appellate Division verdict that upheld the death penalty of its Ameer war criminal Matiur Rahman Nizami.No untoward situation was reported from any part of the country.Passenger

MANIKGANJ: Voting in nine wards of Singair municipality in Manikganj district has come to an end on Thursday afternoon (January 7).Election officials have started counting the ballots after voting ended at 10 voting centers.People cast their votes from 8:00am to 4:00pm amid tight

DHAKA: Islami Oikya Jote declared to quit BNP led 20-party alliance on Thursday (January 7).Party chairman Abdul Latif Nezami made the announcement at its tri-anneal national council arranged at The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) in city.Regarding reason behind the quit from

MANIKGANJ: Voting in nine wards of Singair municipality in the district is underway at 10 polling centers from 8:00am and will continue till 4:00pm on Thursday.Six candidates have been vying for mayoral post while 34 for councilors’ posts and seven women candidates.Additional law

DHAKA: A dawn-to-dusk hartal, enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the Appellate Division’s upholding the death penalty of its Ameer war criminal Matiur Rahman Nizami, is underway loosely on Thursday.No untoward situation was reported till filing the report around 8:20am.Passenger

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) will arrange municipality polls in Singair of Manikganj district on Thursday (January 7).The election in the municipality was earlier set to be held on December 30.However, the poll date later deterred on legal ground.Later, the EC announced January 7 as