Sunday, 19 Jan, 2025

Politics

Ex-KCC mayor Tayebur’s janaza held

KHULNA: The namaz-e-janaza of former mayor of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) and former forest and environment affairs secretary of BNP advocate Sheikh Tayebur Rahman was held on Saturday.The first namaz-e-janaza of Tayebur Rahman was arranged at Shaheed Hadis Park in Khulna around

BNP rally at Suhrawardi Udyan Jan 5

DHAKA: BNP will arrange mass rally at Suhrawardi Udyan in city on Tuesday to mark January 5 as ‘Democracy Killing Day’.The party also declared program of staging mass rally at district towns across the country on the day.BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made

Jubo League man hacked dead in M’singh

MYMENSINGH: A group of miscreants hacked dead an activist of ruling Awami League’s youth front Jubo League in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh district.The victim was identified as Parvez (30), son of Mohammad Ibrahim of Charpara of Mymensingh town.Locals said that the miscreants hacked

Mass rally for 195 Pakistanis’ trial

DHAKA: Antorjatik Juddaporad Gonobichar (International War Crimes mass trial) committee will hold mass rally and procession on Sunday (January 3) demanding trial of 195 Pakistani war crimes suspects.The rally will be held at Motijheel Shapla Chattar in the capital around 3:00pm on the

Achieve people’s trust: Khaleda

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday advised the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leaders to achieve trust of people by working among them.The BNP chief also declared that JCD leaders would be placed in the party posts at proper time.Khaleda Zia made the assertions while addressing

EC eyes on UP Election now

DHAKA: After arranging polls in 233 municipals in the country ‘successfully’, the Election Commission (EC) has been chalking the plan to arrange Union Parisad (UP) elections.Following the amendments brought in the electoral laws by the government, EC is preparing to arrange UP

Sramik Dal leader found dead

PATUAKHALI: Police recovered dead body of Patuakhali Sramik Dal vice-president Mizanur Rahman Babu near to Grameen Bank in Amtoli upazila on Friday. Amtoli Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Pulok Chandra told banglanews that the body of the leader bore injury mark in its neck. But family

Satkhira BNP gen secy arrested

SATKHIRA: Police arrested seven people, including Satkhira district unit BNP general secretary Abdul Alim and district Krisak Dal president Abu Jahid Dablu in regular cases on Friday morning.The duo was picked up from in front of Satkhira Press Club around 10:45am. They went to press club

Municipal voter turnout 73.91pc

DHAKA: The Wednesday's municipal elections recorded a huge turnout as around 73.91 percent of voters headed to the polling centers countrywide to cast their votes.Election Commission (EC) has prepared a report after analyzing the results on Thursday.EC Joint Secretary Jesmin Tuli

People reject Khaleda Zia, says Hanif

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub ul Alam Hanif commented that people have reject BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and her party as they burnt and killed people in the name of movements and made derogatory comments about the martyrs in the month of victory.Hanif made

BNP rejects municipal poll results

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday rejected the unofficial results of municipal elections, raising allegation of snatching victory of its party candidates.BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir cleared the party’s stance at a post-poll press briefing

Sayedee’s full appeal verdict published

DHAKA: The Supreme Court appellate division has released the full verdict on the appeal of war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee challenging the death penalty handed down to him by a war crimes tribunal.On September 17 in 2014, the apex court, in its order, commuted Sayedee’s death

Naogaon DC office under attack

NAOGAON: A group of miscreants attacked the deputy commissioner (DC) office in Naogaon district Wednesday night.The attack was carried out during the announcement of municipality polls results around 9:00pm.Locals said that a group of 50-60 people conducted the attacks and vandalized

CEC terms election peaceful

DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Wednesday categorically said except a few scattered incidents the regular feature of municipal polls environment was peaceful and festive.The CEC further said, “No mentionable violence could take place as the Election

AL 180, BNP 17, JP 1 others 27

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL) candidates won 180 mayoral posts while oppositions BNP candidates bagged 17, Jatiya Party (JP) one and Jamaat-e-Islami two as unofficial results of the Wednesday’s municipal polls started pouring in the newsroom of banglanews.However, independent

Voting postponed in 1 municipality, 31 centers

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) announced the postponement of Madhabdi municipality poll while returning officials concerned postponed the other 31 centers in 13 municipalities.In first ever partisan municipal election, voting was held in 234 municipalities across the country.The

EC postpones Madhabdi municipality polls

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday postponed the polls in Madhabdi municipality of Narsingdi district on allegation of vote rigging, violence, spreading panic and blasting bombs.EC deputy secretary Shamsul Alam confirmed the matter to banglanews in the afternoon.He further

Voting peaceful amid sporadic incidents

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL) claimed that the ongoing municipal election was peaceful amid some sporadic incidents.‘BNP was worried as they were heading to defeat,’ he added.AL joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif came up with the claim at a press conference at AL

‘BNP spread panic over municipal polls’

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s political affairs adviser HT Imam alleged that BNP has spread panic and created violence in the municipal polls.He made this allegation by submitting a written complaint to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad around 3:45pm on

Voting ends, counting on

DHAKA: Voting in 234 municipalities across the country has come to an end on Wednesday amid tight security.People started casting their votes at 8:00am and continued till 4:00pm.Sporadic violence, occupying poll centers and boycotts of some mayoral candidates were also reported on the