DHAKA: BNP office secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that the ruling Awami League (AL) cadres have occupied poll centers in so far 157 municipalities out of 234.He made this allegation at a press conference held at party headquarters in city’s Nayapaltan area on Wednesday (December

DHAKA: At least 13 mayoral candidates, mostly from BNP, have boycotted ongoing municipal election under party banner, on allegation of vote rigging, stuffing ballots and other irregularities.Banglanews Correspondents from respective areas report:In Chittagong, BNP candidates in Sandwip

DHAKA: BNP chairperson’s advisor Dr M Osman Faruk said that his party will not boycott municipality polls.‘Rather we will stay till the end,’ he added.He made this assertion on behalf of BNP liaison committee at Election Commission (EC) secretariat in city on Wednesday morning

FROM DHANMONDI (AL PRESIDENT’S OFFICE): Ruling Awami League (AL) organizing secretary Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury commented that BNP does not want to keep country’s democratic process running smoothly.Rather they intend to create anarchy, he added.He made this comment at AL president’s

LAXMIPUR: BNP mayoral candidate ABM Jilani in Raipur municipality has boycotted election hours after voting began.At 10:15am of Wednesday in a press briefing at his residence, he declared his quit from the first ever municipal election under party banner. During the time, ABM Jilani said,

DHAKA: BNP Office Secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi criticized the detention of journalists during voting of municipal polls on Wednesday.He informed the press in the morning at Nayapaltan Office.Rizvi also brought allegations of vote rigging and center grabbing.BDST: 1116 HRS, DEC 30,

NARAIL: BNP Mayoral candidate in Kalia municipality has boycotted the vote on allegation of huge rigging after the first hour of voting for municipal polls on Wednesday (December 30) morning.Wahiduzzaman Milu, the mayoral aspirant, said that he had information about huge rigging of vote,

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL) has raised a complaint against Election Commission (EC) and accused it of being unfair.AL’s joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif made this assertion while talking to the journalists at EC secretariat in city on Tuesday (December 29).Earlier, a

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Dr Abdul Moin Khan said if the municipality election result reflects the casting of the voters and it does not determined by anyone’s order, the party will accept it.He came up with this assertion while speaking to the media after their meeting with

DHAKA: All preparations have been done for the municipal elections to begin at 8:00am to continue till 4:00pm on Wednesday (December 30).Around 7.1 million voters will exercise their rights of franchise on the day to elect mayors and councilors in 234 municipalities in the country.A

JHENAIDAH: Police arrested Kaliganj upazila unit Jamaat-e-Islami secretary Mawlana Shahiduzzaman on Tuesday in Jhenaidah district.He was arrested from Aarpara area around 2:00pm in accusation of planning violence.Kaliganj Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Anwar Hossain told banglanews that on

DHAKA: BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that the ruling Awami League (AL) has taken all preparations to take upcoming municipality poll results in favor of them.Moreover, the opposition candidates are being harassed, arrested and vandalism, he added.The BNP leader

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has convened an emergency meeting with leaders of the 20-party alliance for Wednesday evening. The meeting will be held at her Gulshan Political office upon completion of voting in municipal polls.Confirming the matter, a competent source from the party

DHAKA: All electoral campaigns of the forthcoming municipal election have come to a complete end at midnight (12:00am) of 28th December.The candidates are not allowed to conduct any kind of electioneering including informal meetings from that time from now on.According to the electoral

FROM GULSHAN: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia reiterated her party’s decision to stay in the upcoming municipality poll contest till the end.Moreover, the BNP chief alleged that the government has taken all preparations to make the upcoming polls a ‘farce’.She made this assertion at a

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court on Monday placed three members of banned Islamist extremist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on five-day remand each in a case filed with Karnaphuli Police Station of the port city over arms act.Chittagong Metropolitan Hakim Rahmat Ali made the

DHAKA: All electoral campaigns of the forthcoming municipal election are to shut down completely by the midnight (12:00am) of 28th December.The candidates can no more conduct any kind of electioneering including informal meetings from that time.According to the electoral code of conduct,

DHAKA: The indictment hearing in the Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and others has been deferred to February 27. Dhaka special judge-9 Amirul Islam on Monday passed the order in response to time petition filed by key accused Khaleda Zia’s lawyer.The BNP chief,

DHAKA: BNP chairperson and also 20-party alliance leader Khaleda Zia has called an emergency press conference on Monday afternoon.The press meet is set to be held at Khaleda Zia’s political office in city’s Gulshan area at 4:00pm on the day.A press release, sent by BNP chief’s press

MEHERPUR: Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Gangni upazila unit ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Rabiul Islam and BNP leader Yakub Ali in accusation of creating violence in Meherpur district.They were arrested from the upazila’s Thana Road area Sunday afternoon.Gangni Thana