DHAKA:  BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will not appear before court in the hearing of Zia Charitable and Orphanage Trust Graft cases on Monday.With this, she will skip the court appearance for fourth time after return of home from London.Judge Abu Ahmed Jomadar of the Special Judge's

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Brigadier General (retd) ASM Hannan Shah raised question to upcoming fair municipal polls by blaming that the returning officers for their partiality to the ruling party candidates.BNP has taken the polls as a challenge and it will be the last chance

LALMONIRHAT: Police arrested 42 people, including 36 activists of BNP and its major ally Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Chhatra Shibir during drives in different parts of Lalmonirhat district.The drives were conducted from Saturday noon to Sunday early morning.Lalmonirhat police

DHAKA: Among the mayoral candidates in the upcoming municipal elections, so far 36 have been facing murder cases.Of them, seven candidates are from ruling Awami League, 15 from BNP and 14 candidates belong to independent and other political parties.Total lawsuits against the mayoral

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Police arrested Bholahat upazila unit Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Kabir Golap on Saturday afternoon in three sabotage cases.The law enforcers arrested the Jamaat leader from Ghaibari village of the upazila around 4:30pm.Bholahat Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Mohsin Ali

JHENAIDAH: A group of miscreants slaughtered Barobazar unit Jubo Dal leader in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenaidah district on Saturday afternoon.The victim has been identified as Mintu Mandal (40), son of Atiar Mandal of Subarnasara village.Mintu was former organizing secretary of Barobazar

DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said country’s ongoing situation ahead of municipal election does not deserve army deployment.He made the comment while briefing the media on Saturday (December 19) after the meeting of Election Commission (EC) with law

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said BNP-led 20-party alliance will carry out the campaign jointly in the forthcoming municipal election, slated for December 30.He made this disclosure after a meeting of secretaries general of 20-party arranged at BNP

HABIGANJ: Police arrested Sylhet metropolitan city unit general secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami from Bahubal of the district.The arrestee was identified as Shahjahan Ali.He was arrested around 12:00pm Saturday.Model Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Mosharraf Hossain told banglanews that on a

GAIBANDHA: Police have arrested 17 activists of BNP and its major ally Jamaat-e-Islami conducting drives at Gaibandha district.The drives were conducted from Friday night and Saturday morning.District police control room operator Tabibor Rahman told banglanews that the arrestees are

KUSHTIA (Islamic University): A person was reportedly injured as two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) traded bullets on Islamic University (IU) campus in Kushtia district.The incident took place around 12:45pm on Saturday.BDST: 1352 HRS, DEC 19, 2015RS/SMS

JAMALPUR: Miscreants shot dead the president of Doail Union Awami League under Sarishabari Upazila of the district on Friday evening.The deceased was identified as Hanif Uddin.Confirming the matter, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sarishabari Thana Billal Hossain told banglanews that miscreants

DHAKA: Dhaka University (DU) vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique on Friday said that initiatives have to be taken to ban Pakistan from South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and United Nations (UN).He came up with the observation while speaking at a discussion meeting,

DHAKA: Around one-fourth candidates in the forthcoming Municipal Election did not cross the bar of secondary school, according to affidavits submitted to the Election Commission (EC).The educational qualification of a large number of the ‘would be’ representatives of citizen got stuck

DHAKA: BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia will hold meeting with professionals on Saturday (December 19).The meeting will be held at party chairperson’s political office in Gulshan of the city around 8:30am on the day.Chairperson’s press wing officer Shairul Kabir

JESSORE: Joint forces have arrested 54 accused, including three activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, from different places under eight upazilas of Jessore district. The special drives conducted between Thursday night and Friday dawn to nab wanted accused, said Jessore district police

DHAKA: BNP will organize a discussion on the occasion of country’s Victory Day at Engineers’ Institution auditorium in city on Friday.The program is scheduled to begin around 3:00pm on the day, said a press release on Thursday.According to the release, besides BNP leaders,

JOYPURHAT: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained two top leaders of Joypurhat district unit Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student front of Jamaat-e-Islami, with two foreign made revolvers, 21 cocktails and six locally made bombs.The detainees are Abujar Gifari, 28, president of district unit

NOAKHALI: A mayor runner, also ruling Awami League leader, from Hatia Municipality in the upcoming municipal polls was hacked by miscreants at Char Kailash area of the district Wednesday night.The injured was identified as AKM Yusuf Ali, Jubo League leader from Ward No. 3 of Hatia

DHAKA: BNP organized a Victory Day procession in city on Wednesday.Acting BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir inaugurated the procession at party’s Nayapaltan central office in the afternoon.The procession crossed Kakrail, Shantinagar, Mouchak and Malibagh areas.BNP joint