DHAKA: The 135th birth anniversary of veteran politician Mawlana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani is being observed Saturday (December 12) with due respect.To mark the day, different political parties and socio-cultural organizations in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country have taken elaborate

DHAKA: At least seven activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured in fighting between two groups of ruling Awami League’s student wing at Government Titumir College in city’s Mohakhali area on Saturday.The clash ensued on the campus premises when leaders-activists of

SATKHIRA: Police detained 25 people including five activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir conducting drives in Satkhira district.The drives were conducted from Friday night to Saturday morning.Satkhira district police special branch sub-inspector (SI)

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will hold a meeting with vice-chairmen, chairperson’s advisers, joint secretaries general and organizing secretaries at her Gulshan political office in city on Saturday night.The meeting will start at 8:00pm, says a press release sent by the party

DHAKA: As many as 1,204 magistrates will be deployed in the approaching municipal polls with the view to thwart anomalies and punish the involved persons in such incidents.Of them, 965 will be executive magistrates and 239 judicial.The Election Commission (EC) has already issued letters

Dhaka: Prior to the forthcoming municipal polls, the Election Commission (EC) has sought assistance from home ministry over the security of candidates and implementing the code of conducts of election.EC secretary Sirajul Islam sent a letter to home ministry secretary Dr Mozammel Haque

DHAKA: Outgoing India high commissioner Pankaj Saran met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan political office in city Thursday evening.The India envoy reached the BNP chair’s office around 6:50pm and left the place around 7:45pm.He did not talk to the media after the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court set December 21 for further hearing on Zia Orphanage and Charitable Trust graft cases against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and others.Judge Abu Ahmed Jomadar of the Special Judge's Court-3 setup on Alia Madrasa premises at Bakshibazar in city fixed the date on

SATKHIRA: Police, in overnight drives, detained 42 including 12 leaders and activists of local units of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir from eight thanas of the district.Sub-Inspector (SI) of Satkhira district special branch (SB) of police Enamul Haque said 11 Jamaat men and one

DHAKA: Outgoing High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran will call on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan political office in city Thursday night.Chairperson’s media wing member Shamsuddin Didar confirmed the matter to banglanews.Pankaj Saran, who took charge in

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) secretary Sirajul Islam on Wednesday said that they have found out some clerical mistakes in the conduct of election rules of approaching municipal elections.The EC secretary further said symbols will be allocated among the candidates after rectifying the

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) has stayed the expulsion order of Dinajpur municipal mayor Syed Jahangir Alam for one month.An HC bench of Justice Obaidul Hasan and Justice SH Mohammad Nurul Huda Jaigirdar passed the order on Wednesday following a hearing on Jahangir Alam’s plea.On December

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia called for a meeting of the party’s standing committee members on Thursday night.The meeting is scheduled to begin at her Gulshan political office in city at 8:30pm.BNP press wing member Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to banglanews.BDST: 1831

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) secretary Sirajul Islam said that no mayoral campaign with symbol is permitted before December 14.Sirajul Islam made this assertion after a meeting in EC to the reporters on Wednesday (December 9).EC secretary said, "It will be a matter of discrimination

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh has called nationwide hartal for Wednesday after Supreme Court upheld death penalty to war criminal Mir Quasem Ali.In a press release, the party made the disclosure on Tuesday demanding release of all of its leaders, detained for war crimes.Earlier in the

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Professor MK Anwar released on bail on Friday (February 19).BNP leader Professor Aminul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews.He further said Professor Anwar was under treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in city before

SUNAMGANJ: Police detained eight member of Jamaat-e-Islami, including its Chhatak upazila unit ameer and secretary, while they were holding a clandestine meeting at Gobindaganj area on Wednesday afternoon.Chhatak Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Asheq Suja Mamun confirmed the matter

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will not appear the special court at Bakshi Bazar in Dhaka for the hearing of Zia Charitable and Orphanage Trust Graft cases slated for Thursday. The hearing will be held at the Special Judge’s Court-3 of Judge Abu Ahmed Jomadar setup on Alia Madrasa

SATKHIRA: Joint forces arrested 39 people, including five activists of Jamaat-e-Islami from eight thanas of Satkhira district on allegation of sabotage plan.Of the arrestees, five are activists of Jamaat and 34 are accused in regular cases.They have been sent to court this morning,

DHAKA: Death row convict war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami’s lawyer Khandakar Mahbub Hossain categorically said “Nizami does not have a clean sheet in relation to war crimes committed during liberation war in 1971”.Mahbub, also BNP standing committee member,