DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will place floral wreath at Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in city’s Mirpur area on Monday (December 14).The BNP chief, to be accompanied by party leaders, will place the wreath around 8:30am.Moreover, BNP will arrange a discussion at National Press

MUNSHIGANJ: At least 10 people, including BNP district unit president Abdul Hye, were injured as opponents attacked them in Munshiganj municipal area on Sunday afternoon.The incident took place in Masjid Market area while the BNP men were conducting a poll campaign around 12:30pm.The

SATKHIRA: Police arrested 23 people, including seven activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, in allegation of planning for sabotage in Satkhira district.The drives were conducted in eight thanas of the district between Saturday night and Sunday morning.Satkhira district police special branch

DHAKA: The Election Commission has finalized the number legal candidates from parties that are vying in the approaching polls in 234 municipalities of the country.The number of legal candidates from ruling Awami League is 231 and BNP’s legal candidates are 224. Besides, the number of

DHAKA: The 135th birth anniversary of veteran politician Mawlana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani was observed across the country on Saturday with due respect.Different political parties and socio-cultural organizations in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country took elaborate programs to mark the

DHAKA: Outgoing British high commissioner to Bangladesh Robert W Gibson will call on BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan political office in city on Sunday evening.BNP chairperson’s press wing officer Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to banglanews on Saturday evening.He

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