BRAHMANBARIA: A local leader of ruling Awami League (AL) electrocuted at Kalisima village under sadar upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Saturday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Babul Miah, 40, general secretary of ward no 6 AL unit of the area.Sadar Thana sub-inspector (SI)

BRAHMANBARIA: A local leader of ruling Awami League (AL) electrocuted at Kalisima village under sadar upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Saturday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Babul Miah, 40, general secretary of ward no 6 AL unit of the area.Sadar Thana sub-inspector (SI)

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has sent Eid greetings card to Prime Minister and also Awami League president Sheikh Hasina. On behalf of BNP chairperson, a three-member delegation comprising of Assistant office secretaries Abdul Latif Jany, Asadul Karim Shahin and Shamimur Rahman

SYLHET: Council of Sylhet metropolitan BNP, which was scheduled to be held on Saturday, has been postponed for unavoidable reason.New date for council will be set after consultation with central leaders of BNP.After holding an emergency meeting on Friday night, metropolitan BNP issued a

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL) will distribute nomination forms for Tangail-4 by-polls among interested candidates on Oct 1 and 2.  The form will be available at AL political office at Dhanmondi and the submission deadline October 3 at same place. The candidates will have to face an

RAJSHAHI: A district court on Thursday placed Mahmudur Rahman Ovi, alleged regional chief of banned outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir, a five-day remand.Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate passed the order in response to a seven-day remand plea by police.However, Rajshahi Police Bureau of Investigation

DHAKA: By-election in the parliamentary constituency Tangail-4 of ousted posts, telecommunications and Information Technology (IT) minister Abdul Latif Siddique has been rescheduled.The voting date has been shifted from October 28 to November 10, said a gazette notification issued by

MYMENSINGH:  Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested close aide of Jama'at ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)) former chief Shaykh Abdur Rahman and second-in-command Siddiqul Islam Bangla Bhai.The detainee is identified as Mehedi Habib Mohammad Raffque, son of Kafil Uddin of sadar upazila of

DHAKA: By-election in the parliamentary constituency Tangail-4 of ousted posts, telecommunications and Information Technology (IT) minister Abdul Latif Siddique has been rescheduled.The voting date has been shifted from October 28 to November 10, said a gazette notification issued by

DHAKA: Prime Minister and also Awami League (AL) chairperson Sheikh Hasina greeted BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on the occasion upcoming Eid-ul-Azha festival.An AL delegation handed over the greeting card to the BNP central office in city’s Naya Paltan area around 5:30pm on Thursday.BNP

DHAKA: Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina greeted opposition leader of the House Rowshan Ershad and Jatiya Party (JP) chairman and also PM’s special envoy HM Ershad.PM’s protocol officer SM Khurshid-ul-Alam sent the greeting cards to their respective secretariat offices in city Thursday

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Police detained 15 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir with weapons and explosives from Khasher haat area of Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district.Police seized three local weapons, 17 cocktails and 2.5-kg gunpowder

DHAKA:  A Dhaka court adjourned recording the deposition and cross-examination in the Zia Charitable and Zia Orphanage graft cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and others till October 15.Third Special Judge Abu Ahmed Jamader of the Bakshibazar makeshift court setup on Alia

DHAKA: Barapukuria graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will continue in the lower court as High Court has rejected her plea challenging legitimacy of the case.An HC bench comprising Justice M Nuruzzaman and Justice Abdur Rab passed the order on Thursday.Earlier, the court has

RAJSHAHI: Police detained outlaw militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir regional chief Mahmudur Rahman Ovi was detained from Rajshahi.Moreover, a huge amount of leaflets were seized during the drive.The law enforcers held the militant leader early Wednesday and confirmed the detainment this

DHAKA: Lucky Akhtar and GM Jilani Shubho have made president and general secretary of Bangladesh Students Union (BSU) respectively in its 37th council.Names of the 41-memner new committee were announced after the council in city on Wednesday noon.Earlier on September 13, eminent

LONDON: Former Prime Minister and also BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia reached London on a personal tour on Wednesday morning.She left Dubai in an Emirates Airlines flight EK-7 from Dubai International Airport at 2:30am and arrived at Heathrow Airport at 6:14am London time ( 11:14 BDST), said

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DHAKA: Former Prime Minister and also BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has left Dubai for London early Wednesday.She left Dubai in an Emirates Airlines flight EK-7 from Dubai International Airport at 2:30am and is expected to arrive at Heathrow Airport at 6:37am London time ( 11:37 BDST), said

DHAKA: Former Prime Minister and also BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has left Dhaka for London on Tuesday night.She left the city in an Emirates Airlines flight EK-585 from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 9:35pm.Party sources said that Khaleda Zia’s personal secretary Abdus