Saturday, 26 Jul, 2025

Politics

Fakhrul leaves for Thakurgaon in afternoon

THAKURGAON: BNP acting general secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is set to arrive in Thakurgaon on Tuesday night to celebrate upcoming Eid-ul-Azha with family members and relatives. Information and research affairs secretary Mamun-ur-Rashid of Thakurgaon BNP unit confirmed the matter

Mirza Fakhrul returns home

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir returned home from Singapore after treatment on Monday night.He arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in a Singapore Airlines flight around 10:50pm.BNP chairperson’s press wing officer Shairul Kabir Khan

Ershad’s eid greetings to President, PM

DHAKA: Jatiya Party chairman H M Ershad, also former President of the country, on Monday sent eid greetings to President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Choudhury.Manjurul Islam, personal assistant secretary to Ershad, confirmed the matter to

Mirza Fakhrul returns home Monday night

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is set to return home from Singapore after treatment on Monday night. He is likely to arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in a Singapore Airlines flight around 10:30am.BNP chairperson’s press wing officer

16 held in suspicion of Shibir men

CHITTAGONG: Police held 16 in suspicion of activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, conducting derives in Chittagong Government College’s Sher-e-Bangla Hostel and its adjacent areas in port city Chittagong on Sunday afternoon.Police conducted the drives, led

BNP’s joint meeting Monday

DHAKA: A joint meeting of BNP will be held at its headquarters in city’s Nayapaltan area on Monday morning.Party secretaries and also central committee president and secretaries of BNP front organizations are requested to be present at 11:00am on the day.A press release, signed by BNP

22 Jamaat-Shibir men arrested in Ctg

CHITTAGONG: Police detained 22 leaders and activists of Jammat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from Satkania upazila in Chittagong district on Saturday night.The arrestees were accused in several cases for sabotage and arson attacks on vehicles, police said.Satkania

6 Shibir men held in Pirojpur

PIROJPUR: Police detained six thana unit presidents of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student front of Jamaat-e-Islami from Pirojpur district on Saturday afternoon.The detainees were identified as Sajib Hossain Zahid (22), son of late Abdul Khaleque; Naqib Nasrullah (19); Ismail Mollah (23), son

B’baria AL leader electrocuted

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)

B’baria AL leader electrocuted

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)

Khaleda sends eid greetings to Hasina

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

BNP’s Sylhet city council postponed

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

AL nomination form on Oct 1-2

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

Hizb ut-Tahrir regional chief remanded

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

By-poll in Latif’s vacant seat rescheduled

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

Bangla Bhai aide Mehedi arrested

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

By-poll in Latif’s vacant seat rescheduled

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

PM greets Khaleda on Eid-ul-Azha

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

PM greets Ershad, Rowshan on Eid

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

15 Jamaat-Shibir men held with 17 cocktails in C’ganj

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