DHAKA: BNP’s youth wing Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal senior vice-president Advocate Abdus Salam Azad has been made the party’s assistant organizing secretary.A press release, signed by BNP assistant office secretary Asadul Karim Shahin, told the media on Tuesday.However, BNP assistant

LAKSHMIPUR: Miscreants gunned down an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student wing of ruling Awami League, at Amani Lakshmipur village under Sadar Upazila of the district Monday night.The deceased was identified as Mamun Hossain, 25, a local BCL unit activist, son of Abu

BOGRA: A Bogra court on Monday sent Sherpur municipality mayor Swadhin Kumar Kundu, also town BNP organising secretary, to jail rejecting his bail pleas in a vandalism and arson attack case.Bogra Senior Judicial Magistrate Khandaker ATM Tofail Ahmed passed the order at noon.Inspector of

DHAKA: Criticising the Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB), commerce minister Tofail Ahmed on Monday said, “TIB cannot find anything good, rather it finds negatives only”.The minister was talking to journalists after holding a meting with visiting Indian commerce secretary

DHAKA: Barrister Sayedul Hasan Iqbal was appointed as new chairman of Bangladesh Islamic Party, an ally of BNP-led 20-party alliance.The matter was disclosed through a press release, signed by party organising secretary Muhammad Mahmudul Hasan, on Monday.The release said Hasan Iqbal was

GAIBANGHA: Law enforcers in special drives arrested at least 28 persons, including four activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami, in Gaibandha district on Monday.Later at noon, police produced the arrestees before the court.The court then send them to the jail.District additional

DHAKA: The appellate division of the Supreme Court adjourned the prosecutors’ argument till May 24 on the appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed challenging the death penalty for his wartime crimes.The four-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Lt. Gen. (Retd) Mahbubur Rahman on Monday said that his party will welcome India Prime Minster Narendra Modi, who is set to visit Bangladesh.‘Modi will come to Bangladesh on June 6. We welcome him,’ he added.The BNP leader made the assertion while

DHAKA: Tabith Awal, who contended the Dhaka North City Corporation election for mayoral post, met BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed at Shillong Civic Hospital in Meghalaya state of India. Tabith’s family and BNP leaders confirmed the matter to banglanews.However, the senior

NATORE: A district court on Sunday sent eight leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, including its district unit amir Mostafizur Rahman.Judge Nadia Sultana of Senior Judicial Court-3 passed the order at noon after denying a bail plea.Case statement said that there was an incident of

DHAKA:  Opposition leader of the parliament Raushan Ershad said they would discuss with party’s decision-making forum on whether party lawmakers to resign from the cabinet.She addressed a view exchange meeting with journalists in Jatiya Sangshad media center on Sunday afternoon.Raushan

JHENAIDAH: A district court on Sunday sent four BNP men, including its district unit general secretary Abdul Maleque to jail in the case of creating violence.The court of Judge Bishwanath Mandal denied the bail plea submitted at Jhenaidah Senior Judicial Magistrate Court-2.Court sources

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia appointed lawyer Joynul Abedin Mezbah to fight Dandy Dyeing Ltd loan default case.The first money loan court Judge Fatema Ferdous also fixed June 30 to submit Khaleda’s response and form issue in response to the time plea of defendant’s lawyer.The

DHAKA: The report submission date has been deferred till June 18 in the case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and its three other leaders ‘in connection with killing people’ during the hartal blockade. Sunday was scheduled for the submission of the report. Dhaka Metropolitan

DHAKA: Commerce Minster and also ruling Awami League (AL)’s advisory council member Tofail Ahmed said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been developing the country by fulfilling the incomplete works of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.The minister made this observation at a

MEHERPUR: Police arrested seven activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, and its student front Islami Chattra Shibir from Monakhali village under Mujibnagar Upazila of the district early Sunday.Sub-Inspector (SI) Mofidul Islam, acting Officer-In-Charge (OC) of Mujibnagar Thana, confirmed the matter

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday afternoon urged people not to vote the killers, pointing to BNP and its major ally Jamaat-e-Islami.The PM in her speech at a mass rally in Chapainawabganj Government College playground made the appeal to the audience.She said

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL) has chalked out a weeklong program to celebrate Prime Minster and also AL president Sheikh Hasina’s returning home that falls on Sunday (May 17).However, AL and its associate organizations started celebrating the day from Saturday. A discussion will be

JESSORE: Law enforcers arrested 50 persons conducting overnight drives in different parts of Jessore district.Jessore district police control room sources said that the arrestees are accused in different cases including of creating violence.The arrestees are set to be produced before

DHAKA: Liberation War Affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque commented that branding the war of independence of Bangladesh in 1971 as ‘India-Pakistan war’ is a lie.The minister came up with this assertion while inaugurating a facebook page on the history of Bangladesh at Sagor-Runi