DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL) is set to mark the Homecoming Day of its president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina through a weeklong program starting from May 16.AL presidium member and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim came up with the disclosure at a press conference

GAZIPUR: Declining bail, a Gazipur court on Monday sent Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) mayor Professor Abdul Mannan to jail.Senior Judicial Magistrate Farzana Haque issued the order when Joydebpur Thana Police produced him before the court after completing one-day remand at noon.However,

DHAKA: Counting of votes for councilor posts in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) at three suspended polling centers is underway as voting ended at 4:00pm Monday.Earlier, the voting began at 8:00am and continued till 4:00pm without any break amid heavy rainfall.The centers are Kamalapur

DHAKA: Swechchasebok Dal, the volunteer wing of BNP, will stage protest program across the country on Wednesday protesting the charge-sheet submission against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in Jatrabari arson case.Organization’s office secretary M Akhteeruzzaman Babu Bachchu made the

DHAKA: At least 156 people, including 10 activists of BNP and its major ally Jamaat-e-Islami were arrested in Jessore, Satkhira and Gaibandha districts on Monday.Jessore district police control room sources said that 78 persons, including three BNP activists, were arrested in Jessore

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will meet the leaders of Bangladesh Jatiyotabadi Muktijoddha Dol at her Gulshan political office in city.The meeting is scheduled to be held at 8:30pm on Tuesday.BNP chairperson’s media wing member Shayrul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to

NARAYANGANJ: Matropolitan city unit amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Mainuddin Ahmed was arrested on Monday morning.Sources said that police arrested the Jamaat city chief from his residence in Hajiganj of Narayanganj city at 11:00am in the day.Narayanganj Sadar Model Thana officer-in-charge (OC)

DHAKA:  Voting for councilor posts in the Dhaka South City Corporation is underway at three suspended polling centers from Monday morning amid heavy rainfall.The voting began at 8:00am and will continue till 4:00pm without any break.The centers are Ward No 8 Kamalapur Railway High

DHAKA: New committee for Dhaka City Awami League, which remains pending for a long time, will be announced soon. After the city corporation election, the issue was discussed in the meeting of party's policy making forum, said party sources.After the city election, the party high-ups are

DHAKA: Police foiled the progressive student front organized gherao program of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) office on Sunday.However, the besiege program was organized protesting the sexual assault on women in city’s TSC area during the Bangla New Year celebration on Pahela

DINAJPUR: Police arrested a member of Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebok Dal central committee, also Dinajpur city Swechchhasebok Dal unit convener, Bakhtiar Ahmed Kochi, 35, on Saturday night. Police picked up him from his residence in Baluadanga of the city around 9:30pm.Dinajpur Kowtali Thana

DHAKA: Newly elected mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Sayeed Khokon on Saturday categorically said he would not tolerate any corruption in the city corporation’s development activities.Sayeed Khokon made the assertions while addressing a reception program, organized by DSCC,

NARAYANGANJ: At least 10 people were injured as two groups of ruling Awami League’s (AL) Araihajar upazila unit in Narayanganj locked into clashes on Saturday.Moreover, the infighting groups also set fire to shops and vandalized several establishments in the area.Sources said the

COMILLA: BNP boycotted upazila election partway through voting in Daudkandi in accusation of vote rigging and other irregularities on Saturday.The BNP-supported candidates made the announcement of vote boycott at a press conference held in upazila unit of BNP office at 12:30pm.However,

CHITTAGONG: At least 167 people including four activists of Islami Chhattra Shibir were arrested in Chittagong and Satkhira districts.Police in special drives arrested 112 people from different areas of Chittagong district.The drives were conducted in Satkania, Lohagara and Banshkhali

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulated her British counterpart David Cameron on his reelection in the UK parliamentary polls, held on Thursday, inviting him to visit Bangladesh.The premier’s press wing disclosed the matter to media Friday night.In a congratulatory message to

DHAKA: Food minister Advocate Quamrul Islam on Friday alleged Jamaat-e-Islami was the patroniser of all fundamentalist parties, including Hefajat-e-Islam and Ansarullah Bangla Team, of the country while BNP was their adviser.Quamrul was addressing a discussion meeting, organized by

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League’s student front Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) will hold council on July 25 and 26 to form its central committee.The BCL also announced the date to hold council to form its committees for Dhaka north and south city, Dhaka University (DU) units and other units

DHAKA: Police will start the process to arrest BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia after issuance of warrant by the court for her arrest in a case of arson attack on a bus in city’s Jatrabari area.Joint Commissioner of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police M Monirul Islam confirmed

DHAKA: Pro-BNP fugitive mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation  (RCC) Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul has been suspended for bring accused in several criminal cases including sabotage and arms and explosives.Local Government Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Thursday