DHAKA: Law enforcers detained at least 138 persons including 40 leaders and activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami in Meherpur, Chittagong, Jessore and Satkhira districts on Saturday.Banglanews Meherpur correspondent said that police in overnight drives nabbed 27 BNP-Jamaat men

DHAKA: The country is set to experience a hartal-free office day on Sunday after several weeks as BNP-led 20-party alliance preferred countrywide demo on the day to press their demands.BNP joint secretary general Barkatullah Bulu made the announcement issuing a press release Saturday

DHAKA: Law enforcers detained at least 37 leaders and activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami in Meherpur and Chittagong on Saturday.Banglanews Meherpur correspondent said that police in overnight drives nabbed 27 BNP-Jamaat men from different areas in Meherpur district.Police

DHAKA: Election Commission banned the election campaign of three city corporation elections using microphone after 9:00pm.The EC also ordered the respective returning officers to take necessary steps against those who will violate the code of conduct.The directives said the candidates can

MOLVIBAZAR: The local administration imposed section 144 in Juri upazila of the district as two rival groups of Awami League (AL) called a meeting at the same venue at the same time on Friday. The ban has been imposed from 12:00pm and will continue till 12:00am Saturday to avoid untoward

DHAKA: The ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance will sit for meeting on three city corporation elections on Tuesday.AL office secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap, also Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s special assistant, informed that on Friday.He said the meeting will begin at 11:00am at

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, on behalf of her party, expressed her grief over the death of 10 Hindu pilgrims in a stampede in Langalbandh under Bandar Upazila in Narayanganj.BNP Chairperson’s Media Wing confirmed the matter to banglanews Friday afternoon.Khaleda Zia expressed

CHITTAGONG: BNP chairperson’s adviser M Manjur Alam on Friday collected nomination paper Friday afternoon for the re-election in the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) after resignation from his mayoral post.He collected his nomination paper from the office of Returning officer Abdul

DHAKA: BNP presidium member, also Dhaka city unit convener, Mirza Abbas on Friday joined the mayoral race in the upcoming Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) polls, slated to be held on April 28.On behalf of the BNP leader, Advocate Shahjahan collected the nomination paper from DSCC

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained four members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) with Arges grenade, huge hand bombs, petrol bombs and huge amount of bomb making materials in city’s Uttara area early Friday.Details of the detainees could not be

CHITTAGONG: The BNP leaders of Chittagong unit on Thursday afternoon called for united campaigns so that the incumbent Chittagong city mayor M Manjur Alam can be reelected.   Earlier on Wednesday, they gave support to mayor candidate M Manjur Alam in Chittagong City Corporation (CCC)

CHITTAGONG: Law enforcers detained five BNP and its key ally Jamaat-Shibir men in overnight drives conducted in different areas in Chittagong district on Thursday.The detainees include 2 BNP activists and 2 from Shibir and one from Jamaat.District additional police super (Special Branch)

RAJSHAHI: The pro-BNP-Jamaat lawyers swept the Rajshahi Bar Association (RBA) election 2015-16, wining 18 posts including president and general secretary.Pro-Awami League-left party lawyers won four posts in the election.Among the pro-BNP-Jamaat lawyers, Nazmus Sadat and Jamsed Ali were

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday greeted people of the country and Bangladeshis expatriates  in abroad on the occasion of the 45th Independence and National Day, to be marked Thursday.Khaleda conveyed her greetings in a press release, signed by her press secretary Maruf

DHAKA: A delegation of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) proposed to extent time for nomination submission date of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Chittagong City Corporation (CCC).BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser, also former Dhaka

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday returned four summon letters, sent by a Dhaka court addressing her and three other family members in Dandy Dyeing Ltd loan default case.Three others are Khaleda’s younger son late Arafat Rahman Koko’s wife Sharmila Rahman and two

DHAKA: Nomination forms have been collected for BNP-backed Abdul Awal Mintu for Dhaka North and Abdus Salam for Dhaka South city corporations Wednesday.Mintu’s son Tafsir Awal and BNP activist Selim collected the forms from respective returning officers’ office in the afternoon.Tafsir

DHAKA: Law enforcers held at least 77 persons, including 20 leaders and activists, in drives conducted in Jessore, Chittagong and Bogra districts on Wednesday.Police arrested 55 persons conducting drives in Jessore.Jessore district police control room sources said that the drives,

CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has given support to the incumbent Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) mayor M Manjur Alam for the polls, to be held on April 28.The announcement officially came at a press conference, organized by ‘Chattagram Unnayan Andolan’, a BNP-back

CHITTAGONG: A speedy trial tribunal on Wednesday acquitted 13 Shibir men of the charge of killing a Jatiyarabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader Jamir Uddin.Judge of Chittagong Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Reza Tarique Ahmed produced the verdict after 20 years of killing the former general