DHAKA: Police personnel, who were on-duty in front of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan residence, were withdrawn again on Monday morning.Confirming the matter to banglanews, BNP chairperson’s press wing Shayrul Kabir Khan said a seven-member team of police, deployed in front of

DHAKA: BNP-supported Dhaka South City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral candidate Mirza Abbas aimed to build the city globalization-friendly.An election manifesto of the candidate made the promise on Monday.In absence of the BNP leader, her wife Afroza Abbas announced the manifesto at National

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) on Monday dismissed its rule related to seeking court order on government to trace and produce missing BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed.The court also ordered the Police Headquarters authorities to continue search to trace the missing leader and

SAVAR: At least 15 people, among 50, received bullet injuries in a clash between two factions of Jubo League at Jamshing area of Savar municipality Sunday evening.Councilor Minhaj Uddin Molla Mina of Savar municipality, his wife Nargis and son Antar Molla are among the bullet injured.They

DHAKA: Election manifesto of BNP-supported Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayoral candidate Mirza Abbas will be announced on Monday.The manifesto is set to be announced by his wife Afroza Abbas at 11:00am at National Press Club in city.Educationist Dr Emajuddin Ahmed will be present

DHAKA: BNP urged the Election Commission (EC) to take measures in stopping government grants, recruitments and development works before the city corporation polls scheduled to be held on April 28.Acting office secretary of the party Dr Asaduzzaman Khan, also party’s international

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia joined the city poll campaigns on the consecutive second day on Sunday.After coming out of her Gulshan residence, she went to city’s Uttara area around 4:30pm for seeking votes for BNP-back Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) contender Abith

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL)-supported candidate of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Anisul Haque said he does not feel any pressure though BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia joined city election campaigns for his competitor.He made the remark while campaigning at Paikpara Nutun Bazar in

DHAKA: At least 51 people including eight BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir men were arrested from Satkhira and Gaibandha districts early Sunday.Banglanews Satkhira Correspondent said the law enforcers arrested 36 people including six BNP-Jamaat men

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday afternoon surprisingly distributed leaflets for her party-backed Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) contender Tabith Awal.Party chief, without any prior announcement, came out of her Gulshan residence for Pink City Market in Gulshan-2. She

KUSHTIA: Police on a tip-off conducted drives in a madrassa and nabbed 16 activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir as they were in a secrete meeting there on Saturday.Moreover, explosives were also seized during the drives.Kushtia additional police super (SP) Sohel Reza told banglanews that on

DHAKA: Law enforcers in overnight drives arrested at least 130 people including 28 activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-Shibir in Chittagong and Jessore on Saturday.Police arrested 57 people including 25 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from

DINAJPUR: Authorities of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) lodged a lawsuit over Thursday’s Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) infighting that left its two activists killed and 10 others injured.Dr ATM Safiqul Islam, protector of HSTU, filed the case with

FARIDPUR: Officer-in-Charge of Bhanga Thana and six others were injured in alleged misfires from the shotgun of bodyguard of Faridpur Awami League member Dipok Mozumder.The accident took place during a rally of AL presidium member Kazi Jafarullah at 9:00am Saturday.OC Nazmul Islam

DHAKA: A five-member delegation of Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh met Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan residence in the city Friday night.Led by Hefajat’s Dhaka city unit convener Maulana Nur Hossain Kashemi, the delegation held an hour-long meeting

DHAKA: BNP joint secretary general M Shahjahan was released on bail from the Dhaka Central Jail Part-1 (Kashimpur) on Friday afternoon.Jailer of Kashimpur Faridur Rahman Rubel confirmed the matter to banglanews.He further said they scrutinized the papers sent from the court regarding the

DAHKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party-backed mayor candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation Tabith Mohammad Awal made a long list of 83 pledges to build Dhaka as an ‘ideal’ city.Sorting out the city's problems into 12 main points, Tabith disclosed an 83-point manifesto at a press

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) fixed April 21 for hearing the bail plea of Mirza Abbas, BNP-endorsed mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation polls, in a corruption case.The HC bench of Justice M Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice JBM Hassan passed the order on Thursday.On April 15,

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) will take action only against the specific allegations of electoral code of conduct violation.Election Commissioner M Shahnewaz made the remark on Thursday in reply to different allegations against candidates of bifurcated Dhaka city corporations.The

DHAKA: Out of four arson attack cases, the High Court on Thursday granted six months’ interim bail release to imprisoned acting BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Almagir in a case.An HC bench comprising Justice Mohammad Nuruzzaman and Justice Jafar Ahmed passed the order.The