DHAKA: Ruling Awami League-backed Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral poll contender and also former FBCCI president Anisul Huq promised a clean as well as green Dhaka if he is elected.Anisul, also former FBCCI president, made the promise while presenting his election manifesto in

DHAKA: Law enforcing agencies, in separate drives, detained a total of 136 people, including 22 activists of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Chhatra Shibir, from five districts for their alleged link in sabotages.The anti-sabotage drives were conducted between Thursday night and

DHAKA: Pro-BNP professional platform Adarsha Dhaka Andolan convener Professor Emajuddin Ahmed on Friday demanded deployment of army personnel in Dhaka and Chittagong cities a week before the voting day.Emajuddin came up with his demand when addressing a seminar tilted “City Corporations

RANGPUR: Police arrested two activists of Chhatra Shibir with 30 petrol bombs and bomb making substances from Mirbagh area under Kawnia Upazila of the district early Friday.The arrestees are Nurul Haque, 36, of Chandipur area and Azizul, 27, of Dharmeshwar area under Kownia upazila.

CHHITTAGONG: Ruling Awami League-backed Nagorik Committee mayoral candidate AJM Nasir Uddin has got elephant symbol and BNP-backed Chattagram Unnayan Andolan candidate M Manjur Alam got orange for the Chittagong City Corporation polls.Returning Officer Abdul Baten allocated the

MAGURA: Police detained an activist of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) with a pair of cocktails, three kilograms of explosive, and other bomb making substances at Shalikha Upazila of the district Thursday night.The detainee was identified as Shadat Hossain.Acting on a tip-off, police

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) will allocate symbols to the candidates of upcoming three city corporation elections on Friday.A total of 48 candidates will fight for mayoral post including 16 contestants from Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), 20 from Dhaka South City Corporation

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday deferred till May 28 the hearing of charge framing against BNP acting general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 45 leaders of 18-party alliance in vehicle torching case.Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court’s Magistrate Ataul Haque passed the

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League’s former MP Sarah Begum Kabari, also a renowned film actress and Bobby Hajjaj, former special adviser to PM’s special envoy HM Ershad, on Thursday withdrew their respective candidacy as mayoral aspirants for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC)

DHAKA: Moazzem Hossain Alal, president of BNP’s youth wing Jubo Dal and Dr Mostafizur Rahman Iran, chairman of Labour Party, one of the allies of 20-party alliance, got bail release on Thursday afternoon.Moazzem Hossain Alal was released around 12:45pm while Dr Mostafizur Rahman Iran

DHAKA:  The High Court on Thursday extended its stay order on the proceedings of Barapukuria Coalmine graft case filed against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and others by six months.The bench comprising Justice M Nuruzzaman and Justice Jafar Ahmed passed the order in the afternoon in

DHAKA:  A Dhaka court on Thursday rejected bail petitions of BNP joint secretary general Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi in three violence cases.Judge Kamrul Hossain Molla of metropolitan session judge court passed the orders after hearing three appeals submitted by his lawyers.Joynul Abedin

DHAKA: At least 126 persons, including 49 leaders and activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami, were held in Jessore, Satkhira, Gaibandha, Chittagong and Jhenaidah districts on Thursday.In Jessore, police arrested 71 persons including 27 BNP-Jamaat men in overnight drives in

DHAKA: BNP-backed Abdul Awal Mintoo lost his last hope to run in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral race.Supreme Court Appellate Division Thursday passed no order on his plea filed challenging the High Court verdict that rejected his writ petition to reverse Election

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) threatened to take legal action against the ministers, MPs, speaker and other government officials if they make influence in the upcoming city corporation elections.Election Commissioner Mohammad Shahnewaz made the remark while talking to the media on

DHAKA: British high commissioner to Bangladesh Robert W Gibson made a courtesy call to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia.The meeting was held at BNP chief’s Gulshan residence in city around 5:00pm on Wednesday.BNP standing committee Dr Moin Khan, among others, was present at the

DHAKA: Bikalpadhara Bangladesh senior joint secretary general Mahi B Chowdhury and also a contender of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) election on Wednesday sought support from all nationalist forces, including BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia as the leader.He made the assertion at a press

DHAKA:  Law enforcers, in anti-sabotage drives, detained 207 people, including 53 activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami, at different places in the four districts apprehending sabotages amid hartal-blockade.In Jessore: Police, in nightlong drives, rounded up 61 accused,

DHAKA: Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha formed the High Court (HC) bench to hear the rules in the Niko, GATCO and Barapukuria coalmine graft cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and others.As per the Wednesday’s cause list number-171, the bench comprising Justice Nuruzzaman

KISHOREGANJ: A court here gave life term imprisonment to Ranjan Chowdhury, leader of the Indian separatist group- United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) and his aide Prodip Marak in arms and explosive cases.The court also fined them Tk 20,000 each, in default, to serve 6 more months