MAGURA: Voting in by-polls to Magura-1 constituency is underway at 140 polling centers from 8:00am and will continue till 4:00pm Saturday.Four contesting candidates are Awami League-backed Major General (retd) MA Wahab, independent candidate former mayor of Magura Municipality Tapan Kumar

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders and activists are observing the 34th death anniversary of party’s founder former president Ziaur Rahman.BNP and its associate wings have taken up a 15-day long programme to mark the day. The party flag have been hoisted at half-mast at

DHAKA: A Shillong court Friday rejected bail to BNP joint Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed in a case filed for intrusion in India. The court showed Interpol Red Alert Notice as a ground for not granting bail.  BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Press Wing officer Shairul Kabir Khan

MAGURA: The Election Commission (EC) has completed all preparations to conduct the by-election of Magura-1 constituency will be held on Saturday.The voting will start from 8:00am and continue till 4:00pm without interruption.Magura district election officer and assistant returning officer

RAJSHAHI: A factional clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) left one dead and 10 others injured in Ranirbazar area of the city on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Jiban Sheikh, 22, son of Hossain Sheikh of Rajarhata area of the city, while details of the

DHAKA: The High Court is set to deliver its order any day on its long-pending rule asking the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to explain why the Niko graft case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and others should not be quashed. The bench comprising Justice M Nuruzzaman and

DHAKA: A Dhaka court fixed June 20 to deliver order on whether the three charge sheets submitted against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 37 others in two cases would be taken into cognizance.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shamsul Arefin passed the order after placing the charge sheets

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Thursday declined the remand plea against BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and Shamsuzzaman Dudu in several cases.The court also rejected the BNP leaders bail pleas and ordered the police to inquire them at the jail gate within three days.The court of

DHAKA: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday ordered both the defence and prosecution to submit a summary on the appeal filed by convicted war criminal Mir Quasem Ali within next four weeks.A four-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice SK Sinha

DHAKA: Jatiya Nagarik Committee (National Citizens Committee) has completed its preparation to accord Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a citizen reception.The committee will arrange the reception for the premier at Suhrawardi Udyan at 3:30pm on Friday especially for her success in solving

DHAKA: A council to elect new leader for Dhaka North City (DNC) unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of ruling Awami League (AL), will be held on Thursday.The council is scheduled to begin at Kalabagan playground in city at 11:00am on the day.Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed and

DHAKA: A Shillong court Wednesday sent BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed to jail on charge of intruding into India.Shillong police took him to custody after he was released from Neigrihms hospital, where he was undergoing treatment from May 20.The BNP reappeared in Shillong on May 11 after

DHAKA: BNP on Wednesday welcomed the upcoming visit of India Prime Minster Narendra Modi to Bangladesh.BNP international affairs secretary and also spokesperson Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon made the assertion at a press conference at the party headquarters in city’s Nayapaltan area at noon.He

DHAKA: The Supreme Court fixed June 16 to deliver its verdict on the appeal of the convicted war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed seeking his acquittal of all the charges.The four-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice SK Sinha fixed the date as the arguments on

DHAKA: With the hope of assuming power in three years, ‘Aam-Janata Khilafat Party’ was introduced as a political party on Tuesday.The party’s founding chairman Syedana Haidar Ali Chowdhury announced the formation of the party at a press conference at National Press Club in city on

DHAKA: A discussion will be arranged at Engineers Institution Seminar Hall in city on Wednesday to mark the 34th death anniversary of former president also BNP founder Ziaur Rahman.The discussion, to be organized by BNP’s women wing Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal, will be held at 11:00am on

DHAKA:  The High Court granted anticipatory bail to BNP leader Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia in seven cases for sabotages filed with city’s Mirpur and Pallabi Thanas during the movement of BNP-led 14-party alliance.A HC bench comprising Justice M Rezaul Haque and Justice M Khasruzzaman

CHITTAGONG: Police, in overnight drives, detained 125 people including four activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from different areas of the district.The law enforcers also recovered 4 kilograms of hemp, 45 pieces of yaba and 94 litres of wine during the

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) on Monday declined the anticipatory bail of BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas in two sabotage cases.An HC bench comprising Justice Ruhul Quddus passed the order after holding a hearing.Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon moved for Mirza Abbas in the court

DHAKA: Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in overnight drives arrested two people on suspicion of Islamic State (IS) militant early Monday.The arrestees were identified as Aminul Islam Beg, 50, and Sakib Bin Kamal, 33.DMP Deputy Commissioner (DC) SM Jahangir Alam Sarkar