NARAYANGANJ: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has reached the Narayanganj rally venue at 3:45pm to whip up public support for the demand of immediate election under non-party government.She will address the mass rally, organized by 20-party alliance, within few minutes on Saturday

SAVAR: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is threatening for mass upsurge as she experienced repeated failure to get responses from people.The minister was addressing the inaugural ceremony of extended building of Visitor

NARAYANGANJ: Activists of two factions of local BNP locked into chase and counter chase just after the rally of 20-party-alliance started at 12:30pm Saturday at Kanchpur Balurmath in Sonargaon.   Witnesses said that supporters of Sonargaon BNP general secretary Azharul Islam Mannan and

FROM NARAYANGANJ: A mass rally, organized by 20-party alliance, has begun with the recitation from the holy Quran at Kanchpur Balurmath in Sonargaon upazila of the district Saturday noon. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson and also the alliance leader Khaleda Zia is expected

DUBAI: A speedy pick-up collided with a private car on Sharjah-Fujairah-Maliha highway of Sharjah in United Arab Emirates (UAE) Friday morning, killing a man and injuring two others. The deceased was identified as Shafiqul Islam, general secretary of Awami League’s (AL) Ajman unit in

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia on Friday categorically said there is no alternative of mass upsurge to get rid of incumbent government. He further said they have to prove themselves to people as reliable and stage mass movement against the government.

KUSHTIA: Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu on Friday categorically said that Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is recognized as war criminal party.He made the remark while talking to journalists before attending a meeting of the recruitment committee of Bheramara Degree College in the

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance will stage rallies in upazilas aiming to uphold their position to the nation and prevent the conspiracy of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami. The decision came after an alliance meeting at AL president Sheikh Hasina’s political office in city’s

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed February 12 as a date of charge framing hearing against Quader Siddique in a defamation case for calling former Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir a Razakar. Additional Judge of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court Ali Masud Sheikh fixed the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed February 12 as a date of charge framing hearing against Quader Siddique in a defamation case for calling former Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir a Razakar. Additional Judge of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court Ali Masud Sheikh fixed the

DHAKA: Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal, a front organization of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), will organize a grand rally in city on December 21. The program will be held at Engineers’ Institute auditorium in the city. Muktijoddha Dal president Ishtiaq Aziz Ulfat told banglanews

MYMENSINGH: Former State Minister for Energy Affairs AKM Mosharraf Hossain, also district (south) BNP president, on Thursday alleged that the incumbent government has killed democracy in country. He also alleged that the government is fearful about the popularity of Tarique Rahman and

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday postponed her visit to Jhenidah on December 23 due to fog and cold wave. Chairperson’s press wing officer Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to banglanews. Khaleda was scheduled to address a rally, organised by BNP-led 20-party on

DHAKA:  The International Crimes Tribunal-2 farmed charges against Mahidur Rahman and Afsar Hossain Chutu of Chapainawabganj for their alleged involvement in crimes during the country’s war of independence.The three-member ICT-2, headed by Justice Obaidul Hasan, passed the order. The

DHAKA: The government Thursday appointed new administrators to the two Dhaka city corporations (DCC) amid Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directives to hold elections within this winter.Director General of Jute Directorate Dr Rakhal Chandra Barman was appointed as the administrator of Dhaka

PATUAKHALI: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit costal district Patuakhali on Thursday to inaugurate ‘Coast Guard (CG) Base Agrajatra’ and to lay foundation stones of several projects in the district.Patuakhali deputy commissioner Amitav Sarkar told banglanews that the premier

DHAKA: Jubo Dal will stage demonstration on Thursday protesting the arrest warrant issued against BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman.Central committee leader Gisaudddin Mamun of the organization confirmed the matter to banglanews.Mamun said that issuing of the arrest warrant is

DHAKA: A meeting of ruling 14-party alliance will be held at Sheikh Hasina’s political office in city’s Dhanmondi area on Thursday.The meeting will begin at 11:00am in the day, said a press release signed by Awami League (AL) deputy office secretary Mrinal Kanti Das.AL presidium

DHAKA: A Dhaka court fixed December 28 for complete hearing charge framing against BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and its 22 leaders and activists in the case filed for torching and vandalizing vehicles.Metropolitan Magistrate Tareq Mainul Islam Bhuiyan

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, in a message on the occasion of Human Rights Day, claimed that human rights situation in Bangladesh have fallen below zero.In the message, the BNP chief said that the United Nations (UN) General Assembly proclaimed 10th December as Human Rights Day in