DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has called an emergency press conference on Wednesday noon. The press meet will be held at 1:00pm at party’s central office in city’s Nayapaltan area, said party sources. Confirming the matter, BNP chairperson’s media wing official Shairul

DHAKA: The ruling Awami League (AL) will hold a joint meeting of its central working committee, advisory committee and parliamentary party on December 12.The meeting will start at 4:00pm at the party’s president Dhanmondi political office.The meeting will discuss about upcoming

NARAYANGANJ: At least 10 Awami League men were injured in a clash between two groups in Fatullah of Narayanganj Sadar upazila on Tuesday.The injured--Shamim, Harun, Muslim, Raju, Sumon and Munna—were rushed to local hospitals.Sources told banglanews that the clash took place in the

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on Tuesday fixed December 18 to announce the decision about the indictment of alleged Razakar Forkan Mallik of Mirzaganj in Patuakhali.After the hearing, the three-member tribunal led by its chairman Justice Obaidul Hasan passed the

DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Tuesday said the elections for Dhaka City Corporations would not be possible to hold in January.“It will not be possible to hold the elections in Dhaka City Corporations in January. We will need more time to take

KHAGRACHHARI: A dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by ‘Jela Santras O Chandabaz Protirodh Committee’ is underway across the district since Tuesday morning.The committee is observing the shutdown demanding trial to the killers of a school teacher of Manikchhari.Hartal supporters brought

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting-secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claimed that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s urge for immediate Dhaka City Corporation Elections is a ‘trick’ of diverting mass attention from the anti-government movements. The BNP leader

DHAKA: A four-member delegation of European Union (EU) Parliamentary delegation met with a delegation of ruling Awami League at party president’s Dhanmondi political office on Monday. The delegation asked the leaders of the party whether the parliament is effective. Jean Lombard led

KHAGRACHHARI: ‘Jela Santras O Chandabaz Protirodh Committee’ called dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Tuesday demanding the trial of the murder of a school teacher of Manikchhari and put a stop to extortion and terrorism. Municipality mayor Rafiqul Alam, also the convener of

BENAPOLE (JESSORE): A Juba League leader, who sustained critical injury in a fractional clash in Sharsha, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Dhaka on Monday.  The deceased was identified as Tuzam Hossain, 35, joint organizing secretary of upazila Juba League and son of one

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday rejected four appeals seeking deferment of recording deposition in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia. Judge Basudev Roy of the Special Judge Court-3 passed the order after the hearing conducted at the makeshift court setup

DHAKA: Police submitted sedition charge against BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka in a case filed for provoking party activists to go for violence ahead of a mass rally of the party on October 25, 2013.The charge sheet was placed before metropolitan magistrate Mahbubor Rahman

DHAKA: The life and ideology of Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain enthuse and inspire women in society, said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia.Khaleda on Monday commented this in a message on the pioneering social reformer’s birth and death anniversary that

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia urged the youths of the country to join the movement to oust incumbent government.She made the remarks in a view exchange meeting with the leaders of Facebook based online activists’ organization ‘Blue Band Call’ at her political office in

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday deferred the charge hearing till December 24 against 26 BNP leaders, including acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in vandalism and torching case.Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court Judge Tareq Moinul Islam Bhuiyan passed

SYLHET: A total of 53 accused of different cases were arrested from different areas of the district in a special drive between Saturday morning and Sunday morning. Police did not disclose the identities of the arrestees. According to a press release sent in the evening, they are accused

KHAGRACHHARI: Locals under the banner of ‘Sarbodoliyo Sochetan Nagorik Committee’ called a daylong hartal for Monday in Manikchhari upazila of the district.They will observe the hartal protesting the killing of a school teacher on Saturday night in the upazila.Manikchhari Upazila

DHAKA: BNP-led 20-party alliance threatened of waging non-stop movement if the government hikes price of power and gas.After a secretary generals level meeting of the alliance, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the forewarning while talking to journalists on

DHAKA: The Canadian High Commissioner Heather Cruden will meet BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday night. The meeting will be held at BNP chairperson’s political office in city’s Gulshan at 8:30pm. BNP press wing officer Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to banglanews

HABIGANJ: A ruling Awami League leader Murshed Kamal Moshahid (36) was crushed under the wheels of an inter-city train at Harashpur Railway Station in Madhabpur of the district on Sunday. The accident took place at 10:45am on Dhaka-Sylhet railway track. Moshahid was joint-secretary of