DHAKA: Islami Andolon, Bangladesh threatened to call countrywide hartal for Sunday (December 5) if they don’t get permission to hold grand rally on Friday at Suhrawardy Udyan.Presidium member of the party Maolana Mosaddek Billah Al Madani issued the threat in a press briefing at

DHAKA: Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student’s wing of ruling Awami League, approved new committees in its six units at different places of the country for one year. The committees were formed at Manikganj district, Jhenidah district, Jhenidah municipality, Jhenidah Sadar upazila,

RANGPUR: Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad on Wednesday said they are thinking to step down from the cabinet as the incumbent government failed to meet the demands of the nation.“The discussion is going on stepping down from the cabinet,” he said.The former President of the

DHAKA: Over 100 post-deprived leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) staged a demonstration in front of BNP’s central office at Nayapaltan in the city on Wednesday.They also set fire to some tires in the road in the area around 4:00pm that spread panic among the

DHAKA: After changing the name, from Election Commission Secretariat to Election Commission Bangladesh, the EC has also changed its website address.The new portal is addressed as www.ec.org.bd.Sources told banglanews that EC has changed the web address in a bid to introduce itself as

NATORE: Health and family welfare affairs minister Mohammad Nasim on Tuesday said that no election would be held before 2019.The ruling Awami League lawmaker made the comment Tuesday afternoon while addressing the inaugural session of district Awami League’s tri-annual convention at

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir remarked that their party does not believe in military rule and Ziaur Rahman did not impose it.However, the military rule was imposed by Khandaker Mostak Ahmed.The BNP senior leader remarked

DHAKA: War crimes convict Delwar Hossain Sayedee, also Jamaat-e-Islami leader, was again shifted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMU) from Dhaka Central Jail on Tuesday.Senior Jail Super Farman Ali of the central jail confirmed the matter to banglanews.He

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) declared a month-long program on the occasion of Victory Day that falls on December 16. BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Tuesday noon declared the programs at a press conference at its central office in city’s Naya

DHAKA: A Dhaka court adjourned the deposition against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia till December 8 in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).Judge Basudev Roy of the Special Judge Court-3 recorded parts of the deposition of deputy director

DHAKA: The Appellate Division on Monday cancelled the acquittal order issued by High Court in favour of Barrister Nazmul Huda and his wife Sigma Huda in a bribe case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).A four-member bench led by Justice SK Sinha passed the order in the

DHAKA: War crimes convict Delwar Hossain Sayedee, also Jamaat-e-Islami leader, has been sent back to Dhaka Central Jail from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMU) after giving treatment.Senior Jail Super Farman Ali of the central jail confirmed the matter to

RAJSHAHI: Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) of Rajshahi University (RU) unit observed the daylong hartal in Rajshahi City on Monday.They called the shutdown to press home their five-point demands, including immediate arrest of the killers of RU teacher AKM Shafiul Islam and bring the

RANGPUR: The half-day hartal, jointly enforced by Metropolitan Shop Owners’ Association and Rangpur City Corporation, was observed in Rangpur city on Monday.The shutdown was pressed demanding arrest of killer of Juba League leader Imran and protesting deterioration of law-and-order

DHAKA:  Khaleda Zia, chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), will exchange views with leaders of Muktijoddha Dal on the occasion of the month of victory on Monday night.  The meeting will be held at her Gulshan political office at 8:00pm. BNP chairperson’s political office

DHAKA: United Arab Emirates (UAE) ambassador in Dhaka Saeed bin Hajar Al Shehi called on BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia this evening. The 45-minute long meeting was started at 8:30pm and held at Khaleda’s Gulshan residence. During the meeting, they discussed on various issues relating to

RAJSHAHI: Rajshahi University Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) called a dawn to dusk hartal in Rajshahi City for Monday to press home their five-point demands, including the identification of the killers of RU teacher Professor Dr AKM Shafiul Islam and bringing the criminals under trial

FROM JATIYA SANGSAD: The sitting of the Jatiya Sangsad resumed at 4.08pm Sunday with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.The day's proceedings began with recitation from the Holy Quran.This session, which began on November 13, is also the last session of 2014.BDST: 1638 HRS,

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Sunday sent former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker Maulana Sakhawat Hossian to jail for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during war of independence. A three-member tribunal led by its chairman Justice M Enaytur Rahim passed the

DHAKA: A Dhaka Court on Sunday started the trial against the recently sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique for his derogatory comments hurting religious sentiment, and fixed December 7 for charge framing hearing against him. Chief metropolitan magistrate Bikash Kumar Saha transferred the