DHAKA: Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) president Saber Chowdhury stressed on the contribution of parliaments and lawmakers in guaranteeing international human rights standards at the national level, said a press release Sunday. Saber was addressing the inaugural session of the Second

DHAKA: Supreme Court (SC) upheld the trail order against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia dismissing her leave-to-appeal in Zia Charitable Trust graft case. An SC bench led by Chief Justice Mozammel Hossain passed the order on Sunday (November 30) morning. On November 24, SC also rejected 2

COMILLA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said ruling Awami League (AL) and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have realized that there is no soil beneath their feet.“AL wants thwart the movement of BNP by suing and attacking on BNP leaders and activists

DHAKA: Former lawmaker of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Maulana Sakhawat Hossain was detained on charge of war crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971.  Law enforcers detained him from city’s Uttara area on Saturday evening. Sources told banglanews that police detained the

DHAKA: The sitting of the fourth session of the 10th parliament will resume on Sunday afternoon after a four-day break. On Tuesday, Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, who was in the chair, adjourned the House until 4:30pm on Sunday after completion of the ninth working day. According

TOWN HALL GROUND (COMILLA): BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday said Awami League (AL) does not believe in democracy and welfare for the people and they did not even a pro-liberation war power. The 20-party alliance chief was addressing a rally organized by the alliance at Town Hall

DHAKA: Former BNP leader Barrister Nazmul Huda announced the name of a new political party ‘Bangladesh Manobadhikar Party’ (BMP) at his Meherba Plaza office in city on Saturday. Barrister Huda said, “There are two larger political alliances in the country now, one of them led by

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia reached Comilla to attend a rally, demanding new general election under a non-party caretaker government, organised by 20-party alliance on Town Hall premises of the district Saturday afternoon.Khaleda Zia’s motorcade

DHAKA: Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) Chairman threatened to start a non-cooperation movement from May 1 next year if the government does not take any effective measures to implement the roadmap of the CHT peace accord by this time. “We will enforce non-cooperation

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has started her journey to attend a rally organised by 20-party alliance at Town Hall premises of the district on Saturday.Khaleda Zia’s motorcade left her Gulshan residence for Comilla at 10:20am.She is expected to reach there around 2:00pm and

DHAKA: US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal held a meeting with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday evening.The meeting started at Khaleda’s Gulshan political office in the city at 6:05pm and continued till 7:15pm.US Ambassador to

DHAKA: Information minister Hasanul Haq Inu remarked that BNP is turning into Muslim League day by day as they are being vanished from the history for supporting Jamaat-e-Islami like the Muslim League.The minister came up with this assertion while speaking as chief guest in a

DHAKA: The Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) will hold a meeting at Ganobhaban, official residence of Prime Minister, on Friday.Sources said some important decisions on organizational and political issues, including national conference of the party, national committee,

SAVAR (DHAKA): Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim on Thursday termed BNP movements as tall-talks.The minister came up with the assertion while talking to the media in a three-day 13th Annual Asian Spinal Cord Network (ASCoN) seminar at Savar BRAC CDM Centre.Nasim

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday categorically said ruling Awami League turned into the worst political party in the world for their activities.The spokesperson for the party came up with the observation while addressing a discussion at the

DHAKA: US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal will hold a meeting with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday evening.She will meet Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan political office at 6:00pm.Khaleda’s Media Wing member Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the

DHAKA: Shaheed Milon Day was observed in the country on Thursday marking the 24th anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon’s martyrdom. On November 27, 1990, the armed cadres of the then autocratic ruler HM Ershad shot dead Dr Milon, the then joint secretary of Bangladesh Medical

JESSORE: A local leader of ruling Awami League was shot dead by unknown miscreants at Sheikhhati Jamrul Tala under Sadar upazila of the district on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Mahfujur Rahman Khokan, 25, son of Moslem Uddin, resident of Sheikhhati Jamrul Tala, and

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday said the misrule of one-party grabbed the roads of multi-party democracy.“The democracy is now on the brink of collapsing to deep hole and one-party government’s misrule has grabbed the roads of multi-party democracy,” she said.The

GAZIPUR: At least 10 people were injured in a clash between the activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and police in Chandana intersection area on Wednesday.Sources said the law enforcers opened fire and brought the situation under control.Joydebpur Thana Sub-Inspector (SI) Sujayet