DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu, also Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) leader, on Monday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is unfit for partaking in politics.“She will be unfit for partaking in the politics of Bangladesh as long as she won’t give up the

BARGUNA: Law enforcers on Monday held district Chhatra Shibir president Irtiza Hasan Farid alleging that he might cause sabotage. He was held from in front of Upazila Parishad around 4:00pm. Officer-in-Charge of Barguna Thana Shamsul Haque PPM told banglanews that he was nabbed based on

CHITTAGONG: A Union Parishad member was killed by unidentified miscreants at Langalmora school ground in Hathazari on Monday late night.   The deceased was identified as Anwar Hossain, 45, son of Nurul Haque of Nadimpur village under Rawjan upazila and No. 15 ward member of Union

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Sunday said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is cent percent responsible for her party’s condition. The spokesperson for the party came up with the observation while addressing an iftar mahfil organized by Juba League at

DHAKA: Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif on Sunday said the objective of government is take the country forward and it has no time to think about the movement of BNP. The AL leader was addressing a discussion meeting organized by Dhaka South City Corporation Sramik

DHAKA: State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday said the police forces are working to maintain law-and-order in the capital during Eid-ul-Fitr. The state minister made the remarks while observing the security system of Eastern Mallika Shopping Complex in city. The law

DHAKA: The Supreme Court on Sunday stayed the bail order of Feni BNP leader Mahatab Uddin Minar, the prime accused of Fulgazi chairman Ekramul Haque Ekram murder case, and asked to surrender within two weeks. Justice Hasan Fayez Shiddique of the Appellate Division placed the order

DHAKA: The Supreme Court on Sunday stayed the bail of BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain till September 2 in a money laundering case. A full bench of the appellate division led by Chief Justice M Mozammel Haque passed the order in response to the plea of

DHAKA: Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu suggested US ambassador to Dhaka to give his eyes on Palestine where hundreds innocent women and children are being killed by Israel instead of sighting Bangladesh internal matters.The information minister made the plea at a protest rally

SIRAJGANJ: A local Awami League leader was hacked to death by rival group in Tarash upazila of the district on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Altaf Hossain, 50, hailed from Jahangirnagar village of Madhainagar union.Police said that centering a dispute over public pond occupying

MEDINA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and her elder son Tarique Rahman arrived in Medina to perform Umrah early Sunday. Khaleda Zia went there as royal guest of Saudi king at his special invitation. Sources said that Tarique Rahman’s wife Jubaida Rahman and her daughter also reached in

SUNAMGANJ: State Minister for Finance and Planning Affairs MA Mannan on Saturday categorically said at present there is no crisis in the country. “We have crossed the crisis in 1971. Now we are seeking potential development,” he said. He came up with the observation in a roundtable

NARAYANGANJ: Detective Branch of Police (DB) detained the main accused of Narayanganj seven-murder case Nur Hossain’s cashier from Akhaura border area in Brahmanbaria district on Saturday morning. The detainee is Ali Mohammad, one of the main assistants of Nur Hossain.  DB

DHAKA: BNP vice-chairman Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed on Saturday opined that there was no need of Indian High Commission in Bangladesh as the number of brokers of India increased significantly. “The number of brokers of India has risen in the country so much that it is no longer

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday claimed that the attack on Hindus in 2001 by his party men was not communal. The senior leader of the party came up with the claim while addressing an extended-meeting of Bangladesh Hindu, Buddhist and Christian

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia will go to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah. She will leave Dhaka at 9:00pm on Saturday. Her personal assistant and a group of journalists will accompany her, said BNP office sources. During her visit in Saudi Arabia, she

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League is planning and preparing to tackle BNP movement for ousting the government, to be begun after Eid-Ul-Fitr, said the party leaders. They also said AL would also take party programs to face off its rival political alliance politically. On July 7, BNP

DHAKA: The new committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Dhaka metropolitan unit has been formed on Friday night.                       Standing committee member Mirza Abbas selected as convener and Swechchhasebak Dal President Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel as member

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has termed the general election on January 5 as unfair and said BNP chief Khaleda Zia will lead for solid unity to stage a protest movement against the government after eid. He came up with the assertion in an Iftar Party at

CHANDPUR: Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhary Maya MP on Friday alleged that BNP is trying to mislead people by their speeches about arranging demonstrations against the government after the eid.“Nothing can be achieved by telling lies to the