DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Dhaka City Unit Committee Convener Mirza Abbas on Wednesday categorically said the movement against the Awami League led government would be peaceful. He added: “The movement will be peaceful but the government becomes panicked,” he said.

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia greeted Turkey’s newly elected president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In a letter, the BNP chief thanked Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader for his win in the popular election for Presidency for the first time in

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina categorically said that our boys and girls will dominate the world and we are working to attain this target.The premier came up with the assertion while exchanging views with the high officials of education sector at Ganabhaban in city on Wednesday

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday deferred the charge framing hearing of BNP standing Committee Member MK Anwar till September 15 in a case under Information Technology and Communication Act.The court of Senior Special Judge of Dhaka Justice M Zahurul Haq passed the order in response

DHAKA: BNP-led 20-party alliance will hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on August 19 protesting government’s National Broadcast Policy-2014.The alliance will bring out black flag-procession across the country on August 16, beginning in front of BNP’s Nayapaltan office

DHAKA: Communications minster Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said many people are violating traffic rules labeling the Member of Parliament’s (MP) stickers on their vehicles, they act like MP, but traffic police can check them whether they are real or fake.He came up with the remarks

KHULNA: Law enforcers arrested Terakhada Upazila Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Kabirul Islam with arms early Tuesday. He was arrested from Atulia Madrasa of the upazila. Officer-in-Charge of Terakhada Thana Harendranath Sarker confirmed the matter to banglanews. We have recovered a foreign

DHAKA: Dr Zobaida Rahman, wife of BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman, has been dismissed from the government job due to absence for more than five years and ten months. The dismissal order was issued as per section 34 of the service rules of government. Despite her dismissal,

DHAKA: A Dhaka Court Tuesday deferred the hearing on charge framing against BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 45 other BNP leaders in vehicle torching case. Metropolitan Magistrate Tarek Mainul Islam Bhuiyan fixed September 4 when Advocate Sanaullah

SHERPUR: Election Commissioner Brigadier General (retd) M Jabed Ali on Monday said the election was not well accepted to the mass people due to three reasons.He made the observations after inaugurating newly built server station building in Chalk Pathak area of the district.He also

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) student affairs secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie was granted bail after he surrendered before the court.Earlier on Sunday, an arrest warrant was issued against Annie and some BNP leaders.The BNP leader said he could not appear before the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court here on Monday deferred the hearing on charge framing against 38 BNP top leaders, including party’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, till October 30.The Second Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Masud Sheikh issued the order in the

JESSORE: A BNP activist has been slaughtered by unknown assailants in Putkhali under Benapole Port Thana of the district on Sunday late night. The deceased was identified as Shamim, 35, residing in that village. Locals told banglanews that there were a long dispute between some locals

DHAKA: Police arrested two Jamaat-e-Islami activists from a protest possession at Nabisko in Tejgaon Industrial area of the capital on Monday morning.Acting Secretary General Shafiqur Rahman of Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday, in a statement, called countrywide demonstration for Monday

DHAKA: Protesting the formulation of national broadcast policy, which might allegedly snatch the freedom of press, the BNP-led 20-party alliance will stage demonstration in the capital on August 19. Besides, demanding scrap of the broadcast policy, the alliance will also hold a silent

CHITTAGONG: At least three persons sustained bullet injuries in a ‘gunfight’ between police and Jamaat cadre Dakat Shahid and his cohorts in Satkania upazila of the district on Sunday late night.The bullet-wounded are Dakat Shahid, 30 and two of his aides Borhan, 27 and Sayem

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday met with party’s standing committee members over latest political scenario. The meeting started at Chairperson’s political office at Gulshan of the city around 9:00pm. They also discussed about their

DHAKA: Health Minister, also Awami League presidium member, Mohammed Nasim on Sunday said no bar would be put to the BNP’s peaceful movement but zero tolerance would be shown, if any disorder appears. The lawmaker came up with the remarks while addressing a condolence meeting organized

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday placed 20 leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, including former president of Shibir Dr Shafiqul Islam Masud, on four-day remand. Metropolitan Magistrate Ataul Haque passed the order after the hearing when Sub-inspector Saiful Islam of Mohammadpur Thana

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member and also BNP Dhaka Metropolitan convener Mirza Abbas has been exempted from cocktail blast case filed under explosive act. Dhaka additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Alamgir Kabir passed the order discharging Miza Abbas on Sunday.