RIYADH: BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Saturday claimed that democracy is absent in the country now. There is no alternative to establish multi-party democracy through a fair election ending the one-party rule, said the BNP senior leader. Moudud was addressing a

RANGPUR: Law enforcers, in separate drives, detained 11 Jamaat and Chhatra Shibir activists and 52 fugitives and other accused early Saturday. Shariful Islam, Senior Officer of Rangpur Detective Police, told banglanews that they arrested 11 Jamaat-Shibir men against whom cases were filed

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claimed that party chairperson Khaleda Zia didn’t complained to Sushma Swaraj against anyone. He came up with the claim at party’s Nayaplatan office strongly protesting the remark by Awami League leaders, who said

RUPGANJ, NARAYANGANJ: One was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash between Awami League and BNP supporters at Kanchan of Rupganj upazila centering municipality election. The incident took place at Daroil vote center around 10:30am on Saturday. The deceased was identified as

NARAYANGANJ: Unidentified miscreants hacked to death a BNP leader in Sonargaon upazila of the district on Friday night.  The deceased is Billal Hossain, 46, Sanmandi union BNP secretary and former union chairman under the upazila.   Sonargaon Police Station officer-in-charge Riazul

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also Awami League (AL) president, asked to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia about her whereabouts during the time of Ziaur Rahman’s murder. The premier asked the question while addressing a rally, organised to observe 65th anniversary of the party, at

DHAKA: Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj invited the 10th National Parliament’s Opposition Leader Raushon Ershad to visit her country before leaving Bangladesh. She had a 20-minute meeting with the Opposition Leader at latter’s office in the parliament around 12:00pm

DHAKA: No issues other that the bilateral interests between Bangladesh and India has been discussed with visiting Indian Foreign Minster Sushma Swaraj, said Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina’s two advisors. PM’s foreign affairs advisor Gowher Rizvi and finance advisor Moshiur Rahman told

DHAKA: Sheikh Rehana, younger daughter of Bangabandhu, and Saima Wazed Hossain, daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, met visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday morning. Sources said that they went to Swaraj’s suite at the Hotel Sonargaon around 10:00am

MADARIPUR: Ruling Awami League-supported candidate Pavelur Rahman Shafiq Khan won the Sadar upazila parishad polls of the district unofficially. AL-backed Shahabuddin Hawladar and Pavin Jahan also won in the posts of vice chairman (VC) and VC (female) respectively. Sources of the

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia had a meeting with visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday morning. Sources said that their meeting started around 10:30am. The BNP chief met the Indian Minister on her (Sushma's) invitation at Bengal suite of the Hotel

DHAKA: A freshly constituted committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Dhaka metropolitan unit will be declared next week to propel the anti-government movement. Sources said that BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas as the conveyer and Swechchhasebak Dal President

DHAKA: A meeting will be held between opposition party leader Rowshan Ershad and visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj at 11:00am Friday.  Opposition Chief Whip Tajul Islam Chowdhury confirmed the matter on Thursday. During her three-day visit, Sushma has called on

CHITTAGONG: Law enforcers, in different drives, nabbed 28 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Chhatra Shibir from various areas of the Satkania and Lohagara upazilas of the district early Thursday. Assistant Superintendent of Police (Satkania circle) AKM Emran Bhuiyan confirmed

MADARIPUR: The voting in Madaripur Sadar upazila is underway from Thursday morning amid five level tight security measures. The polling began at 8:00am and will continue till 4:00pm without break.  Some 11 candidates are vying for three posts—chairman, vice-chairman and woman

NETROKONA: Miscreants chopped to death a BNP leader in Sandikona union under Kendua upazila of the district on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ali, 55, a president of Sandikona union BNP unit of the upazila. Sources said that a group of miscreants attacked Ali

FENI: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged that the government is pat supporting the godfathers. The spokesperson for the party made the allegation while attending a program to distribute iftar goods in Munshirhat

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court on Wednesday has started proceedings of a trial against Senior Nayeb-e-Ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam Mufti Izhar and his son Mufti Harun Izhar on charge of keeping acid from Lalkhan Bazar Madrasa. The trial started through framing charge by Chittagong

NARAYANGANJ: The local administration and election commission (EC) tightened security in Narayanganj besides taking all out measures to hold the Thursday’s Narayanganj-5 by-poll in a fair manner. Sources said to ensure proper security helicopter, dog and bombing squads will be

DHAKA: Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said that politics hinder the process of development of the country. He made the remark while addressing an interim report publishing ceremony of BRT (Bus Rapid Transport) project stretching from Dhaka Airport to Gazipur at the