DHAKA: BNP will stage demonstrations across the country on Monday in protest against the sending of its three senior leaders to jail by a court.Joint secretary general of the party Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed announced the fresh protest program on Sunday after the court order.Rizvi

DHAKA: The death of three persons in third phase of upazila polls were ‘individual’ incidents, commented Asaduzzaman Khan, the state minister for home affairs ministry.He said the elections were held in a vast area of the country. During the polls, two or three persons can die in

RANGPUR: Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son and also IT advisor, on Sunday said the government is committed to supply gas to North Bengal, including Rangpur.He came up with the assertion while addressing a rally organized by the local Awami League at Rangpur Zila

DHAKA: A Dhaka court sent three BNP leaders including its acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to jail in three cases filed for killing people by torching bus at Paribagh and so on.The two other leaders are Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas and Dhaka City BNP member

DHAKA: BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is set to appear before the court on Sunday morning in four separate cases on charge of anti-government protest.He has already arrived at his lawyer M Mohsin Mia’s chamber in the morning.The hearing of the cases was

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday categorically said the people of Bangladesh rejected Awami League through the 5 January polls.The former premier of the country came up with the assertion while addressing a programme at her Gulshan office in the city in the night. The newly

DHAKA: The leaders of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) are set to meet BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday night.Party sources said that the meeting will be held at 8:00pm at the BNP Chairperson’s office at Gulshan in city.  Earlier, the BNP-Jamaat backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi

BAGERHAT: BNP called dawn-to-dusk hartal for Sunday at four upazilas of the district alleging attacks on the party’s leaders and activists, vandalizing and vote rigging in the upazilas. The upazilas are Bagerhat Sadar, Rampal, Morelganj and Sarankhola.District BNP president MA Salam

COMILLA: BNP-led 19-party alliance called half-day hartal for Sunday at Chauddagram and Nangolkot upazilas of the district demanding postponement of polls in the upazilas.Quazi Jafar Ahmed, Chairman of a Jatiya Party faction, also an ally of BNP-led alliance, at office Ganabhaban upazila

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday categorically said that the recent power price hike would not affect people of the country.The finance minister came up with the observation while addressing annual general meeting of Jalalabad Association at the auditorium of Institute of

BAGERHAT: Two BNP-backed aspirants boycotted polls in Sharankhola and Morelganj upazilas of the district for third phase of upazila elections on Saturday.They are chairman candidates Matiar Rahman Khan of Sharankhola upazila and Abdul Majid Jabbar of Morelganj upazila.They alleged that

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami has declared nationwide demonstrations on Sunday protesting the government’s decision of power price hike by 6.96 percents.Dr Shafiqur Rahman, acting secretary general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, has issued a statement about this matter.He said domestic economy

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi categorically said that the ruling Awami League goons with the collaboration of law enforcers are beating and killing 19-party alliance leaders and activists.He told media at a briefing at the party’s

GAZIPUR: Former president of Jatiyotabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Sultan Salahuddin Tuku was released on bail from Kashimpur High-Security Jail on Friday evening.Deputy district jailer Atikul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews.Leaders and activists of the student of BNP greeted him at

DHAKA: Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque said that the government will take an initiative by next June aiming to ban Jamaat-e-Islam in the country.He came up with the disclosure when he was addressing the program of ‘Muktir Utshab 2014’ organized by the Liberation War

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will take program to gheroa the Election Commission if their win in the third phase of upazila polls is snatched.BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told media at the party’s central office in city’s Naya Paltan area Friday

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting secretary general Mirza Fhakrul Islam Alamgir expressed his party’s concern over the free and fair upazila polls.The third phase of the upazila election is scheduled to be held in 81 upazilas across the country on Saturday.Fakhrul told

DHAKA: The BNP-Jamaat backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya (Blue Panel) swept the elections to the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections for the 2014-15 term by bagging 13 posts out of 14, including those of the president and general secretary.Advisor of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia

DHAKA: Saudi ambassador to Bangladesh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Basiri met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her political office at Gulshan in the city.The Saudi envoy reached Khaleda’s office around 8:45pm, said a competent source from the party.During the parley, they discussed bilateral

DHAKA: BNP called countrywide demonstrations for Friday in protest against the power hike up to 6.69 percent in consumer levels which will be effective from March 1.BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the announcement in a press conference at party’s Naya Paltan office on