DHAKA: BNP vice-chairman Major (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed was released on bail on Wednesday afternoon.The BNP leader was freed from Narayanganj district jail at 5:00pm.On December 29 last year, the members of law enforcement detained the BNP leader picked up around 7:00pm after holding a

DHAKA: Prime Minister of Algeria Abdelmalek Sellal congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her re-election for the third term as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.External Publicity Wing of Foreign Affairs Ministry made the disclosure in a press release on Wednesday.In the message, the Prime

DHAKA:  President of the Councils of state and Minister of the Republic of Cuba Raul Castro Ruz congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her re-election as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.External Publicity Wing of Foreign Affairs Ministry made the disclosure in a press release on Wednesday.BDST:

DHAKA: BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed alleged that vote rigging and polling centers occupying underway in various polling centers.    The BNP senior leader came up with the allegation in a press conference at 11:20pm at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office on

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia thanked the journalists for publishing the authentic pictures of one-sided election amid government pressure.She came up with the observation while talking to journalists at her Gulshan political office on Tuesday night.Meanwhile, some journalists

NARSHINGDI: Organizing secretary of district Chhatra League was chopped dead by miscreants in Shibpur Thana of the district on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Shahin Kader Mahin, 25.Witnesses said some 3-4 miscreants chopped Shahin indiscriminately when he came out of his

DHAKA: The sitting of the first session of the 10th parliament resumed on Monday afternoon.  The parliament session began at 4:30pm with Deputy Speaker Advocate Fazley Rabbi Mia in the chair.The first session of the 10th parliament was adjourned till 4:30pm Monday.  Jatiya Party, as

DHAKA: The government has declared public holiday on voting day in respective upazilas scheduled to be held from Wednesday.The polls of fourth upazila election would be held on February 19 and February 24 in first phase, February 27 and March 1 in second phase and March 15 in third

DHAKA: The High Court Monday granted former State Minister for Religious Affairs Mufti Muhammad Wakkas, also Secretary General of Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam and Islami Law Implementation Committee, on six-month bail in six cases on Hefajat mayhem.  A HC bench comprising Justice Naima Hyder and

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalsit Party (BNP) has clarified that it has no connection whatsoever with the purported audiovisual message from al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri. Acting secretary general of BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir conveyed the party`s stand at a press conference on

DHAKA: Awami League Parliamentary Board (ALPB) will sit at its Sangsad Bhaban Office on Monday evening. Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, also president of its Parliamentary Board, will preside over the meeting at 6:00pm.AL Office Secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap, in a press release,

DHAKA: The first session of the 10th parliament was adjourned till 4:30pm Monday.  Deputy Speaker M Fazle Rabbi Mia made the adjournment on Sunday evening.      Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was present at the session but opposition leader Raushan Ershad was absent in the House.

GAZIPUR: Dr Tasnim Alam, central publicity secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami, was released from Kashimpur Jail on Sunday evening.Jailer Abdul Quddus confirmed the matter to banglanews.Sources from the jail said Tasnim was released after an order from the High Court. BDST: 2150 HRS, FEB 16, 2014

DHAKA: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has clarified that it has nothing to do with the purported audiovisual message from al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri.   Acting secretary general of the Jamaat Dr Shafiqur Rahman clearedthe air on Sunday evening. The Jamaat responded a day after

DHAKA: State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said the government is looking into the pros and cons over the alleged audio message issued by al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri.The state minister made the assertion while talking to journalists at his secretariat office in

DHAKA: The main opposition Jatiya Party prepared for placing its demand for five chairmen post in the parliamentary standing committees for different ministries from the party.JP sources said that the opposition leader Rowshan Ershad is going to send a formal letter stating the demand to

DHAKA: The sitting of the first session of the 10th parliament resumed Sunday afternoon after four-day break.The parliament session began at 4:30pm with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.On January 29 in the inaugural session of the new parliament, President M Abdul Hamid

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday sent BNP Joint Secretary General Amanullah Aman to jail in four cases filed with Keraniganj thana.Earlier in the morning, he surrendered to Chief Judicial Magistrate court and sought bail.Rejecting his bail plea, Senior Judicial Magistrate Taiyebul Hasan

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred the indictment hearings in Zia Orphanage Trust embezzlement case and Zia Charitable Trust case to March 19.Dhaka special judge court-2 judge Rezaul Karim passed the deferment order in response to a time plea filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad says it would have been better if his party had turned down the ministership offered by Sheikh Hasina.He was addressing the annual sports meet at Banani Biddya Niketan School and College as chief guest. Ershad said: “People have doubts about the