DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, will address a grand rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on Friday on the occasion of the 65th founding anniversary of her party. Sources said that the ruling party has chalked out a 3-day program at the udyan

DHAKA: Speakers at a press conference claimed that ruling alliance Jatiya Party candidate Selim Osman is threatening another candidate SM Akram centering Narayanganj-5 by-polls. Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain and Nagarik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna were among others

DHAKA: Opposition Jatiya Party (JP) has submitted its election expenditure statement to the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday. The party also paid Tk 10,000 as fine to save their registration as it failed to submit the statement in time. Joint office secretary of Jatiya Party Abul

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has invited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to an iftar party for politicians at the Bashundhara convention center on July 2. Khaleda's Assistant-office Secretary Asadul Karim Shahin took the invitation card to Awami League president’s political office

DHAKA: Central Executive Committee of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) halted all activities in Eden University College till next instruction.  Office Secretary Sheikh Md Rasel of BCL issued a press release in this regard. According to the press release, Central Executive Committee

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has categorically said the name of Awami League (AL) leader Sheikh Hasina, also Prime Minister of the country, would be written in the list of autocrats of the world.Fakhrul made the assertion while delivering his speech

DHAKA: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami has been shifted to the Dhaka Central Jail on Monday. Sources said that he had been brought at the central jail around 7:00pm. However, centering the verdict, law enforcers have tightened security in the capital, the sources

DHAKA: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Monday asked BNP leaders not to make the situation unstable after Eid-ul-Fitre for the sake of the country’s economy. The senior leader of ruling Awami League made the plea while addressing programme of fellowship giving ceremony at Bangladesh

MOULVIBAZAR: Law enforcers detained Shafiqul Alam Mofique, president of Sylhet Metropolitan Chhatra Shibir, from Barlekha upazila of the district on Monday afternoon. Superintendent of Police of Moulvibazar M Tofail Ahmed confirmed the matter to banglanews. BDST: 1835 HRS, JUN 23, 2014

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders held a meeting with delegation of National Democratic Institute (NDI), a development organization. The meeting was held at a restaurant in Gulshan on Monday where Senior Election Advisor Neil Nevitte, Senior Resident Director of BD Rishi

DHAKA: BNP acing secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday urged Awamil League to return to the democratic process through holding a fair, acceptable and neutral election soon. The senior leader of the party was talking to journalists after placing flower wreaths at the

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami might call a nationwide daylong hartal for Tuesday as International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) fixed the day for pronouncing verdict in war crimes case against party’s Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami.  ICT-1 on Monday fixed Tuesday for pronouncing verdict in war crimes

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday paid homage to father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the 65th founding anniversary of Awami League. The premier, also AL president, placed wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu at Dhanmondi 32 in the city at

DHAKA: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said the door of the dialogue with the BNP and like minded parties is always open to hold next general election before January 29 of 2019.  The ruling Awami League lawmaker made the assertion at a press conference  at secretariat in the city. 

FROM THE RALLY (JOYPURHAT): Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday demanded to disband Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) as the elite force is involved in many misdeeds. The former prime minster of the country came up with the plea while delivering an hour-long

FROM THE RALLY (JOYPURHAT): BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday said her party would wage movement after Eid-ul-Fitre to oust the government. “The illegal government is involved in all sorts of misdeeds. We will wage the movement to oust the government after Eid through the

FROM JOYPURHAT:  Amid heavy rainfall and rush atmosphere in Joypurhat, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) started a rally Sunday where party’s chairperson Khaleda Zia will address. The rally started in local Ramdeo Government Bazla School ground at 2:30 pm. District president of BNP

FROM KHALEDA’S MOTORCADE: The Joypurhat rally of BNP is depending on weather as it was raining heavily from Saturday. Locals said that if such bad weather continues then it would be impossible to hold BNP’s rally. But BNP leaders claimed that the rally will be held by hook or crook

DHAKA: Maruf Kamal Khan, press secretary to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, was injured in a road accident in Koddar intersection area of Sirajgaj district in the evening.Shairul Kabir Khan, media wing member of BNP’s Gulshan office, confirmed the matter to banglanews.Shairul Kabir Khan

DHAKA: Newly elected lawmaker from Barisal-5 constituency Jebunnessa Afroz, widow of late Awami League lawmaker Shawkat Hossain Hiron, will take oath on Sunday. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will administer the oath ceremony at the parliament at 10:00am. The constituency fell vacant