DHAKA: Pannel Member Abul Kalam Azad adjourned the Parliament on Monday night.The House will resume its sitting at 4.30 Tuesday.Earlier in the day, the sitting of the parliament resumed at 4.40pm with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.The day`s proceedings began with

DHAKA: The US ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena will meet BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office on Tuesday night.Source from the BNP chairperson’s office confirmed the matter to banglanews.They will talk about ongoing situation of the country and bilateral issues,

DHAKA: Metropolitan Session Judge Monday denied bail to Dhaka city BNP convener Sadeque Hossain Khoka in three different cases with Motijheel and Jatrabari thanas of the city.Metropolitan Session Judge M Zahurul Haque passed the order after hearing on the cases.On behalf of Khoka,

SYLHET: Law enforcers detained around 73 people from four districts of Sylhet division on early Monday.Additional Deputy Inspector General of Police of Sylhet Range said 73 people were held by a special drive of police in Sylhet, Moulvibazar, Habiganj and Sunamganj districts on Sunday and

CHITTAGONG: Police on Monday submitted charge sheeted against nine people including Mufti Izharul Islam, senior Nayeb-e-Ameer of Hefazat-e- Islam in a case of explosion in madrasa in the port city.Investigation Officer sun-inspector Lokman Hossain submitted the charge sheet to general

DHAKA: United Arab Emirate (UAE) Ambassador to Bangladesh Saeed bin Hajar Al Shahi met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office on Sunday night.During the parley, they discussed several issues, including prevailing political situation in the country, said a competent source from

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia Saturday termed the 10th parliament a ‘Doll House’. He came up with the observation while addressing discussion meeting on ‘extra-judicial killing, fundamental rights and general election’ at the National Press

KURIGRAM: Joint general secretary of ruling Awami League Mahbubul Hanif on Saturday categorically said the government is not thinking about interim general elections right now.The spokesperson for the party also said that presently 85 percent people support the government.Hanif also came

RAJSHAHI: Branding BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia `queen of destruction`, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared that her (Khaleda`s) movement “killed scores of innocent people”. The premier, also ruling Awami League president, leveled the allegation while addressing a mass rally here on

LAXMIPUR: District unit BNP observed a half day hartal in the district on Saturday demanding the release of missing Union Parisad Chairman.No untoward incidents were reported from anywhere of the district.Long route vehicles started to leave the district after hartal ends.Centering the

DHAKA: Charging Awami League with killing democracy first in 1975, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) says democracy was murdered again by Awami League on January 5 when farcical elections took place. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the acting Secretary General of the party, made the

LAXMIPUR: The half day hartal, called by district BNP, demanding the release of missing Union Parisad Chairman, is underway in the district on Saturday morning. No picketers were seen on anywhere of the district. On the other hand, no long route vehicles left the district. Centering

CHITTAGONG: An activist of Juba Dal, the youth wing of BNP, was chopped to death by miscreants in west Muradpur village of Muradpur union under Sitakunda Upazila of the district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Sajeeb, 32. Sitakunda Thana Officer-in-Charge Aminul

DHAKA: Law enforcers arrested shibir president of Pabna town Rafiqul Islam alias Sajal from Shalgariya area under Sadar upazila of the district on Friday afternoon.Confirming the matter Pabana Sadar Thana Officer-in-Charge Kazi Haniful Islam told banglanews that Rafiqul was nabbed by

LAXMIPUR: A Juba Dal leader was shot dead in Chandragram west Bazar under Sadar Upazila of the district on Friday noon.The deceased was identified as Abu Hossain, former ward Juba Dal president of the union. Sources said that there was a longstanding dispute between Zisan group and Nasir

DHAKA: BNP office secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that ruling Awami League assumes power by the grace of foreign assistance.He came up with the observation while addressing a meeting as chief guest at National Press Club in the capital on Friday.Rizvi said: “The government is

DHAKA: The ruling Awami League has failed to stop rebel candidates from challenging candidates backed by the party for the upcoming first phase of the fourth Upazila elections on February 19. And that’s why the party is determined to field only one candidate per seat for the remaining

DHAKA: BNP, the party that boycotted last general election, has a new headache. There is more than one BNP candidate in many upazilas and a cold war is brewing with its ally Jamaat.BNP is focusing on upazila polls to boost the confidence of leaders and activists alike. Party joint

DHAKA: Three months after their last meeting, BNP standing committee held a meeting at the Naya Paltan office on Thursday night.This was also the first meeting of the committee after January 5 general elections.Party sources said that the committee members emphasized on the needful

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday placed six leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Mirpur Bangla College unit on a one-day remand in an arm case.    Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate M Tareque Mainul Islam Bhuiyan granted the remand after Sub-Inspector Sheikh Tajuddin Ahmed of