DHAKA: For the first time, some 15 independent lawmakers of 10th Jatiya Sangsad formed a separate alliance.Cabinet division on Thursday sent a new list in this connection.Haji Selim, independent parliamentarian from Dhaka-7 constituency, was made the chief of the alliance.BDST: 2100 HRS,

KURIGRAM: Opposition Jatiya Party candidate Ruhul Amin on Thursday won Kurigram-4 election which was postponed on January 5. His nearest opponent was Zakir Hossain from ruling Awami League.According to the unofficial results along with the previously bagged votes, Jatiya Party candidate

DHAKA:  Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Haque on Thursday said the recent remarks of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia would not affect bilateral relations with India.  The law minister came up with the assertion while speaking to reporters after a meeting with Indian

DHAKA: The second phase elections to some 118 upazilas will be held on February 27. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed announced the polls schedule at his office on Thursday afternoon.The CEC also told the journalists that the nomination papers can be submitted by

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of BNP vice-chairperson Sadek Hossain Khoka in hartal and blockade violence cases.Metropolitan Sessions Judge M Zahirul Haque passed the order after hearing on a bail petition submitted by the lawyer of the BNP leader.On December 4,

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday categorically said none would go unpunished those are involved in attacks on minorities in Malopara and elsewhere in the country.  The premier, also ruling Awami League president, was addressing a rally at Avaynagar in Jessore, the

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police did not give permission to Jamaat for holding its rally on Thursday at the north gate of Baitul Mokarram, the national mosque.   Ramna Zone Police ADC Asaduzzaman confirmed the matter to banglanews.  Besides, a Sub-Inspector of Paltan Thana said

DHAKA: Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday categorically said if opposition parties want talks they should give provocative remarks over the country.The presidium member of the party also claimed that BNP leader Khaleda Zia’s remark is dissipating the environment of

LAXMIPUR: A leader of Juba Dal, the student wing of BNP, was found dead in the district on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Didarul Alam Didar, 32, son of Safikullah Farayezi, hailed from west Syedpur village of Charshahi Union under Sadar Upazila.Sources said that Rapid

DHAKA: The High Court on Thursday granted interim bail to BNP chairperson’s adviser Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, also Bangladesh Bar Council vice-chairman. An HC bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Jafar Ahmed passed the order after hearing.Former attorney general AJ Mohammad

CHITTAGONG: Police arrested a Rokon (full-member) of port city unit Jamaat-e-Islami from in front of a mazar in Chalkbazar area early Thursday. The detainee is Abdul Hannan, 40, also Ameer of Chalkbazar thana unit Jamaat-e-Islami.Bakalia thana officer-in-charge Mohammad Mohsin told

DHAKA: Jatiya Party presidium member Tazul Islam Chowdhury is going to be selected as deputy leader of the opposition party of 10th national parliament while Fakhrul Imam will be the opposition Chief Whip.A reliable source of Jatiya Party said that opposition leader Rawshan Ershad has

DHAKA: Pro-BNP doctors are set to meet its Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her office in the city on Thursday night.The meeting will be held at chairperson’s Gulshan political office around 8:00pm.BNP party sources confirmed the matter to banglanews.BDST: 0900 HRS, JAN 23, 2014

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami will hold a rally at North gate of the Baitul Mokarram Mosque, the national mosque in the country, on Thursday as part of its protest programme across the country.A press release from the party signed by Dr Shafiqul Islam Masud made the disclosure on

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court on Wednesday denied bail pleas to BNP Chairperson’s advisor Mir Nasiruddin, central organizing secretary Golam Akbar Khandaker along with seven BNP leaders.Chittagong Metropolitan Court acting session Judge Abdur Rashid passed the order after a hearing on

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday denied bail to five top BNP leaders including, Barrister Moudud Ahmed in three cases, including two cases filed with Motijheel Thana over violent Hefajat incident.Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge M Jahurul Haque denied the bail petition after hearing on

KURIGRAM: Votes for the two postponed centers of Kurigram-4 constituency will be held on Thursday.Tight security and other necessary measures were taken from the administration in this regards.During national polls held on January 5, the voting was postponed due to violence at the centers

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday granted bail to BNP’s former lawmaker Shammi Akter in a case filed with Banani Thana for vandalizing and torching vehicles.Metropolitan Magistrate Hasibul Haque passed the order after hearing on the case. Advocate Sanaullah Mia, who moved for the bail

BOGRA: District Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday called for dawn-to-dusk hartal for Thursday in protest against the killing of a teacher of BIAM School and College.District Jamaat Nayeb-e-Ameer Maulana Alamgir Hossain, from a roadside rally, claimed the killed teacher as a former Chhatra

DHAKA: At least 294 people were killed and 187 people went missing in the last three months’ drives of combined forces around the country.BNP’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claimed this in a press briefing at its Naya Paltan central office on Wednesday noon.At