NATORE: The eight-hour hartal, called by Singra upazila unit of BNP, was observed peacefully on Saturday. People were seen busy in their regular activities and haulages on the roads remained normal, reported banglanews correspondent. No procession or picketing in support of hartal was

GAIBANDHA: Law enforcers detained Moshiur Rahman Sabuj, president of Sundarganj municipality unit BNP of the district on Saturday afternoon. Officer-in-Charge of Sundarganj Thana Mozammel Haque confirmed the matter to banglanews. He is an accused in a case filed with Sundarganj Thana

DHAKA: Ministers and members are reluctant to join the parliament as many of them were seen absent in the fifth day of the first session of Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday.The session resumed at 4:45pm of the day with a lack of its members. The first row of the parliament was wailing with only

RAJSHAHI: A Rajshahi court on Sunday placed Delwar Hossain, Vice-President of Chhatra League Rajshahi University unit, on a 9-day remand in four cases filed for creating violence on the university campus.Metropolitan Magistrate Sharmin Sultana passed the order after a hearing on the cases

DHAKA: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam Wednesday said framing of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) should be based on values and principles like equity, inclusion, common but differentiated responsibility, respective capacities and so on. The ruling Awami League

JHENIDAH: District BNP on Wednesday suspended its Jhenidah Sadar upazila unit president Advocate Munshi Kamal Azad Pannu for being a candidate in Upazila Parishad Election for violating party’s decision.General Secretary of district BNP Abdul Malek confirmed the matter to banglanews.He

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday declared that ordinary Bangladeshis have not accepted the new government.The spokesperson made the claim while talking to journalists after placing floral wreaths at the grave of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman. He

RAJSHAHI: The Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, is set to visit to Rajshahi on Saturday.Deputy Commissioner of Rajshahi Mezbah Uddin Chowdhury confirmed the matter to banglanews.According to the schedule, Prime Minister will arrive at Sardah Police Academy

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed Saidur Rahman Shahid alias Shahid ‘Commissioner’ granted on a 5-day remand in case for police interrogation.Metropolitan Magistrate MA Salam passed the order after holding a hearing when Sub-Inspector of Gendaria Thana Atiqur Rahman produced

NOAKHALI: District BNP called a dawn-to-dusk hartal for Thursday in protest against killing of its district leader.District BNP secretary Harunur Rashid Azad confirmed the matter to banglanews on Wednesday noon.On January 30, former joint-convener of Sonaimuri upazila unit BNP Tauhidul

DHAKA: Police recovered a body of Awami League leader from capital’s Mohammadpur Rohingya camp area on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Alauddin, 45, publicity secretary of Mohammadpur ward no.46.Sources said that locals found the man hanging by the neck from a

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Thursday appeared before court in four separate cases on charge of creating panic and disruption of vehicle movement on streets. Confirming the matter, his lawyer Jaynul Abedin Mejbah told banglanews, “BNP Standing

NOAKHALI: A BNP leader was shot to death during an arms recovery drive of police in Meripara area under Sonaimuri Upazila of the district early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Tauhidul Islam, 40, former BNP joint convener of Amishapara Union under Sonaimuri Upazila.On Wednesday, a

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday urged the Awami League government to arrive at a consensus through talks to break the political deadlock which has brought Bangladesh to the brink. "Dialogue is the only way to resolve the prevailing political stalemate. We were never

DHAKA: After over a month, former president and also president of Jatiya Party HM Ershad went to the party’s Banani office Wednesday noon.On information, leaders and activists of the party rushed to the office.Ershad joined the office at 1:40pm and exchanged wishes with leaders,

DHAKA: Newly elected Awami League leader Saber Hossain Chowdhury took oath as member of the 10th national parliament.Speaker of the 9th parliament Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury administered the oath at Jatiya Sangsad building on Wednesday noon.On Thursday and Saturday, new lawmakers of the

DHAKA: District unit BNP called a daylong hartal in the district for Thursday to resist voting in the Bogra-7 constituency.Gabtali unit BNP general secretary Morshed Milton confirmed the matter to banglanews on Wednesday noon.Earlier on January 5, the voting was postponed in the

NOAKHALI: Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, is observing daylong hartal on Wednesday amid road barricade, procession and cocktails explosion. The organization called the hartal in the district protesting of killing Mamun, a leader of Chittagong University unit Chhatra

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad was made special envoy, equivalent to full minister, to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.In this regard, a gazette notification was issued on Sunday evening immediate after forming the new cabinet.Ershad joins oath taking ceremonyBDST: 1910 HRS, JAN 12,

DHAKA: Advocate Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, Adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, sought division in the jail.Defense lawyer sought the division to Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court.Magistrate Keshob Roy Chowdhury asked jail authority to take necessary action as per the jail code