DHAKA: Two central leaders of the opposition BNP were held by Detective Branch (DB) of Police on Tuesday afternoon.The detainees are Fazlul Haque Milon and Shirin Sultana.Sources said they were picked up from a house of Baridhara area in the capital. Khandaker Mahbub held BDST:  1530

DHAKA: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hasan Mahmud Khandaker on Tuesday termed the prevailing political violence an separate incident.The police chief also claimed people got normal life as law enforcers performed their duty perfectly. He came up with the observation after visiting the

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, also chief of 18-party alliance, will meet the press on Wednesday.A competent source from the party confirmed the matter to banglanews.According to the source, she will meet the press at her Gulshan office or her residence if she is obstructed by the

DHAKA: A man was burnt alive and another injured after miscreants hurled petrol bomb at a covered van on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Lemua Bridge area of the district early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Shah Alam, 30, the diver of the covered van.Locals said a Dhaka-bound

DHAKA:  BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia said her party preprared for dialogue and she thinks the ongoing political crisis has to be solved through dialogue. The BNP chief came up with the assertion in an exclusive interview with BBC Bangla.Regarding the Prime Minister`s call for leaving the

DHAKA: Alan Berry, South Asia Bureau Chief and Political Editor of US based The New York Times, met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her residence for an interview on Monday night. Earlier, German Ambassador to Bangladesh Albrecht Conze had an hour-long meeting with BNP chief.Berry was

DHAKA: Terming the 10th national poll as farcical, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday said the illegal government would not last long. Khaleda Zia, also former prime minister, made the observation in a statement issued on Monday evening, hours after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s

GAIBANDHA: At least 12 people were injured, including three police personnel, in a clash between law enforcers and 18-party activists at Mirganj village under Sundarganj upazila of the district on Monday afternoon.Witnesses said activists of 18-party alliance brought out a procession

DHAKA: Jatiya Party presidium member and elected lawmaker from Dhaka-6 constituency Kazi Firoz Rashid said Party’s senior presidium member Rawsan Ershad would be the opposition leader of 10th parliamentary government.He came up with the observation while talking to journalists at Rawsan

DHAKA: After a day of 10th parliamentary elections, now Awami League wants to make consensus with BNP before completion of new government’s tenure.Forest and Environment Minister Hasan Mahmud hinted about this quoting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a human chain at in front of Awami

DHAKA: Pro-BNP-Jamaat lawyers brought out a procession Monday in Supreme Court premises supporting 18-party’s hartal and rejecting Sunday’s polls.Sources said the procession started from Supreme Court Bar Association Bhaban around 12:00pm and ended in front of the Bar Bhaban after

DINAJPUR: An activist of Chhatra Shibir, who sustained injuries during poll violence in Birganj of the district on Sunday noon, died at hospital early Monday.   The deceased was identified as Asaduzzaman, 15, activist of Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami.Earlier, at

NOAKHALI: An activist of Juba League, who sustained injuries during an attack by BNP men in Sonaimuri upazila of the district on Sunday night, died at Upazila heath complex early Monday.The deceased was identified as Mahfuz, 23, son Hazi Joynal Mia of Gozaria village of the

DHAKA: Members of Rapid Action Battalion in separate drives nabbed two people with 65-petrol bombs and huge explosives from Monsurabad and Rayerbazar areas under Hazaribagh Thana in the city between Sunday night and early Monday.The detainees were Murad and Shahid hailed from Barishal and

JOYPURHAT: Pouring petrol, miscreants set fire to district office of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in station road of the district town early Monday.Police sources said that the incident took place at around 2:30am and after setting fire miscreants blasted 10/12 cocktails, leaving

DHAKA: According to unofficial result of the Sunday’s 10th national election, Bangladesh Awami League secured top position winning 232 constituencies while Jatiya Party holds second position winning 33 constituencies out of result declared in 292 ones.Out of the result, Jatiya Party

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) has postponed voting in 436 polling centers across the country as BNP-Jamaat activists’ attack destroyed election equipments.Polling in these centres would be held again by January

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, also leader of 18-party alliance, will give her post-election views at the end of the week through a press conference.A competent source of the party confirmed the matter to banglanews.Another source of the party said the press meet might be arranged on

FARIDPUR: Awami League presidium member Kazi Jafrullah was defeated by independent candidate Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury Nixon in Faridpur-4 constituency in the 10th parliamentary elections held on Sunday.Nixon bagged 98,593 votes while Jafrullah, also an Awami League presidium member,

RANGPUR: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad lost in Lalmonirhat-1 constituency while won in Rangpur-3 constituency.In Lalmonirhat-1 constituency, Awami League candidate Md Motahar Hosssain has won the polls with 179,273 votes, while HM Ershad has bagged 7,827 votes.On the other hand, in