DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said there is a scope of announcing polls schedule again if there is any consensus among the political parties.The CEC came up with the observation while talking to journalists at his office in afternoon.He told the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed BNP senior leader ASM Hannan Shah on a two-day remand in two cases filed with Bhatara Police Station.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Tareque Moinul Islam Bhuiyan passed the order after Sub-Inspector Ekramul Haque Mannan, produced him before the court

DHAKA: Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad on Tuesday firmly criticized the recent remarks made by party’s Presidium member Kazi Zafar. The former President also criticized Kazi Zafar while talking to journalists in city’s Banani office of the party. In response to a question on Kazi

SYLHET: Biswanath Upazila BNP and its front organizations called a dawn-to-dusk hartal for Wednesday in the upazila protesting the arrest of party leaders.Upazila Jubo Dal convener Nur Uddin announced the movement programme at 2:00pm Tuesday.He said, “We will observe the hartal from

KHULNA: At least ten people, including city corporation Mayor Moniruzzaman Moni, were injured in a triangular clash among Awami League, BNP and law enforcers near Power House area at the city on Tuesday, the first day of 18-party called 48-hour blockade.Witnesses said the clash triggered

SIRAJGANJ: District BNP called dawn-to-dusk hartal for Thursday, protesting the death of a passer-by, whom they claimed as BNP activist.District BNP president Iqbal Hasan Mahmud, also advisor to the BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, confirmed the matter to banglanews.He also said that

GAZIPUR: The dawn-to-dusk hartal, called by the upazila BNP, is underway in Kapasia on Tuesday, amid stray incidents of picketing. The party is enforcing the general strike protesting the arrest of party’s standing committee member Brigadier General (Retd) ASM Hannan Shah.Upazila BNP

DHAKA: Five people were killed, including one passerby and a leader of Juba League, Swechhasebak League, two BNP men including one Jubo Dal leader and 131 people injured in sporadic clashes across the country on Tuesday, the first day of 48-hour 18-party called blockade.The deceased were

DHAKA: Opposition BNP standing committee member ASM Hannan Shah was held from Natunbazar intersection under Bhatara Thana of the city on Monday night.A team of Detective Branch (DB) of Police held him around 9:00pm. Assistant Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Abu Yusuf

DHAKA: Supporters of BNP-led 18-party alliance started blasting cocktails across the country, including Dhaka city, immediately after the announcement of the 10th parliamentary election schedule on Monday evening.Sources said some miscreants blasted cocktails at a police vehicle front of

DHAKA: Opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance called 48-hour blockade across the country from Tuesday 6:00am to Thursday 6:00pm.Acting secretary of opposition BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the announcement at a press conference on Monday night immediate after chief election

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) announced the 10th parliamentary election schedule on Monday evening amid boycotting of BNP-led 18-party alliance in the all-party government.As per the election schedule, the polls will be held on January 5.Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi

DHAKA: Opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance decided to mull three-day long nonstop hartal and blockade from Tuesday.The hartal and blockade programme will be announced after the election schedule announcement on Monday evening.BNP wants to paralyze the country after the announcement of

CHITTAGONG: Chittagong BNP called daylong hartal for Tuesday in Chittagong protesting the attack on the house of Mostafa Kamal Pasha MP and bullet injury sustained by his son. Metropolitan BNP president Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, in a press conference on Monday morning, made the

DHAKA: Terming the all-party polls-time interim government as ‘new grand alliance government’ and elections under them as ‘farcical’, Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh said they would come down on roads with their own agenda.Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh joint secretary general of Mahi B

DHAKA: Senior members of US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations expressed their satisfaction over the role of Jatiya Party (JP) for holding the next general elections fairly.The matter was disclosed in a press release on Sunday.While holding a meeting with Bobby Hajjaj, special envoy of

CHITTAGONG: Son of a lawmaker was shot and the house of them was vandalized during a daylong violence between Awami League and BNP activists at Swandip upazila of the district on Sunday.The victim is Iqbal Pasha Javed, son of local Chittagong-13 Member of Parliament for BNP Mostafa Kamal

CHITTAGONG: Hefajat-e Islam has announced fresh movement programmes to press home their 13-point demand in port city Chittagong and capital city Dhaka.Secretary General of the organization Junaid Babunagari made the announcement in a press conference at Hathazari of the port city on

DHAKA: Chhatra Shibir, front organization of Jamaat-e-Islami, activists blasted five cocktails from a procession at capital’s Bijoynagar on Sunday afternoon.Witness said 5/6 Shibir men brought out a sudden procession around 4:00pm and blasted five cocktails.On information, police rushed

CHITTAGONG: The dawn-to-dusk hartal, called by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, observed in the port city and upazilas of the district on Sunday amid tight security.The organization observed the shutdown in protest against killing of its activists of Mirsarai upazila.Our correspondents report