DHAKA: A Dhaka court Tuesday placed BNP chairperson and ex-PM Khaleda Zia`s nephew Saiful Islam Duke on two days’ fresh remand in the August 21 grenade-attack case for quizzing.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ali Hussain passed the order as special police super of CID Abdul

DHAKA: Opposition BNP’s standing committee sat in a policymaking meeting on Tuesday evening for a review of the country’s latest political situation to decide their course of action.Party sources said the meeting at party chairperson’s Gulshan office would discuss whether BNP would

DHAKA: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) sought BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s nephew Saiful Islam Duke on a seven-day fresh remand for grilling over the August 21 grenade-attack incident.Special police super of CID and investigation officer of the case Abdul Kahar Akhand came

DHAKA: Opposition BNP Vice-chairman Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed Monday alleged the incident of ‘Ibrahim murder’ is being given ‘political shape’ to save ruling Awami League leader Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon MP.“Political criminalization would increase if he got political

DHAKA: Opposition BNP will join the parliament session that began Monday, though not in the early days, with a pack of incendiary issues to kick up the dust in the House. A competent source in the party told banglanews that their lawmakers would join the session in its later part.

DHAKA: BNP secretary-general Khandokar Delwar Hossain said his party would continue movement in democratic way to protect the people of the country and a new programme would be thrown soon. “Decisions for new movement will be taken through consultation with the likeminded political

DHAKA: Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun Sunday claimed that the law-and-order situation of the country is under control, dismissing the opposition allegation of an upturn in the incidence of crime.“We could ensure people’s security before and after the holy Eid and we would try to

DHAKA: The family members of slain Chhatra League leader Ibrahim Selim moved to sue ex-military ruler HM Ershad as the student leader was killed during movement against his regime.M Hafizur Rahman, brother of Selim, said he has already consulted lawyers.   He also told banglanews that

PABNA: A youth leader of the ruling party was arrested Saturday on charge of attack on recruitment test for different posts of class-three employees in the local administration.The arrested person, Raihan alias Torikul, 28, is secretary of cultural and publication affairs of the district

DHAKA: Veteran politician and Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta Saturday made a strong plea that the Vested Property Return Act (amendment) has to be passed in the next Parliament session to reclaim the grabbed lands of the minority groups. “Otherwise, it will be assumed that a

DHAKA: Opposition BNP Saturday came up with a cautionary comment that the government is depriving the common man of their fundamental rights and thereby standing on slippery slope getting alienated from the people. “So, people are nowhere beside the government, and if this situation

DHAKA: The ruling Awami League from its highest forum meeting Friday called upon the boycotting opposition to return to parliament and speak about government’s failings inside the House.  General Secretary of the ruling party Syed Ashraful Islam conveyed the call from a press briefing

DHAKA: Acting Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Maqbul Ahmed made it clear that the party leaders cannot be restrained by charging them with ‘false’ allegations. “Allegations were lodged one after another against Jamaat leaders to implement foreign agenda, which wouldn’t be wise for

KISHOREGANJ: Veteran parliamentarian and ruling-party leader Suranjit Sengupta Friday said in the democratic system, the opposition should join and speak in Parliament as no movement is possible bypassing the House. “We hope good sense will prevail upon the opposition party and they

DHAKA: Speaker Abdul Hamid boldly said that he performed his duties in parliament with all neutrality and would go on presiding over the House without taking sides. “There is no scope for the opposition parties to abstain from attending parliament on the excuse of Speaker’s biased

PABNA: Recruitment test for different posts of class-three employees in the administration Friday was foiled following attacks allegedly by some activists of Chhatra League and Juba League on the DC office and two examination centers.In an emergency meeting after the troubles, the

DHAKA: Opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia Thursday said the countrymen would discard the Awami League government again as the scale of their “repression” on people is going beyond all limits of tolerance.  “If the people reject them for a second time, they will not be able to come

DHAKA: Opposition Chief Whip Jainul Abdin Faruque requested the government to consider the conditions given by them for joining parliament session, as his ruling-party counterpart knocked his door Thursday for a surprise meet.Awami League Chief Whip of Parliament vice-principal Abdus

DHAKA: As the economic programme of ‘Baksal’ or the ‘second revolution’ still holds importance, some of those can be replicated again suiting the present purview. Leaders of the ruling Awami league came up with the comments while talking to banglanews, in the wake of raging

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Thursday rejected the bail petition of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s nephew Saiful Islam Duke in the August 21 grenade-attack case.Acting justice Ismail Hossain of Metropolitan Session Judges Court issued the order after hearing the bail petition.Duke’s lawyer