Rebecca Momin, a member of parliament from Netrokona-4 constituency, died at a hospital in the capital on Tuesday (July 11) morning. She was 76. She breathed her last at Dhaka's Square Hospital around 4 am today.  The Awami League lawmaker had been suffering from old age

Nurul Haque Nur was elected Gono Odhikar Parishad president with 135 votes in its first-ever council held on Monday (July 10).  Rashed Khan became the general secretary by getting 109 votes. Voter turnout in the election was 85%. Total number of voters was 216, said the

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today (July 10) upheld the bail order for BNP joint secretary general Khairul Kabir Khokon in a case filed over the murder of two JCD leaders. A bench led by led by Chief Justice Hasan Fayez Siddiqui passed the order on Monday, scrapping the

Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud today (July 7) said BNP was not called for holding any dialogue. He said, replying to a query of reporters at his official residence in the city's Minto Road. "A recent

Former Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal made a call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban on Friday (July 8).  Tamim, who made a shocking retirement decision on Thursday, arrived at the Ganabhaban premises on Friday afternoon and met the Bangladesh premier. The

A Dhaka court today (July 6) set August 28 for charge framing hearing in a graft case field against former Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat. Today was the date of the hearing, but Judge Manjurul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge Court 6 deferred the date, allowing a time

A joint meeting of Bangladesh Awami League`s (AL) secretariat with Dhaka city south and north AL, and presidents and secretaries of its associate bodies’ will be held at party’s central office in city`s Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital at 11am tomorrow.   AL general

A Dhaka court today set July 12 for holding an indictment hearing in a case filed against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for observing ‘fake’ birthday of on National Mourning Day and July 20 for the indictment hearing in another case against her for

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader today (July 1) said Sheikh Hasina-led government is joining BRICS (alliance) for the welfare of the people of Bangladesh.  He also said neither Neither Awami League nor Sheikh Hasina does politics to appease foreign masters as BNP

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (June 23) paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marking the 74th founding anniversary of the ruling Awami League (AL). She paid homage to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at the portrait of the Father of the Nation at

The 74th founding anniversary of the ruling Awami League, which led the country's independence through the 1971 Great Liberation War, will be celebrated tomorrow (June 23).    Established on June 23, 1949 as Awami Muslim League at Rose Garden in the capital's old part

Dhaka-17 constituency by-polls independent candidate Ashraful Hossain Alam, popularly known as Hero Alom, has got back his candidacy. Ashoke Kumar Debnath, additional secretary of Election Commission, confirmed the decision while talking to reporters at the commission office in

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina today (June 22) said fair election under her government is possible as they held the recent city corporation elections in a free and fair manner. Referring to the recently held city corporation elections to Barishal, Khulna,

Jatiya Party (JaPa) mayoral candidate Nazrul Islam Babul alleged that his agents are being barred from coming to the polling stations. Nazrul Islam, who cast his vote at Ananda Niketon centre around 9:30am on Wednesday, said  Later he told the reporters: "The mayoral

All the necessary preparations have been completed as the voting for the Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) elections will be held tomorrow (June 21) for the seventh time since its establishment in 1987. For the first time in RCC's history, elections will be held through Electronic

A Dhaka court today (June 20) adjourned till July 25 the hearing of Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and seven others. Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman of Dhaka Special Judge's Court-9 at Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj passed the order as plaintiff of the case

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia return home on Saturday (June 17) evening from the capital's Evercare Hospital, where she had been undergoing treatment for the last four days.  Sayrul Kabir Khan, an official of BNP's media wing confirmed the matter.  Earlier on June

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said that now it is a matter to see how the new US visa police will act after BNP's threat to foil the polls. He said: "The US said the new visa policy will be applied to those who

Senior member of BNP Standing Committee and former minister Prof Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has been hospitalized.    He was admitted to Evercare Hospital under the supervision of cardiologist Dr Shahbuddin Ahmed on Friday night at around 3:00am after he suddenly fell

A Dhaka court today (June 15) fixed July 16 for the hearing on charge framing in 11 cases lodged against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and others.  Today was fixed for her appearance before the court, but Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md. Asaduzzaman reset the date