DHAKA: BNP is planning to hold a rally at the Suhrawardy Udyan on January 5 marking the 'Democracy Killing Day’. The party also hopes to carry out black flag procession in metropolitans, districts and upazilas of the country on the same day.   BNP senior joint secretary

DHAKA: Jatiya Party, the main opposition and also an ally of the Awami League-led government, is celebrating its 32nd founding anniversary on Monday (January 01). The party chairman Hussain Mohammad Ershad inaugurated the celebration program at the Institution of Diploma Engineers

BRAHMANBARIA: Law Minister Anisul Huq said the Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha resigned because of the corruption allegations raised against him.  The minister made the remark while addressing as chief guest at a function in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria on Sunday noon (Dec 31). 

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested BNP executive committee member also the MD of ABN Group Syed Sadat Ahmed Saturday night (December 30), almost four months after he reportedly went missing in August. DB (Dhaka North) Assistant Commissioner (AC)

DHAKA: Atiqul Islam, who claimed that he received the green signal to become the mayoral candidate for the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-polls from Awami League, met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday (December 30). The former president of Bangladesh Garment

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said that his party will investigate if anyone uses their party symbol-boat before the party’s decision.   He made the comment while talking to reporters after visiting Mohammadpur BRTC Depot at 4:00 pm on Saturday (December

SIRAJGANJ: Awami League presidium member and spokesperson of the ruling party led-14 party-alliance Mohammad Nasim has called upon the BNP as well as the party’s chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to take preparations for the newt polls instead of warning. He made the call while speaking

CHITTAGONG: BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan has called upon his party leaders and activists to take preparations for the anti-government movement alongside the next general elections. He made the call at an activists’ rally of the party in Chittgaong on Saturday

BOGRA: Detectives, in a joint drive, detained the chief for the Southern regions of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Nandigram upazila of Bogra early Saturday (December 30). He was identified as Abu Sayeed alias Karim alias Talha alias Shyamol.   

KUSHTIA: Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif said judiciary is working independently and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will have to accept the verdict if proven guilty in court. He came up with the assertion while inaugurating Zila Parishad auditorium in Kushtia

COX’S BAZAR: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said just like the time and tide, the national election will not wait for anyone. Polls will be held in due time even if the opposition BNP don’t attend. Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made the

DHAKA: The voting of different local government bodies took place at 127 areas of the country on Thursday (December 28) amid tight security. The polls were held in 115 Union Parishads, 9 municipalities, 2 Zilla Parishad wards and an Upazila Parishad in different parts of the country.

CHITTAGONG: Chairman of Shikolbaha Union Parishad at Karnaphuli in Chittagong Jahangir Alam, who along with his men armed with sticks allegedly swooped on Victory Day celebration program and foiled it, has been suspended. He was suspended in line with an order issued by the Local

FENI: A mobile court has sentenced two youths to imprisonment on charges of illegal activities during voting at a polling station at Mahamay union of Chhagalnaiya upazila in Feni. Judge and executive magistrate of the mobile court Sohel Rana conducted the mobile court and delivered the

DHAKA: At least 25 leaders, workers and supporters of the BNP were detained from the High Court area in the city on Thursday (December 28). The arrested BNP men came to the area to show their support to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia who appeared before a special court, the makeshift

DHAKA: The defence in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case filed against BNP chief Khaleda Zia started presenting its argument for the fifth day. Khaleda Zia reached the special court installed on the premises of jail department's parade ground in city's Bakshibazaar area after

CHITTAGONJ: Former President and Jatiya Party’s Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad has said that although his party is a factor for the next general elections, it is not possible for him to predict about the polls. He said this while talking to reporters at the hotel- Radisson Blu

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith has come down heavily on the leftist parties, particularity the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), for holding the siege program of Bangladesh Bank. Talking to the journalists at Bangladesh Secretariat on Wednesday (December 27), AMA Muhith said

DHAKA: The defense lawyers of the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia placed their closing arguments before the court on Wednesday (December 27) in presence of the BNP chief.   They presented the arguments for the fourth consecutive day before the

COMILLA: Voting at 15 Union Parishads (UP) under four upazilas of Comilla will be held on Thursday (December 28). Meanwhile, candidates have completed their campaigns. For the first time, elections are going to be held under respective party symbols in UP. For this reason, an