DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said as the BNP is doing politics with arms, their politics is not for democracy indeed.    He said, “We witnessed the body of democracy inside the election coffin during BNP regimes.” Obaidul Quader, also, the Road

DHAKA: Mentioning that the next parliamentary election will be held under neutral government, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir reiterated that his party will definitely win the election by a landslide.  He made the remark at a discussion held in city’s Diploma

DHAKA: The Appellate Division on Sunday (Nov 26) upheld stay on the High Court order that granted bail to BNP leader Mahatab Uddin Ahmmed alias Minar Chowdhury in a murder case.  An appeal bench led by Chief Justice Md. Abdul Wahhab Miah also ordered the lower court to settle the case

NARAYANGANJ: Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda said smartcard, which contains picture and identity of a person, will guarantee a fair election as no one can cast a single vote without it.  He made the assertion while addressing as chief guest in the inaugural program of

SYLHET: An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of the ruling Awami League, was killed out of previous enmity at Beanibazar upazila in Sylhet on Saturday (November 25). The deceased was identified as Anwar Hossain, 28, son of late Siraj Uddin of Supatola

GAZIPUR: A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of the ruling Awami League, was killed in a road accident at Kaliganj upazila in Gazipur on Saturday (November 25). A constable of Kaliganj police station was also injured in the road accident that took place

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said his party condemns those who do extortion in name of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made the remark while addressing a seminar in Bangladesh

DHAKA: Labour Party MP and granddaughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tulip Rizwana Siddiq received an award for 'Labour Newcomer MP of the year' at the annual Patchwork Foundation Awards in Westminster. She recently received the award from the

CHITTAGONG: Secretary general of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh Allama Hafez Zunaid Babunagari has said that Hefazat is not any political platform. So, the Hefazat-e-Islam won’t take part in polls, he said. He was speaking at a function of the platform in Chittagong on Friday (November

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has commented that the government is involved in killing and abduction. He made the comment at a press conference at the party Nayapaltan central office in the city on Friday (November 24). Mirza Fakhrul said that Prime

BHOLA: Awami League senior leader and Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has said that the BNP has no strength to thwart the next Parliamentary elections.   Speaking at a function in Bhola on Friday (November 24), he said that the BNP has to come in the polls under the incumbent

NOAKHALI: BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed has said that the constitution is formulated for the people. The people are not for the constitution. So, the constitution is not above the people, he said.   The senior leader of the BNP and former law minister said these

DHAKA: BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed demanded immediate release of the party’s central leader Selim Bhuiyan, who is also former principal of AK High School & College. The BNP leader made the demand at a human chain formed in front of the National Press Club in

GAZIPUR: Road Transport & Bridges Minister also Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said that the people of the country will decide the fate of the contestants in the next national parliamentary polls. “Awami League will be elected in the upcoming election, as a reward for

DHAKA: Ahmed Kamal, the youngest brother of late president and founder of the BNP Ziaur Rahman, passed away on Thursday (November 23). He was 68. He breathed his last at about 3:45 pm at his residence at Sabujbag in the city. His namaz-e-janaza will be held at Baitul Mukarram

DHAKA: Different left-leaning parties have called a half-day hartal for November 30 protesting the price hike of power. Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), Socialist Party of Bangladesh (BSD) and Gonotantrik Bam Morcha on Thursday (November 23) jointly called the hartal. In press

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia claimed herself completely innocent in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case. She said, “I am totally innocent. I didn’t commit any corruption using power as the Prime Minister.” The Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia made the statement in a

BRAHMANBARIA: Miscreants stabbed a female leader of the ruling party to death in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria Wednesday (November 22). The deceased, Swapna Akter, 38, hailed from Charpara area of the upazila, was the secretary for women affairs at Nabinagar upazila unit of Awami

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) sentences ex-MP Abdul Aziz Mia alias Ghoramara Aziz, among six war criminals of Gaibandha, to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. Other five war criminals are—Md Ruhul Amin Manju, 61, Md Abdul

DHAKA: A Dhaka court has discharged Mayor of Comilla City Corporation Monirul Hoque Shakoo, also a BNP leader, from a corruption case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in 2008. Judge Shamim Ahemed of the Special Judge’s Court-8 of Dhaka passed the order on Tuesday (November