Sunday, 19 Jan, 2025

Politics

Broadcast policy to be passed in JS winter session: Inu

DHAKA: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has said that broadcast policy will be passed in the upcoming winter session of Jatiya Sangsad.   He said this while speaking at a rally in front of the National Press Club in the city on Tuesday (November 21). Broadcast Producers

AL wants competitive elections: Quader

FENI: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said that his party has no intention to play alone in an open field, it rather wants competitive elections.  Obaidul Quader, also, the Road Transport and Bridges Minister made the remark while visiting the construction work of a

Tarique, 3 others indicted in sedition charge

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday (November 20) issued arrest warrants against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman and two others over broadcasting a speech of Tarique Rahman. The court issued the arrest warrant after framing the charge-sheet against four accused in the case.  

Local AL leader slaughtered in Satkhira

SATKHIRA: A local Awami League leader was slaughtered at Kaliganj upazila in Satkhira. Police recovered his body in the morning on Monday (November 20). The incident of murder took place at about 10:00 pm on Sunday (November 19) at Koikhali dyke at Ashashuni under Kaliganj upazila.

Vested quarter plotting against next polls: Quader

RANGPUR: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that a vested quarter is hatching conspiracy about the next general elections. He said this while visiting the victims of attack at Thakurpara area in Rangpur on Sunday (November 19). Obaidul Quader, also the road

Ex-deputy speaker Akhtar Hamid no more

DHAKA: Former Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Md Akhtar Hamid Siddiqui died at a private hospital in the city on Sunday (November 19). He was 71. Akhtar Hamid Siddiqui, also an adviser of BNP chairperson, breathed his last at the United Hospital in city’s Gulshan area at noon. He

Polls won’t be accepted without BNP: Fakhrul

LALMONIRHAT: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that any election without BNNP won’t not be accepted in the country and globally. He said this at the inauguration ceremony of a bicycle rally at Burir Bazar at Mahendranagar area in Lalmonirhat on Sunday

MP Rana denied bail

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) on Sunday (November 19) rejected the bail appeal of Tangail-3 constituency Awami League lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana, in a case filed over freedom fighter Faruk murder case. An HC bench of Justices Borhan Uddin Khan and Md Ashraful Kamal discarded the

Hasina-led gov won’t interfere in polls: Shahjahan

CHITTAGONG: Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan on Sunday (November 19) said that the current government led by Awami League President Sheikh Hasina won’t influence the election commission (EC) despite remaining in power. The minister, as the chief guest, was addressing a program on

Comilla Jubo League leader cut off organs by miscreants

COMILLA: Miscreants cut off a leg and a hand of a Jubo League leader in Daudkandi upazila of Comilla. The victim, Md Alam, union unit secretary general of Jubo League, also sustained stabbings with sharp weapons in different parts of his body. Locals rescued Alam besides a road in

PM joins Suhrawardy rally, urges to thwart efforts to distort history

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the conspirators tried to distort the history of Bangladesh following the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15 in 1975.     She urged the countrymen to remain alert so that the agents of Pakistan can’t

24 Jamaat men sued in Narayanganj

NARAYANGANJ: 24 Jamaat leaders and activists, including district ameer Moulana Moinuddin Ahmed, were sued on charges of plotting and preparation of sabotage activities in Narayanganj. Sub-Inspector (SI) Raju Mondal lodged the case with Fatullah Model Police Station on Saturday

Maulana Bhashani first called for independence: Fakhrul

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that country’s legendary leader Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani first called for the independence of Bangladesh.   He said this while speaking at a discussion at the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) on Saturday (November

Hasina joins rally to celebrate UN recognition to March 7 speech

DHAKA: Prime Minister also Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has reached Suhrawardy Udyan to address the grand rally under the banner of Nagorik Committee, to celebrate the recognition to Bangabandhu’s March 7 speech by UNESCO. Sheikh Hasina reached the venue at around 2:38pm

Abdul Awal Mintoo, wife, sons in Paradise Papers

DHAKA: The names of BNP leader Abdul Awal Mintoo, his wife and three sons including Tabith Mohammed Awal appeared in Paradise Papers, a massive document leak reveals secrets of world elites’ hidden wealth. Their names surfaced as shareholders of NFM Energy Ltd — a gas drilling

Grand rally Saturday to celebrate March 7 speech recognition

DHAKA: A rally will be held in Suhrawardy Udyan on Saturday (November 18) to celebrate the recognition of historic March 7 speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's as a world documentary heritage by UNESCO. Nagorik Committee is organizing the rally where

BNP tries to foil polls, says Inu

KUSHTIA: Information Minister also the President of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) Hasanul Haq Inu said that BNP is trying to foil the upcoming national parliamentary polls, in the name of dialogue. The minister was talking to the reporters after exchanging views with his party leaders

Chhatra Dal gen secy Akram held

DHAKA: Detectives of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained Akramul Hasan, general secretary of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of BNP, in Paltan Friday (November 17). Chhatra Dal President Rajib Ahsan told Banglanews that Akramul was nabbed while he was returning after

Next polls must be under supportive govt: Fakhrul

TANGAIL: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the next parliamentary election must be held under poll-time supportive government as his party proposed to EC. He came up with the remark after placing floral wreath at Mawlana Bhasani’s tomb on the occasion of his 41st

Attending polls sans army deployment risky: Khasru

DHAKA: BNP Standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury commented that it will be a dangerous venture if his party participate in the upcoming national election with no deployment of army. He was addressing a discussion marking the BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman’s