DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said that they are not intervening in any case of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia. “We are not intervening in any case of Khaleda Zia and we (government) won’t also intervene in the cases of the BNP chief in future,” he said on

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has expressed her doubt over justice in connection with the Zia Charitable Trust Graft case and the Zia Orphanage Trust Graft case. She said that conspiracy is being hatched against her. The BNP chief said these while delivering her self-defense

DHAKA: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said the government has put a bar on Anti-Liberation quarter to appear as guests in any programs marking the Victory Day on Dec 16. He made the remark to reporters on Thursday noon (Nov 16) after an inter-ministerial meeting on the overall

DHAKA: Several people were injured and motorcycles were put on fire in a clash between two factions of ruling Awami League in Dhaka’s Azimpur area on Thursday noon (Nov 16). The clash broke out in front of Pearl Harbor community center in Azimpur while police had to fire a few

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has given her self-defense statement in the Zia Charitable Trust Graft and Zia Orphanage Trust Graft cases for over an hour on Thursday (November 16) and will continue the next day. The court asked the BNP chief to appear before it on November 23 for

DHAKA: Ailing veteran Awami League leader and former mayor of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury is being taken to Singapore for better treatment. Mohiuddin’s Personal Assistant Osman Ghani told Banglanews that they will leave here for Singapore, on an

KHAGRACHARI: A dawn-to-dusk hartal called by United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF) is being observed loosely in Khagrachari Thursday (November 16). UPDF, under the banner of ‘committee against miscreants and drug-terrorism’, called on the hartal to protest a newly-formed

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student wing of AL, does not need troublemakers, including criminals and infiltrators, as it is a traditional organization.  Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made the remark

DHAKA: Mentioning Chief Justice SK Sinha’s resignation, Law Minister Anisul Huq said that the absence of Chief Justice is not a problem since the next course of action will be taken as per constitution. He made the remark while speaking as a chief guest at an anti-drug program

DHAKA: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has commented that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is trying to establish ‘a ghost government’, by avoiding the country’s constitution. He made the comment at a press conference at his office in the Bangladesh Secretariat on Tuesday

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and some other senior leaders of the party have alleged that Chief Justice SK Sinha was forced to resign as part of government’s ill motive to cling to the power. The BNP leaders raised their allegation at a

DHAKA: The Election Commission will deploy army during the upcoming parliamentary election and also won’t use any Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), said a senior Election Commissioner.  Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar made the remark to reporters on Monday (Nov 13) in response

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader urged not to do any ‘politics’ over the rally the party is set to hold in Suhrawardy Udyan on November 18. He said: “It is not at all a political rally.” Obaidul Quader, also, the Road Transport and Bridges Minister made

DHAKA: The family has decided to send Awami League veteran leader and former Chittagong city mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury abroad for better treatment. The 74-year old leader had long been suffering from ailments related to heart and kidneys, and is currently admitted at the Square

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia said no polls will be held under Sheikh Hasina government and reiterated her party’s demand for army deployment and poll-time neutral government. She made the remarks while addressing as chief guest at the BNP rally held in Dhaka’s Suhrawardy

DHAKA: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that no election will be held in the country excluding BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Fakhrul was addressing the rally of his party at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka Sunday (November 12). “Ziaur Rahman introduced the

FROM JATIYA SANGSAD BHABAN: The 10th Jatiya Sangsad started its 18th and last  session of this year on Sunday afternoon (Nov 12). Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury as chairperson started the session around 4:10pm.  At the beginning of the session, Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia arrived at the rally being held in Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan on Sunday afternoon (Nov 12) marking the National Revolution and Solidarity Day. Earlier around 2:00pm Khaleda starts for Suhrawardy Udyan from her Gulshan residence. She reached the rally

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has begun its rally formally in city’s Suhrawardy Udyan with recitation from the Holy Quran. The rally started around 1:45pm on Sunday (November 12). Party’s metropolitan and central level leaders are seen delivering speech at the rally

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said the way opposition party BNP blocked roads in name of rally gives an insight that the country will collapse once they grab power. Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges minister, made the remark to reporters after the 25th