DHAKA: The authorities concerned have permitted the BNP to hold Sunday’s rally at  Suhrawardy Udyan in the city. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday (November 11) said that the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has given permission to hold the rally on 23

BHOLA: Awami League senior leader and commerce minister Tofail Ahmed rules out any possibility of talks with BNP over the next general elections. The ruling party leader at a function in Bhola on Saturday (November 11) said that the next Parliamentary elections will be held as per the

DHAKA: The 18th session of the Jatiya Sangsad will begin on Sunday (November 12). The session of the current 10th Parliament will begin at 4:00 pm. It will be the last session for this year. Prior to beginning of the session, the meeting of the business advisory committee of the

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said if there was no democracy in the country then the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) conferences would not have been held.  Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister,

DHAKA: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi commented that the government has kept the democracy confined with a vow to make the power unending. Rizvi was talking to the reporters after paying tribute by placing floral wreaths at Shaheed Noor Hossain Chattar in

DHAKA: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed said that anarchy of the ruling party is not being stopped as the number of missing people increases day by day. He said this at a press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan central office on Thursday

DHAKA: The Election Commission has primarily decided to hold polls in four municipalities and at least 90 other institutions of the local government bodies on December 28.   The EC sources said that the polls schedule may be announced on November 12. According to the sources, polls

DHAKA:  Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader urged people not to disdain the historic 7th March Speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, rather use it with due reverence. As the chief guest, he made the remark while distributing books on ‘Bangabandhur Oshomapto

KUSHITA: A mobile court awarded ten days imprisonment to a local Awami League leader for entering an exam centre of Junior School Certificate (JSC) in Kushtia on Thursday (November 09). Ruhul Alam Biswas, organizing secretary of Mirpur upazila Awami League, along with some other

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday (Nov 9) adjourned till Nov 16 the hearing of BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s self defence statement in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. Earlier in the day, Khaleda appeared before Judge Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 in city’s

DHAKA: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday (November 9) rejected a plea filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking further cross-examination of 11 prosecution witnesses of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. Khaleda sought directive to allow her lawyers for full

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said that BNP rally has no relation with democracy whether it exists or not in this country. He said while responding a question of reporters at a function at the National Museum in city’s Shahbagh on Wednesday

DHAKA: The High Court on Wednesday (November 08) commuted seven years rigorous imprisonment of former communications minister Barrister Nazmul Huda to four years for bribe charge. The higher court, however, upheld his wife Sigma Huda’s three years simple imprisonment in the same case

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the government will hopefully give all-out cooperation for organizing the party rally on Saturday (November 12), marking 'National Revolution and Solidarity Day'. He made the expectation at a press briefing after

DHAKA: The High Court on Tuesday (Nov 7) rejected a plea filed by Tangail-3 constituency Awami League lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana seeking cancellation of the charges framed against him by a trial court in freedom fighter Faruk murder case. An HC bench of Justice Md Shawkat Hossain

DHAKA: Prime Minister’s political adviser HT Imam said that he never considered Major Ziaur Rahman a freedom fighter, nor he would do in the future.   HT Imam, also Awami League Advisory Council member, made the comment while speaking as special guest at a memorial meeting organized

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said his party will not hold any political programs at this moment that create conflicts. However, he also alleged that the government has deliberately barred BNP to hold rally marking The Revolution and Solidarity Day on Nov 7

DHAKA: BNP has rescheduled its plan to hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on Nov 11 due to a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) meeting. BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the statement in a press conference held at the party’s central office in Naya

DHAKA:  US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A Shannon's meeting with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's has been productive, said party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. He made the remark to reporters after the meeting ended on Monday noon (Nov

DHAKA: US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A Shannon met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The meeting started around 10:45am at Khaleda’s Gulshan office on Monday morning (Nov 6). At the meeting, the US delegation led by Shannon included other officials of the US