DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has pleaded in the High Court to change the trial court for the Zia Charitable Trust graft case, citing lack of confidence in the judge. Her application was submitted to the High Court's concerned wing on Monday (April 15), a day after the HC

JESSORE: At least seven people were injured in a clash between the local leaders and activists of Awami League and BNP, over derogatory remarks against the Prime Minister in Keshabpur upazila.  The incident took place at Pazia Bazar area in the upazila at around 9:30 pm Sunday (May

JESSORE: At least seven people were injured in a clash between the local leaders and activists of Awami League and BNP, over derogatory remarks against the Prime Minister in Keshabpur upazila.  The incident took place at Pazia Bazar area in the upazila at around 9:30 pm Sunday (May

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) will finalize the roadmap for the 11th Parliamentary elections on May 23. EC Secretary Mohammad Abdullah said this while talking to the journalists at his office at the EC’s Secretariat at Agargaon in the city on Sunday noon (May 14). Mohammad

DHAKA: The High Court has once again granted BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s plea for transferring the trial court, where her Zia Orphanage Trust graft case is on the trial proceedings, to another court. The HC bench of Justice Md Shawkat Hossain and Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said they support voting in EVM system in next polls. Obaidul Quader said this at the council meeting of the fourth class government employees association at Mahanagar Natyamancha in the city on Saturday (May 13). He said,

DHAKA: BNP vice-chairman and former state minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku has been released on bail. He was freed from Dhaka Central Jail on Friday morning (May 12). Later, he was admitted to the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for treatment, said BNP

DHAKA: BNP will hold a day-long seminar on “Education System of Bangladesh and Our future” at the Ladies Club in the city on Saturday (May 13). Former President and Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh chief Prof Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury is expected to join the inaugural session of the

DHAKA: The ruling Awami League has rejected the ‘Vision 2030’ placed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, and claimed that the BNP chief duplicated the vision of the ruling party. “The 37-point Vision 2030 of Khaleda Zia is nothing but mercenary, substandard, double-minded, idiotic

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia unfolded her party’s ‘Vision 2030’ at a press conference at the Westin hotel in Dhaka on Wednesday afternoon (May 10), featuring 37-point proposals.   She said shat the sole executive power of the prime minister in the existing system makes the

BARISAL: Samajtantrik Chhatra Front on Wednesday noon (May 10) formed a human chain in Barisal city demanding immediate arrest and trial of carpenter M Azad Shikder’s killers. Advocate AK Azad, president of Barisal district unit of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), Dr Monisha

SYLHET: Police arrested Beanibazar upazila unit BNP’s general secretary Siddiq Ahmed and sent him to jail on Wednesday (May 10). Beanibazar police station officer-in-charge (OC) Chandan Kumar Chakrabarty told Banglanews that Siddiq was arrested from before his home in Paton village

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday (May 9) granted bail to newly elected Comilla City Corporation (CCC) mayor Monirul Haque Sakku upon surrender in a graft case filed by the ACC. Judge (in-charge) Zahidul Kabir of the Senior Special Judges’ Court passed the order after Sakkus’s lawyer

DHAKA: The High court on Tuesday (May 9) has acquitted former President and Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad of corruption charge canceling a lower court verdict that sentenced him three years’ jail. An HC bench comprising Justices Mohammad Ruhul Kuddus and Bhishmadev

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday has fixed May 15 for holding hearing on BNP Chief Khaleda Zia's self defence statement in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). The judge of Senior Special Judges Court-3, Kamrul Hossain Mollah, passed the

DHAKA: Legal proceedings of two other sabotage cases filed against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia have been halted by the High Court. The HC bench of Justice Miftah Uddin Chowdhury and Justice ANM Bashir Ullah passed the order on Sunday (May 07) after hearing the petitions filed by the

DHAKA: BNP vice-chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu has expressed doubt whether the ruling Awami League will take part in the next general elections. He was speaking at a human chain program in front of the National Press Club in the city on Sunday (May 07). Jatiyatabadi Sangskritik Dal, a

DHAKA: The Supreme Court on Sunday (May 7) has extended the stay order until May 14 on the trial proceedings against former BNP standing committee member barrister Moudud Ahmed in Niko corruption case filed by the ACC. A full bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Sunday (May 7) announced a new alliance comprised of 58 political parties, under the leadership of the party. Jatiya Party, Bangladesh Islamic Front, Jatiya Islami Mohajote and Bangladesh National Alliance (BNA) are frontrunner in the newly

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son also her advisor for ICT affairs (Information and Communication Technology) Sajeeb Wazed Joy will visit the construction work of Padma Bridge. Joy said this while speaking at a workshop for the MPs (Member of Parliament) at the Awami League