DHAKA: The High Court (HC) on Tuesday (March 07) has stayed the trial proceedings against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Niko graft case. An HC bench comprising Justice Sheikh Abdul Awal and Justice Mohammad Khasruzzaman passed the order following a petition filed by the BNP chief

COMILLA: Police have submitted charge-sheet against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and 77 other people in two cases filed over the patrol bomb attack on a bus at Chouddagram in Comilla. Sub-inspector (SI) of Chouddagram police station Mohammad Ibrahim submitted the charge-sheet in the

DHAKA: BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi termed the common people’s fight for ensuring human rights as movement, not anarchy. He made the remark at a meeting in city’s Engineering Institute auditorium on Monday noon (March 6). The meeting was jointly arranged

DHAKA: Voting in the by-elections in chairman post in 14 upazilas of 12 districts and four municipalities in four districts is underway on Monday (March 6). The upazilas are - Jaldhaka in Nilphamari, Sujanagar and Ishwardi in Pabna, Baraigram in Natore, Hossainpur in Kishoreganj,

GAIBANDHA: Police arrested Shamsuzzoha Sarkar, personal secretary (PS) of former Jatiya Party MP of Gaibandha-1 (Sundarganj) Col (retd) Dr. Abdul Kader Khan, in connection with a case filed over MP Liton murder. Gaibandha Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Faruk Ahmed confirmed

GAIBANDHA: Police arrested Shamsuzzoha Sarkar, personal secretary (PS) of former Jatiya Party MP of Gaibandha-1 (Sundarganj) Col (retd) Dr. Abdul Kader Khan, in connection with a case filed over MP Liton murder. Gaibandha Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Faruk Ahmed confirmed

NOAKHALI: A local Awami League leader was shot dead in an attack by miscreants at Sadar upazila in Noakhali early hours on Sunday (March 05).   The deceased was identified as Abul Hashem, 45, president of ward No-1 of Undarchar union unit of the ruling party. After incident of the

COMILLA: Awami League and BNP’s nominated mayoral candidates for the upcoming Comilla City Corporation (CCC) polls have submitted their nomination papers on Thursday (March 02), the last day of nomination submission.  Awami League’s candidate Anjum Sultana Sima submitted her

DHAKA: A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrants against 35 leaders and activists of the BNP including the party’s joint secretary general Barkatullah Bulu in a case filed under explosive act. Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah passed the order on Thursday (March

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged that the ongoing transport strike is being backed by a minister and a state minister of the government. He, however, did not mention the names of the ministers while making the allegation in a discussion on Wednesday noon

SIRAJGANJ: A Sirajganj court on Tuesday (February 28) placed Shahjadpur Municipality Mayor Halimul Haque Miru and his brother Habibul Huq on a two-day remand in journalist Abdul Hakim Shimul murder case. The court of Shahjadpur Upazila Senior Judicial Magistrate Nazrul Islam passed the

SUNAMGANJ: A local jubo league leader was killed and at least fifty others were injured in a clash between two groups at Chhatak Upazila in Sunamganj on Monday (February 27). A deceased was identified as Abdul Basit, 38, son of Abdur Razzak, hailed from Bagbari. The clash took place

BOGRA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday (February 26) inaugurated a modern multistoried food warehouse which has a capacity of 25,000 metric tons of food grains at Santahar in the district. Department of Food has constructed the air-conditioned warehouse at a cost of around Tk.

LALMONIRHAT: Police arrested local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of Awami League, with ten pieces of Yaba tablets in Lalmonirhat early Sunday (February 26). The detainee is Shakil Ahmed, 26, BCL president of ward-8 under Patgram municipality of

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) nominated outgoing mayor Monirul Haque Sakku as its candidate for next Comilla City Corporation elections. BNP chairperson’s press wing officer Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to Banglanews on Saturday (February 25). The decision

THAKURGAON: BNP on Saturday extended support to the half-day hartal called by Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (BASAD) in Dhaka for February 28 (Tuesday) in protest of gas tariff hike. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said this price

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Saturday (February 25) remarked Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be able to compete in the next general elections even if the court convicts her. Modud made the remark while addressing a program

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Saturday (February 25) called upon the government to publish a white paper about the BDR (current BGB) mutiny with special reference to the reasons behind the incident. A BNP delegation was talking to journalists after paying tribute to the

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday (February) convened an emergency press conference. The conference will take place at the party chairperson’s Gulshan political office around 7:30 pm. Chairperson’s press wing member Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed

GAIBANDHA: Police early Thursday (February 23) detained another person from Dhaka for his alleged involvement with the murder of Gaibandha-1 (Sundarganj) lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton. The detainee was identified as Aminur Islam Rana. Gaibandha police super (SP) Ashraful Islam was