GAZIPUR: A councilor candidate of Union Parishad (UP) election was chopped to death by miscreants in Amuna Bankara area under Sadar upazila of the district early Wednesday (April 20).   The deceased was identified as Akhtar Hossain Khandaker, 45, a councilor candidate of Prahladpur

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir commented the government took position against people and democracy through filing false cases against political activists and journalists. He made the comment while addressing a discussion organized by Jatiya Ganatantrik Party

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is scheduled to hold a meeting with top leaders of the party at her Gulshan political office on Tuesday night (April 19). Chairperson’s press wing officer Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to banglanews around 10:00am. Party sources said

GAZIPUR: Two courts of Gazipur rejected bail plea of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) mayor and also BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser MA Mannan in two cases on Tuesday morning (April 19). Gazipur court inspector Robiul Islam told banglanews that the courts of senior judicial

DHAKA: BNP’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the names of party’s joint organizing secretaries. He made this announcement at a press conference at party central office in city’s Nayapaltan area Monday afternoon (April 18). The joint secretaries

MEHERPUR: Advisory council member of the ruling Awami League (AL) Amir Hossain Amu categorically said his party does not consider any political movement as threat to it. He also said the party also thinks mass killing by BNP in the name of waging political movements in 2015 was

DHAKA: Law minister Anisul Huq said that senior journalist Shafik Rehman was arrested on specific ground. The minister made the assertion to the media after inaugurating a training course of district registrars at Judicial Administration Training Institute in city on Sunday (April 17).

DHAKA: A city court re-fixed the date of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s defense hearing in Zia Charitable Trust graft case on April 25. A makeshift court of 3rd special judge Abu Ahmed Zamadar, set up on the premises of jail department in city’s Bakshibazar area, passed the order on

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has appeared before the court Sunday morning (April 17) to defend herself in Zia Charitable Trust graft case. The BNP chief reached the court premises at 10:30am on the day. However, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two graft cases

DHAKA: BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed threatened tougher action against the government if senior journalist Shafik Rehman and Gazipur mayor MA Mannan are not freed. The BNP leader uttered the threat at a press conference held at party central office in

HABIGANJ: Three people, including a leader of Jubo League, were killed as lightning struck them on Saturday (April 16) in the district. The deceased were identified as Abid Ali (22), Ramzan Ali (38) and Shafiqul Alam (30). Among them, Ramzan Ali was Bullah union unit president of

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will defend herself in Zia Charitable Trust graft case on Sunday (April 17).  The BNP leader’s lawyer Sanaullah Mia informed banglanews on Saturday (April 16). ‘Khaleda Zia will appear before the court at 10:30am on Sunday,’ he said.

RANGPUR: Police arrested 56 people, who are accused in several cases, by conducting special drives from Friday night to Saturday early morning (April 16). The arrestees also included leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir. Mithapukur

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in her Nababarsha greetings called upon people of all professions for national unity by upholding democratic values. She made this urge at a meeting, organized by BNP’s cultural wing Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sangskritik Sangstha (JASAS) on the occasion

DHAKA: Prime Minister's ICT adviser Sajib Wazed Joy have questioned over the accuracy of Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) following step down of the chief of Chile counterparts amid Panam Papers scandal. In his Facebook status posted around 2am on Wednesday, Prime

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is set to address an emergency press conference at party’s Gulshan political office in city on Tuesday (April 12).   BNP chairperson’s media wing officer Sharul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter on Monday night (April 11).

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League’s (AL) national council is set to be held on July 10 and 11 and a preparatory committee has also been formed to arrange the event successfully. AL general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam made this disclosure at a press conference at AL president’s political

MEHERPUR: Police arrested BNP national committee executive member, also former lawmaker of Mehepur-1 Masud Arun in sabotage case. A police team, led by Meherpur Sadar Thana Office-in-Charge (OC) Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury, conducted drive and arrested him from his residence in Kasharipara

DHAKA: Finally the ruling Awami League Sunday (April 10) announced its Dhaka City Unit committee, splitting it into two, Dhaka north and south. AL general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam declared the new committees at a press conference at party president's Dhanmondi office at 11:00

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia sent warm wishes to Awami League president, also the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on occasion of ‘Noboborsho’, the Bengali new year.   Khaleda Zia conveyed her greeting to Shekh Hasina by sending Noboborsho greeting card. The card is sent to