DHAKA: Elections for 752 union parisads will be held on March 22.Election Commission (EC) public relations director SM Asaduzzaman confirmed the matter to banglanews on Thursday afternoon (February 11).He further said the last date for submitting nomination papers is February 22 and the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Thursday adjourned till February 18 the hearing of Zia Charitable Trust graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and three others.Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of the Special Judge Court-3 set up on Alia Madrasa premises fixed the date after the defense

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) has announced that elections for 10 municipalities will be held on March 20.The municipalities include Haragachha of Rangpur district, Kaliganj of Jhenaidah, Jhalakathi sadar, Bhanga of Faridpur, Nangalkot of Comilla, Brahmanbaria sadar, Kabirhat of

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, prime accused in the Zia Charitable and Orphanage trust graft cases, will not appear before court in the hearing, scheduled for Thursday (February 10). Judge Abu Ahmed Jomadar of the Special Judge's Court-3 setup on Alia Madrasa premises at Bakshibazar

CHITTAGONG: Two cases have been filed against ruling party lawmaker MA Latif on charge of distorting the photo of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with the court of metropolitan hakim Farid Alam on Tuesday (February 9).One of the cases was filed on charge of treason and another under the

DHAKA: Metropolitan Session Judge Court also rejected bail petition of former MP and also BNP’s student affairs secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie in nine cases, including seven filed against him in January, 2015.Metropolitan Session Judge M Kamrul Hossian Molla passed the order on

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance will form human chain and bring out procession on February 15.Alliance spokesman health minister Mohammed Nasim made the assertion at a press briefing at AL president’s Dhanmondi office in city on Sunday (February 7).Nasim said, “We

DHAKA: Rajib Ahsan and Mohammad Akramul Hasan have respectively been made president and general secretary of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student front of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).The full-fledged committee of Chhatra Dal was declared after approval by BNP chairperson

DHAKA: A court in Dhaka deferred the date to March 3 for submission of probe report in the defamation case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and its standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy.Court of Metropolitan magistrate M Nuru Mia re-fixed the date, as police did not submit

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia approved the 736-member strong committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student front of BNP.The JCD committee, five times bigger than that mentioned in party constitution, got the BNP chief’s nod in the late hour of Saturday, several BNP sources

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas has been admitted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday morning (February 6).Dhaka Metropolitan Police and jail security men brought him from Dhaka Central Jail to the DMCH around 10:30am amid tight security.Central jail

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold its national council on March 19, said party’s joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.He said this at a press conference held at BNP central office at Naya Paltan in city on Friday (February 5). Rizvi said that Public Works

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) upheld the decision of the Election Commission (EC) that cancelled nomination paper of Kader Siddiqui in the by-polls of Tangail-4 constituency.The bench of Justice M Ashraful Islam and Justice Zafar Ahmed passed the order on Thursday dismissing the writ

DHAKA: Newly appointed Spanish Ambassador to Bangladesh Eduardo de Laiglesia y Del Rosal is set to meet BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday night.The meeting is scheduled to be held at BNP chief’s political office in city’s Gulshan area around 8:00pm.Chairperson’s media wing

DHAKA: A court in Dhaka on Wednesday re-fixed the indictment hearing of BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 24 others in sabotage case filed under Shahjahanpur thana in city.The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Atikur Rahman deferred the date to March 9 in

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has returned home from Singapore on Monday evening (February 1).He came in a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in city around 6:40pm.BNP chairperson’s press wing member

GAIBANDHA: Election Commission (EC) secretary Sirajul Islam said the Union Parishad (UP) polls will start in March.The commission is prepared for this, he added.The EC secretary made this assertion while talking to reporters during his visit at Gobindapur Upazila Server Station of

DHAKA: Opposition in the Parliament Jatiya Party (JP) has decided to arrange the party’s national council on April 16.The decision was taken in a meeting of presidium members at JP chairman HM Ershad’s Banani political office in city on Sunday (January 31).HM Ershad presided over the

SYLHET: A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Shahriar Alam Shipar, president of Sylhet metropolitan unit Islami Chhatra Shibir, from Shahi Eidgah area of the town on Friday (January 29).Major Humayun Kabir of RAB-9 confirmed the matter to banglanews.He further said there were

DHAKA: Opposition leader Raushan Ershad has sought intervention of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over the settlement of internal dispute of opposition Jatiya Party (JP).At a meeting with the Prime Minister held at PM office in the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban during maghreb prayer break of