DHAKA: Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad on Tuesday (January 19) sacked Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu from the secretary general position of the party.He also announced Ruhul Amin Hawlader as the new secretary general as per rights of party chairman.Ershad disclosed the decisions in a press

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad called an emergency press conference as the party is on the verge of splitting.The conference will be held at party’s Banani central office at 2:00pm on Tuesday.Party sources confirmed the matter to banglanews around 10:00am.Reactions arose as he

DHAKA: Leaders and activists of BNP and ‘Asal BNP’ (Original BNP) locked into a clash in city’s Nayapaltan area.The BNP-men set fire to a pickup-van that carried the ‘Asal BNP’ leaders.The clash was created as ‘Asal BNP’-men advanced to occupy BNP’s headquarters in

DHAKA: Convicted war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee filed a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict that commuted his death penalty to jail unto death. Sayedee’s lawyer M Saifur Rahamn informed the matter to banglanews on Sunday (January 17).The war

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir once again pressed the government to talk about the process of establishing an elected government.He made this call at a program celebrating 37th founding anniversary of ‘Jubo JAGPA’ at Photojournalist Association

DHAKA: Ganajagaran Mancha on Friday declared to gherao the Pakistan High Commission to Bangladesh in the afternoon of January 20 (Wednesday).Mancha convener Dr Imran H Sarker made the announcement from a protest rally at Shahbagh intersection in city in the afternoon.“We will gherao the

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Dr RA Gani was buried at Banani graveyard in city on Friday afternoon.He was buried around 4:15pm after the third janaza at south plaza of Jatiya Sangsad.Earlier, the BNP leader died at intensive care unit (ICU) of Square Hospital in city around

HABIGANJ: Police detained 14 top leaders of district unit Jamaat-e-Islami, including its ameer Mokhlesur Rahman, from Habiganj Sadar on Friday morning.Habiganj assistant police super (sadar) Masudur Rahman Monir told banglanews that the detainees were holding a clandestine meeting at the

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and its acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir  have expressed deep sorrow at the death of the standing committee member Dr RA Gani.They expressed their condolences in separate messages, said BNP chairperson’s press wing member Shairul

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Dr RA Gani has died at Square Hospital in city early hours of Friday. He was 89.He breathed his last around 12:30 am at the hospital where he had been kept on life support since Wednesday after his condition deteriorated.BNP media wing member Shairul

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Dr RA Gani has been kept on life support at Square Hospital in city on Thursday.On January 6, RA Gani was admitted to the hospital in city's Panthapath area as he fell sick and complained of respiratory problems.Later on Wednesday, the BNP leader was

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday (January 13) claimed that people of the country was disappointed as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina did not give any instruction to solve the current political crisis in her address to the nation.However, the PM

GAZIPUR: BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has been released on bail on Wednesday afternoon.He got released from Kashimpur High Security Jail Part-1 around 4:15pm.Kashimpur High Security Jail Part-1 jail super Subrata Kumar Bala said that the bail papers reached

DHAKA: War criminal Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee will appeal for reviewing the verdict of his lifelong imprisonment seeking acquittal from charges after the prosecution had appealed on Tuesday.The Jamaat leader made the decision after his lawyers went to meet him

DHAKA: Visiting Saudi Arabia Prince Dr Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud called on BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Tuesday evening (January 12).The meeting was held at BNP chief’s Gulshan residence in city around 7:00pm.Moreover, Islamic Development Bank (IDB) chairman Dr Ahmad Mohamed Ali was

DHAKA: Election Commissioner Mohammad Shah Newaz said that Union Parishad (UP) elections will be held across the country in March.The party symbols will be used for the Chairman post while the Councilors will vie in non-partisan manner.Moreover, the elections will be held several

DHAKA: Re-voting in 51 centers of 19 municipalities ended and counting is underway on Tuesday (January 12).The voting, started at 8:00am, ended at 4:00pm on the day.Earlier, voting was postponed due to violence and other irregularities on December 30.The Election Commission (EC) also

DHAKA: State prosecution has appealed for reviewing the verdict of lifelong imprisonment against war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee.Attorney General Mahbube Alam said, the 653-page plea consists of five reasons seeking death penalty to Sayedee.On December 31 in

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia Prince Dr Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud will call on BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Tuesday evening.The meeting will be held at BNP chief’s Gulshan political office in city.Khaleda Zia’s press wing officer Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to banglanews.Earlier,

DHAKA: The High Court has ordered to issue a summon notice against BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman in a money laundering case.An HC bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Md Amir Hossain passed the order on Tuesday following an appeal by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).The