DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Dr Abdul Moin Khan said if the municipality election result reflects the casting of the voters and it does not determined by anyone’s order, the party will accept it.He came up with this assertion while speaking to the media after their meeting with

DHAKA: All preparations have been done for the municipal elections to begin at 8:00am to continue till 4:00pm on Wednesday (December 30).Around 7.1 million voters will exercise their rights of franchise on the day to elect mayors and councilors in 234 municipalities in the country.A

JHENAIDAH: Police arrested Kaliganj upazila unit Jamaat-e-Islami secretary Mawlana Shahiduzzaman on Tuesday in Jhenaidah district.He was arrested from Aarpara area around 2:00pm in accusation of planning violence.Kaliganj Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Anwar Hossain told banglanews that on

DHAKA: BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that the ruling Awami League (AL) has taken all preparations to take upcoming municipality poll results in favor of them.Moreover, the opposition candidates are being harassed, arrested and vandalism, he added.The BNP leader

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has convened an emergency meeting with leaders of the 20-party alliance for Wednesday evening. The meeting will be held at her Gulshan Political office upon completion of voting in municipal polls.Confirming the matter, a competent source from the party

DHAKA: All electoral campaigns of the forthcoming municipal election have come to a complete end at midnight (12:00am) of 28th December.The candidates are not allowed to conduct any kind of electioneering including informal meetings from that time from now on.According to the electoral

FROM GULSHAN: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia reiterated her party’s decision to stay in the upcoming municipality poll contest till the end.Moreover, the BNP chief alleged that the government has taken all preparations to make the upcoming polls a ‘farce’.She made this assertion at a

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court on Monday placed three members of banned Islamist extremist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on five-day remand each in a case filed with Karnaphuli Police Station of the port city over arms act.Chittagong Metropolitan Hakim Rahmat Ali made the

DHAKA: All electoral campaigns of the forthcoming municipal election are to shut down completely by the midnight (12:00am) of 28th December.The candidates can no more conduct any kind of electioneering including informal meetings from that time.According to the electoral code of conduct,

DHAKA: The indictment hearing in the Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and others has been deferred to February 27. Dhaka special judge-9 Amirul Islam on Monday passed the order in response to time petition filed by key accused Khaleda Zia’s lawyer.The BNP chief,

DHAKA: BNP chairperson and also 20-party alliance leader Khaleda Zia has called an emergency press conference on Monday afternoon.The press meet is set to be held at Khaleda Zia’s political office in city’s Gulshan area at 4:00pm on the day.A press release, sent by BNP chief’s press

MEHERPUR: Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Gangni upazila unit ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Rabiul Islam and BNP leader Yakub Ali in accusation of creating violence in Meherpur district.They were arrested from the upazila’s Thana Road area Sunday afternoon.Gangni Thana

DHAKA: A court in Dhaka order law enforcers to take action after investigation into the sedition allegation filed against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia for her ‘confusing’ remark over the number of liberation war martyrs.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Atikur Rahman on Sunday passed the

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia slammed the government for its online policy and for closing popular social media Facebook as well.She said that the government not only has ‘killed’ democracy in the country, it has closed Facebook and imposed restriction on television

DHAKA: The investigation agency of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has completed the final probe report against two ‘Razakars’ M Liakat Ali and Aminul Islam alias Rajab Ali from Habiganj and Kishoreganj districts.In the report, several charges were brought against the duo for

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will not appear before court in Niko graft case on personal grounds.His lawyer Advocate Sanaullah Mia confirmed the matter to banglanews Sunday.On June 18, 2015, High Court cleared the way for trial proceedings to resume against Khaleda and others in the

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was sued for her alleged ‘confusing’ remark over the number of liberation war martyrs. Lawyer and president of Bangabandhu Foundation Abdul Malek Mashiur Malek filed the case in a Dhaka court on Sunday morning. Court of Dhaka magistrate Atikur

JAMALPUR: BNP office of Sarishabari in Jamalpur came under attack allegedly by activists of ruling Awami League centering the municipal elections.Attackers ransacked the office located at Aramnagar Bazar in the upazila around 9:30pm of Saturday.Six motorcycles parked in front of the

JAMALPUR: BNP office of Sarishabari in Jamalpur came under attack allegedly by activists of ruling Awami League centering the municipal elections.Attackers ransacked the office located at Aramnagar Bazar in the upazila around 9:30pm of Saturday.Six motorcycles parked in front of the

CHITTAGONG: Detective Police busted a den of banned outfit Jama'at ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) with the arrest of its three members, from Aman Bazar area of Hathazari Upazila in the district.During the raid at the hideout of armed commander of greater Chittagong, law enforcers