DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday adjourned the recording of deposition in Zia Charitable and Orphanage Trust graft cases against BNP chief Khaleda Zia till October 26. The makeshift court, set up at Alia Madrasa Ground, also ordered Khaleda Zia to appear before it on the next date

DHAKA: A Dhaka court extended the bail-term of Abdul Mannan Khan, former State Minister for Housing and Public Works Affairs in a case filed by Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).The court extended the bail-term till December 9.Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court's Magistrate

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) expressed shock at the demise of BRAC University Professor Dr Piash Karim.In a condolence message, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that the country lost a luminous teacher who was

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will not appear before the makeshift court, set up at Alia Madrasa Ground, on Monday in Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases.Khaleda Zia's lawyer advocate Sanaullah Mia on Sunday night confirmed the matter to banglanews. Showing

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, on Sunday said her party would not tolerate any of its party member’s remarks that demean religion.“The party is a secular party but not against any religion,” she said.The party chief made the assertion

DHAKA: Abdul Latif Siddique was expelled from Awami League after his derogatory comments on hajj and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) created a furore at home and abroad.The decision came from the meeting of executive committee held at Ganobhaban, official residence of Prime Minister Sheikh

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas, also Dhaka city BNP convener, alleged that everything is ‘lawful’ if it is done by Awami League but ‘unlawful’ when it is done by others.He made the comment on Sunday after the Anti-Corruption

DHAKA: The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) quizzed BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas, also Dhaka city BNP convener, for his alleged involvement over allocation of a land by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (RAZUK).ACC Deputy Director Jatan Kumar Roy started quizzing him from

DHAKA: Outgoing France ambassador to Bangladesh Michel Trinquier will meet BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday night.The meeting will be held at 8:00pm on the day at BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan political office.Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan Office sources confirmed the matter to banglanews.

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred the charge framing hearing against 67 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) till November 5 in the cases of vandalizing and torching vehicles.Among the accused, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday sent Abdur Rahman Bodi, elected from Cox's Bazar-4 constituency, to jail on the charge of alleged involvement in attaining illegal assets.  Metropolitan Magistrate Maruf Hossain of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court passed the order after the bail

DHAKA: A 5-member delegation of Dubai BNP unit met party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday night. Sources said that in an hour-long meeting, started from 9:30pm at Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan residence in city, the Dubai BNP leaders highlighted on various activities of the party in United

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is scheduled to appear before the court on Sunday morning in a case filed for vehicle vandalism and obstruction of discharging police duties.  He will appear before speedy trial tribunal around 10:30am.  BNP Media Wing

DHAKA: Outgoing Pakistan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi Qureshi is set to meet BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday. The meeting would be held at 8:00pm on the day at BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan political office, said a competent source from the party. Khaleda

DHAKA: The physical condition of former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ghulam Azam, who is serving 90-year imprisonment for war crimes, remained unchanged till Saturday noon. He was been shifted to the coronary care unit (CCU) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in city on

DHAKA: Krishak Shramik Janata League (KSJL) president Kader Siddique on Saturday apologized for his elder brother Post and Telecommunications Minister Abdul Latif Siddique’s derogatory remarks over hajj and Tablig Jamaat.Kader Siddique came up with the apology at a press conference

DHAKA: The Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) will hold a meeting at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official residence Gano Bhaban on Sunday evening.The premier will preside over the meeting at 6:30pm.AL general secretary, also Local Government and Rural Development

SAVAR (DHAKA): Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said the fate of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Abdul Latif Siddique for his derogatory remarks on hajj and Tablighi Jamaat will be decided on Sunday.The minister was talking to

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday warned of waging tough movement in case the government is not wake up on time.The BNP leader came up with the warning when addressing a program titled “24th Memorial Discussion of Historic Martyr Day” at

CHITTAGONG: BNP has called a dawn-to-dusk shutdown in Mirsarai upazila for Sunday protesting killing of upazila Chhatra Dal convener Adil Mahmud. The BNP leaders and activists also staged demonstration and demanded arrest and penalty of the killers of Adil.Convener of Mirsarai upazila