BRAHMANBARIA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-9 personnel in a drive held a Union Parishad chairman with firearms from Hazipur village under Kashba Upazila on Saturday morning.The detainee is- Jahangir Alam, an ex-chairman of Binauti Union Parihad of the district.Acting of tip off, the law

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, also leader of the opposition in Parliament, is set to join a discussion meeting marking its 35th founding anniversary on Saturday afternoon. The meeting will start at Institution of Engineers in Ramna area in the capital around 3:00pm. Party leaders

COMILLA: Around 73 activists-supporters of Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, were held on suspicion by police from Barapara area of the metropolitan on Friday night.The detainees are internee doctors and students of Comilla Medical College Hospital.Locals said Kotwali Thana

DHAKA: State Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Advocate Quamrul Islam categorically said there is no option to sworn in for any ‘non-elected government’.He also expressed hope that all parties will participate in the next general polls under an interim government.The

DHAKA: Opposition BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed categorically said if BNP go power in upcoming parliament election then the 15th amendment of the constitution will be repealed.He came up with the assertion while addressing a protest meeting at Dhaka Reporters Unity

DHAKA: Opposition BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia on Thursday categorically said they would not take part in the next general election under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.He came up with the assertion while addressing a discussion meeting on ‘Ongoing Political

DHAKA: Opposition BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Thursday said election under non-partisan caretaker government is only the way to solve all problems.The senior leader of the party came up with the observation while addressing a programme at the National Press

DHAKA: The International Crime Tribunal-1 deferred the date of issuing an order on indictment of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Kashem Ali for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during country’s liberation war in 1971 till September 5.The three-member ICT led-by ATM Fazle

NARAYANGANJ: At least five people including District BNP president Advocate Taimur Alam Khandaker were injured as supporters confined and attack them on Wednesday night.Earlier, District BNP president Advcate Taimur declared that he was going to participate in Jatiya Sangsad election from

CHITTAGONG: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in the district on Wednesday morning on a daylong visit.A helicopter carrying the premier landed at BF Jahurul Haque naval base at around 11:40am.The high officials of naval forces received Prime Minister where she joined the commissioning

SYLHET: Ilias Mukti Songram Parishad observed dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district on Thursday.The organization observed the strike demanding the trace out of BNP organizing secretary Ilias Ali.The hartal supporters brought out processions and staged rallies at several points of the

DHAKA: Main opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia said conspiracy is going on democracy and rights of the countrymen. She urged diploma engineers to aware of it and come forward to foil the conspiracy.The opposition leader came up with the urge while holding a meeting with leaders of

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, is set to visit Chittagong on Thursday.PM’s office sources said that the premier would arrive ‘Naval Birth Chittagong’ to join a commissioning program of ‘Maritime Petrol Air Craft’ at about 11:00am.Later,

SYLHET: District BNP has called dawn-to-dusk hartal in Sylhet for Thursday demanding whereabouts of party leader M Ilias Ali.Shechhasebak Dal, Chhatra Dal, Tanti Dal, Chhatra Sangram Parishad, Olama Dal will observe the hartal under the banner of ‘Ilias Mukti Parishad’.‘Iliash Mukti

SYLHET: 16 Shibir leaders and activists were sued on charge of chopping Sylhet MC College unit Chhatra League leader Mustafizur Rob with Katwali Thana in the city on Tuesday night.Of accused, nine were named. Those include former Chhatra Shibir president of Sylhet MC College Yasin

DHAKA: Opposition BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged the government is conspiring against family Zia by handing over cheque Arafat Rahman Koko’s money to Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).“The government handed over Arafat Rahman Koko’s

DHAKA:  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will meet root level leaders of Awami League throughout the country in a bid to strengthen organization.The Awami League President will likely to hold series of dialogues with root level leaders from five districts from September 4.Sources of AL said

CHITTAGONG: Ruling Awami League Presidium Member Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Tuesday suggested Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus to join BNP politics.Indicating Dr Yunus, he said, “You are talking about caretaker government system. It will not be fruitful. At first join BNP then

DHAKA: Opposition BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam on Tuesday said his party is ready to talk over the non-partisan caretaker government in anywhere.The senior leader of the party came up with the observation while talking to journalists at Party’s Nayapaltan office in

COMILLA: The members of law enforcement agency arrested Sadar upazila (South) Ameer Sarwar Kamal Siddiqui in several cases.He was arrested from in front of Comilla Sadar Hospital around 12:00 noon on Tuesday.Sadar (South) Thana Officer-in-Charge Ainul Haque confirmed the matter to