Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) Standing Committee member, former minister, and former mayor of Dhaka Mirza Abbas has been detained at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Afroza Abbas his wife alleged that he was detained at the airport immigration department when he

The historic Six-Point Demand or the Six-Point Formula was a Bengali nationalist movement in East Pakistan spearheaded by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which eventually led to the Bangladesh liberation, said Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Tuesday.  

A Dhaka court today (June 8) fixed September 20 for the appearance of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia before it in 11 cases lodged against her. Today was fixed for her appearance before the court, but Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Qayesh reset the date as Khaleda Zia failed to

Protesting the price hike of essential commodities, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday (June 7) demanded the cancelation of the government's decision of increasing gas prices.  Besides, the party also announced a three-day demonstration programme in protest

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) has fixed August 1 for hearing a bail plea filed by jailed Haji Mohammad Salim in a case for amassing illegal wealth. Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chamber judge of the Appellate Division, today scraped the plea and sent it to the apex court

A Dhaka court today (June 5) sentenced former mayor of Dhamrai municipality Dewan Nazim Uddin to four-year imprisonment for amassing wealth illegally and hiding information about the assets. Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-9 delivered the verdict in presence of

A Dhaka court on Sunday (June 5) deferred till July 17 the hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 19 others in the Gatco graft case that involves Tk1,000 crore. Judge Mohammed Ali Hossain of the Dhaka’s Third Special Judge’s Court set the fresh

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has blamed the government for the recent price hike of essential commodities. He said: "Today the price of the bread has doubled. The price of rice has already increased by Tk 10/Tk15 per Kg. 

A special tribunal in Dhaka on Tuesday (May 31) sentenced three Naogaon men, including former leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Rezaul Karim Montu, to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. A three-member International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)

Pro-Awami League lawyers’ panel Sammilito Ainjibi Samannoy Parishad swept the election to the Bangladesh Bar Council, official election results said. Attorney General AM Amin Uddin, chairman of the bar council, announced the official results of the election early Sunday.

Bangladesh National Party (BNP) is observing the 41st death anniversary of Ziaur Rahman, the founder of the party, with various programmes across the country today (May 30). The party, with its front and associate organizations, has chalked out a 10-day programme to observe the death

Former state minister and BNP’s Rural Development and Cooperatives Secretary Advocate Gautam Chakraborty passed away at a hospital in the capital on Friday (May 27) afternoon. Gautam Chakraborty breathed his last at Evercare Hospital around 1:30pm while undergoing treatment.

The election to the Bangladesh Bar Council, a licensing and regulatory body of all advocates of the country, is underway. The election is being held at the polling centres of Bajitpur, Ishwarganj, Durgapur, Bhanga, Chikandi, Patia, Satkania, Bashkhali, Fatikchhari, Sandwip, Hatia,

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is set to start holding formal dialogue today with the political parties to create a 'national unity' in restoring democracy. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came made the announcement at a press conference on Tuesday at the

A Dhaka court on Tuesday (May 24) sent the expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat to jail rejecting his bail plea in a graft case. Earlier in the morning, he surrendered in the court and filed a bail petition. After hearing on the petition, Dhaka Special Judge

A Dhaka court on Tuesday fixed July 5 to hold a hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and others. Today was fixed for holding the indictment hearing, but Khaleda Zia failed to appear before the court because of her "illness". 

Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim on Tuesday (May 24) today filed an appeal against the High Court (HC) verdict that upheld a lower court judgement sentencing him to 10-year imprisonment in a graft case. Haji Salim's counsel Syed Ahmed Raza submitted the plea to the

At least 25 persons were injured as activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) locked into a clash on Dhaka University campus on Tuesday morning. JCD activists claimed that BCL men attacked them when they brought out a procession from Central

Senior BNP leader Mirza Abbas left for Singapore on Tuesday morning for "advanced treatment of a stomach problem". The BNP standing committee member, along with his wife and two sons, left for Singapore on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Hazrat Shahjalal International

The High Court (HC) today (May 22) ordered the lower court concerned to dispose of within a year a graft case against former Cox's Bazar-4 lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi. A High Court division bench comprising Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo