Dhaka – Family members of convicted Jamaat-e-Islami leader Matiur Rahman Nizami met him at Kashimpur jail about 20 kilometres north of the capital on Thursday. The Super of Kashimpur Jail part-2 Proshanto Kumar Banik said Nizami’s wife Samsunnahar, his two…
Dhaka – A BNP leader was hacked to death by some unidentified miscreants at Lohapatti in Jessore district town on Wednesday night, UNB news agency reported.
STAFF REPORTER Stray incidents of violence marked the post elections in the Union Parishad (UP) polls in different districts across the country and two more people succumbed to injuries due to election violence on Tuesday, raising the number of death…
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate ((CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday fixed April 18 for submission of the probe report in the case filed against Begum Khaleda Zia for hurting religious sentiments of the people.
Bagerhat–Five female chairman candidates won elections in five union parishads of Bagerhat district.
STAFF REPORTER The BNP yesterday alleged that the elections in most of the polling centres in the first phase of Union Parishad polls were rigged amid occupation of centres and stuffing of ballots.
Dhaka – The High Court on Tuesday rejected a petition filed by sacked Rab official Tareque Sayeed seeking scrapping of another case in connection with the Narayanganj 7-murder. Selina Islam Beauty, wife of slain Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam, filed…
STAFF REPORTER The BNP yesterday accused the ruling Awami League of distorting party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s statement in the party’s just concluded council.
Court Correspondent Police on yesterday (Monday) submitted the charge sheet of a case against 33 BNP men, including the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in a violence case lodged with Paltan Police Station in the capital.
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Sunday issued an arrest warrant against 21 BNP leaders in a case filed with Paltan Police Station for arson attacks.
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday alleged that BNP chief Khaleda Zia with her vow to hold election without Hasina has demonstrated that she is conspiring again to kill her through an attack like the August 21 one.…
Dhaka – Awami League candidates were unofficially elected mayors in all 10 municipalities of nine districts that went to polls on Sunday.
Staff reporter The ruling Awami League yesterday re-fixed its upcoming 20th triennial Central Council session on July 10 despite the council session was supposed to hold on March 28.
Dhaka – A man was killed and 12 others were injured in a clash between supporters of Awami League-backed and rebel candidates over the campaign for the upcoming union parishad (UP) election at Mirpur village in Dhalarchar union of Bera…
Phoenix — Protesters blocked a main highway leading into the Phoenix suburb where Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump staged a campaign rally Saturday just days ahead of the Arizona primary. Tempers flared at the rally itself, but without the violence…
Dhaka – The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is probing 24 more war crimes cases from across the country. “We have concluded probing 37 cases so far. Of these, the two tribunals (one is now defunct) have…
Dhaka – Describing the shortage of skilled manpower as the ” biggest challenge” for Bangladesh’s further development in the IT sector, Prime Minister’s Information and Communication Technology Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said the government targeted to train up 75,000…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday unveiled the party’s “Vision 2030 Plan” aiming at turning the country into higher mid-income country by this time with the increase of per capita income by $5,000 from the present $1316. She said the…
Presenting a draft of Vision-2030, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday called for bringing balance in power of the prime minister.At the 6th national council session of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the former prime minister also advocated a bicameral parliament…
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia inaugurated her party’s sixth national council in Dhaka amid a festive atmosphere in the city on Saturday morning. Khaleda opened the council by hoisting the national flag at 10:48 am at Institution of Engineers,…
The much-awaited sixth national council of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will be held at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh on Saturday amid much enthusiasm and expectations of rejuvenate the party rank and file through it. The council will bring about…
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Dhaka – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia sat with her party’s standing committee members tonight (Thursday night) to finalise a set of proposals for the party’s charter amendment and various organisational decisions. The proposals were made by party’s different units and…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the conspiracy of the anti-liberation forces is still on, but they cannot confuse the people like the previous time. “The anti-liberation forces are still hatching conspiracy against Bangladesh, but that conspiracy…
Hong Kong – For months, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has repeatedly targeted China on the campaign trail, pledging to put tariffs on goods produced overseas and bring things like iPhone production back to the United States. Trump has even used…
The High Court on Wednesday paved the way for trial court to run the trial proceedings against BNP vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and three others in a case filed on charge of bribery. The three other accused are: former State Minister…
Dhaka –The jail authorities read out the death warrant to condemned war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami at Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur on Wednesday morning. Basanta Kumar, senior jail super of Kashimpur Central Jail-2, said, “The copy of…
The BNP on Tuesday said the resignation of Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Atiur Rahman proved that high level people in the government were involved in cyber heist of Bangladesh Bank’s reserve money from US Federal Bank in New York. “The…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Tuesday stayed the by-polls of Tangail-4 constituency that was scheduled to be held on March 20. After granting a leave to appeal petition filed by Krishak Sramik Janata League President Abdul Kader Siddique,…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Tuesday adjourned till March 20 the hearing on contempt rule issued by it against two ministers— food minister Qamrul Islam and Liberation War affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque— for making “highly contemptuous comments”…