Two members of United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) were shot to death by miscreants at Boroitoli village in Sadar upazila on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Nutun Kumar Chakma, 48, and Putul Moy Chakma, 35. Niron Chakma, press secretary…
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has said the change in the party’s secretary general post has been made in order to pass on the torch. He believes the move would also dispel the ‘misconception’ that he is at loggerheads with…
Barrister Nazmul Huda has accused the BNP leaders of keeping their mouths shut refraining from speaking for the people fearing to lose their party positions. He made this comment while addressing a reception at the National Press Club in the…
Two local activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) were injured in an attack by the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in Pathantula Jalalabad area of the city on Thursday. The victims were identified as Palash, 24, son of Abdul…
The maiden session of the 10th parliament was prorogued on Thursday after 36 working days which saw debates and discussions on various issues over BNP and Jamaat though they do not represent the current parliament. The first session passed two…
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Thursday made Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu secretary general of the party removing Ruhul Amin Hawlader from the post. A statement signed by Ershad says, “You (Bablu) have been made Jatiya Party secretary general in recognition…
Kotchandpur police have arrested newly elected Kotchandpur upazila vice chairman and secretary of local Jamaat Islami Bangladesh from upazila parishod on Wednesday. The arrestee was identified as Moabia Hossain of Kotchandpur thana. Kotchandpur upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) Deb Prasad Pal…
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched a probe into the allegation of illegal wealth accumulation by Jatiya Party secretary general ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader. The Commission at its regular meeting on Wednesday decided to conduct probe into graft allegation…
Awami League MP from Barisal-5 constituency Shawkat Hossain Hiron died at Apollo Hospitals in the capital on Wednesday morning. He was 57. Shawkat Hossain Hiron, who had been undergoing treatment at the hospital, was declared dead at about 7:00am, said…
BNP has urged the government to allow Khaleda Zia to operate her bank accounts. The BNP chief’s eight bank accounts were frozen by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) at the end of 2007, during the army-backed caretaker regime. “Begum…
Acting BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been released on bail from Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur. Kashimpur Jail’s Senior Superintendent Md Jahangir Kabir said Alamgir’s bail papers reached the jail at 5pm Tuesday. He was released at 7:15pm.…
The Election Commission plans to arrange polls in early May in the upazilas where the voting could not be held during the five-phase local body elections. We’re thinking of holding elections to the remaining upazilas in May,” Election Commissioner Md…
Parliament on Monday witnessed an unscheduled debate on monthly income of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and her inability to pay house rent as government ministers raised question about the expenditure of the former premier. Taking floor on point of order,…
BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah on Monday observed the Prime Minister would have to leave the country due to the misdeeds of Chhatra League, the student organisation of the ruling Awami League. Addressing a discussion meeting at…
A Chittagong court has withdrawn a tax evasion case against former Chittagong City Corporation mayor and Awami League leader ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury. Divisional Special Judge Ataur Rahman issued the order on Monday, more than four years after the home ministry…
BNP standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy yesterday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) has become a subservient of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “The EC is no longer the real EC. It has turned into a loyalist institute of Sheikh…
Two courts of Dhaka on Sunday sent Jatiyatabadi Swechchasebak Dal President Habibun Nabi Khan Sohel to jail rejecting his bail petitions in 11 cases. Metropolitan Magistrates Rezaul Karim and Anwar Sadat passed the order after hearing on his bail petitions.…
Chairman of a section Jatiya Party Kazi Zafar Ahmed on Saturday termed HM Ershad as traitor and shameless. “Ershad will never have a birth in Jatiya Party,” he said while addressing a function at Institute of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh (IDEB).
An activist of the outlawed Purba Bangla Communist Party has been killed in a bomb attack in Jhenaidah’s Harinakundu. Jahangir Hossain, 45, came under the attack on Friday night and died on Saturday morning, said Harinakundu Police Station OC Mohibul…
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student associate body of the ruling Awami League, on Saturday said it will apologise to the nation if Ganajagaran Manch can prove that BCL men attacked their activists at Shahbagh on Friday. “If Imran H…
Rajshahi University (RU) unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Friday announced an indefinite strike on the campus protesting the killing of its man Rustam Ali Akand. RU unit BCL general secretary Towhid Al Tuhin made the announcement in the…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has alleged that the government extended the the Speedy Trial Act by five years to keep the BNP and other political parties out from elections and send their leaders and activists in jails. BNP standing committee…
With the infusion of fresh blood, the BNP high command is planning to overhaul the Dhaka city committee of the party retaining the veteran Sadeque Hossain Khoka as its convenor The BNP high command is likely to announce the new…
A ruling party MP allegedly beat up a journalist in sadar upazila in the district on Thursday. Witnesses said Awami League MP (Sadar constituency) Abdul Odud physically assaulted the district correspondent of Daily Jugantor, Emran Faruq Masum, in front of…
Ruling Awami League-led 14–party alliance on Thursday urged the government to take legal action against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and her eldest son Tarique Rahman, now living in England, for their recent identical statements claiming slain Gen Ziaur Rahman as…
Supporters of Bangladesh Chhatra League and Juba League attacked Ganajagaran Manch activists at Shahbagh on Thursday evening, alleged the platform’s spokesperson. The Manch activists, who are demanding maximum punishment for the war criminals of 1971, meet in front of the…
Bangladesh National Party (BNP) will not give such a programme that may cause sufferings to the people, said BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed on Thursday. “We will crease mass movement against the illegal government taking people with us,” he…
Senior BNP leader Mirza Abbas has been released from prison after getting bail from the High Court in four cases. He had been in jail since Mar 16 in connection with cases accusing him of sabotage. Dhaka central jail’s superintendent…
Parliament on Thursday passed the “Law and Order Disruption Crime (Speedy Trial) (Amendment) Bill-2014” with a provision of extending the speedy trial law for another five years. With passage of the law, the extension of the law will be effective…
A local activist of Awami League was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash between two factions of the ruling party at Pirpur village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Amzan Ali Mollah, 50,…