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Police arrested a municipality level leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Darabaria area in Moheshpur upazila of the district on Monday.

Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), the associate body of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, on Monday called a nationwide daylong hartal for Wednesday demanding the release of its central president and tracing of the missing ones.  In a statement, ICS secretary general Abdul Jabbar…

BNP-led 18-party alliance-supported mayoral candidate in the maiden Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election Professor MA Mannan on Tuesday announced 11-point election manifesto pledging to build Gazipur as a modern city.

At least 10 people were injured as two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) clashed at Government MC College here on Saturday.

Police arrested two Jamaat-Shibir men from different parts of the city on Friday suspecting their involvement in an attack on two Bangladesh  Chhatra League (BCL) The arrested were identified as Islam Uddin, president of Shahparan thana unit Shibir and Sayed…

Leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Rajshahi University Shah Makhdum hall unit forced some Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activists to join their hall committee.

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina again called Jahangir Alam, the Awami League rebel candidate in Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) elections, for the second time on Saturday night.

Islami Chattra Shibir (ICS), the associate body of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, on Saturday called off its countrywide daylong hartal it called for Sunday because of inclement weather.

At least five to six cocktails were exploded during a procession brought out by the activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) at different parts in the port city this morning.

AL senior MP Tofail Ahmed on Thursday categorically said the next national election will be held under the present government, not under any caretaker administration.

Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, on Friday threatened to enforce a dawn-to-dusk hartal throughout the country on Sunday if its leaders and activists including central President Delwar Hossain are not released by Saturday..

Tensions prevailed on the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet  as  the ousted opposition Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal( JCD) men staged a comeback on the campus on 27th June, Thursday for the first time after around 4 and half…

Deputy Leader of Parliament Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury on Thursday alleged that Jamaat-Hefajat nexus with the assistance of BNP is trying to make the country ‘Pakistan-Afghanistan’.

M.A. Awal, an Awami League leader and UP Chairman of Shuvodia Union Parishad under Fakirhat Upazila in Bagerhat district was expelled from Awami League on temporary basis on the charge of his involvement in the incident of cutting off one…

A new bill titled The Village Court (Amendment) Bill, 2013 was placed in Parliament on Wednesday amid disagreement of a BNP lawmaker providing for arbitration at the village level to reduce the number of cases in courts.

Workers Party president Rashed Khan Menon on Wednesday in Parliament criticised Finance Minister AMA Muhith for his reluctance to allocate more fund in the budget for the education sector.

Islami Chhatra Shibir will enforce a daylong hartal in three northern districts while a half-day one in Comilla on Thursday.

A pro-Hasanat district AL leader alleged that city AL president and defeated outgoing mayor Shawkat Hossain Hiron gave life-threat to him for holding press conference against him.

BNP-led 18-party alliance supported mayoral candidate in the maiden Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election Professor MA Mannan on Tuesday announced 11-point election manifesto pledging to build Gazipur as a modern city.

Local unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir on Tuesday called a half-day hartal in the district for Thursday protesting the killing of one of its activists.

Opposition BNP has backed a ruling Awami League MP’s proposal for imposing fine to curb exchange of offensive remarks in Parliament.

Dhaka – BNP chairperson’s adviser Osman Farruk on Sunday criticised Finance Minister AMA Muhith for contradicting Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics  (BBS) over the agricultural growth in the current fiscal.

Leaders and activists of nine front organisations of Awami League on Saturday condemning blaming Hasnat for defeat in BCC poll called Hiron to refrain from such role and not to create factional division in the party to give benefit for…

Police arrested one leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Muria Union at Beanibazar Upazilla in Sylhet on Tuesday. The arrested leader of Jamaat is identified as Abul Khair, Arrested person is the Nayeebe Ameer of Beanibazar branch of Jamaat and chairman of…

The BNP has walked out of Parliament again, protesting against a ruling party MP’s indecent remark about Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia.

The BNP-backed Lutfar Rahman has won the mayoral elections to newly constituted Kaliganj municipality of Gazipur district.

Supporters of a defeated councillior candidate demonstrated in Khasipur upazila of the city on Wednesday protesting a ballot recovery at a polling centre. Police said students of Khashipur Madrasa Orphanage, which was used as polling centre in the June 15…

Opposition acting chief whip M Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee on Thursday said in Parliament that ‘dysfunctional’ Bangladesh will turn functional once BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman returns home.

The BNP has claimed that the Awami League renegade Jahangir Alam withdrew from race for Gazipur City Mayor as the Prime Minister influenced him in breach of the electoral code of conduct.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said in Parliament that her daughter-in-law is not a Jew, she is Christian.