DHAKA: BNP demanded fresh elections to Dhaka south and north city corporations as people’s opinion, according to the party, was not reflected in the Feb 01 voting. Only 7-9 percent votes were cast in the city polls, the party claimed.  Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam

DHAKA: Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said the reluctance of people in vote-oriented politics was not good for democracy. The minister made the remark while talking to reporters on contemporary issues at the Secretariat on Tuesday

DHAKA: A cocktail was exploded again in front of Madhur Canteen and DUCSU building of the Dhaka University (DU) on Monday (Feb 3). The cocktail was blasted around 10:45 am and no casualties were reported. None was nabbed in this connection, Banglanews correspondent reports. 

DHAKA: Bringing allegations of vote rigging in elections to Dhaka North and South City Corporations, BNP will stage demonstration at the thana-level of the capital on Tuesday (February 4). After observing hartal (shutdown) from dawn-to-dusk on Sunday (February 2), BNP secretary

DHAKA: Awami League candidate Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh won a landslide victory in elections to Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC). Taposh bagged 4,24,595 votes while his opponent BNP-nominated candidate Ishraque Hossain has bagged only 2,36,512 votes, according to unofficial

DHAKA: Awami League mayoral candidate Atiqul Islam won the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) polls by a wide margin, according to unofficial results. Atiqul bagged 4,47,211 votes while his nearest contestant Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) mayoral candidate Tabith Awal got

DHAKA: Having made allegations of vote rigging in elections to Dhaka North and South City Corporations, BNP has called for hartal (shutdown) in Dhaka city from dawn-to-dusk on Sunday (February 2). BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the program at a press

DHAKA: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader was shifted to a cabin from Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Saturday morning as his condition improved. Physicians advised the minister to rest for two days, said Abu Naser,

DHAKA: The Awami League (AL) and BNP mayoral candidates have cast their votes at their respective polling centres on Saturday (Feb 01). AL-backed mayoral candidate in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh cast his vote at the polling centre of Dr Malika

DHAKA: Awami League's mayoral candidate in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Atiqul Islam has cast his vote in Uttara of the capital. He along with his family members exercised his franchise at Nawab Habibullah Model School and College in Uttara Model Town area around 8:14 am on

SYLHET: Nine suspected members of banned militant group ‘Allahr Dal’ were arrested from a house at Arambagh in Sylhet on Wednesday night. The arrestees are- Manik Akanda alias Mehedi Hasan, 32, of Bogura, Jahir Uddin Babor, 20, of Noakhali, Abul Kalam Azad, 20, of Cumilla, Tomi

DHAKA: BNP’s Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayoral candidate Ishraque Hossain on Tuesday morning announced his 144 pledges through a 13-point election manifesto. He started to unveil his election manifesto at around 11:30 am at the National Press Club promising to provide

DHAKA: Awami League and BNP leaders and activists locked into a clash at Gopibagh area in the capital on Sunday during campaign of BNP nominated mayoral candidate Ishraque Hossain. Ishraque and his supporters were attacked in front of Central Women’s College around 1pm on Sunday,

DHAKA: Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader asked BNP to provide solid evidence of corruption through Electric Voting Machines (EVM) system. Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said: “I will tell the BNP leaders---give evidence of vote rigging through

UNIVERSITY CORRESPONDENT: Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders reportedly tortured four students of Jahurul Haque Hall unit of Dhaka University on Tuesday (January 21). Afterwards, BCL men handed them, suspecting as members of Chhatra Shibir, over to law enforcers but police

DHAKA: The High Court on Wednesday (Jan 22) banned printing and using laminated posters in the Dhaka city corporation area. The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman issued the suo moto order with a rule when two lawyers had drawn the court’s attention in

DHAKA: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday (Jan 21) urged the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) to hold re-election with ballot papers canceling the result of the January 13 Chattogram-8 by-polls. BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury made the remark

DHAKA: BNP-backed Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral aspirant Tabith Awal has come under attack during his election campaign in Gabtoli area of the capital on Tuesday (Jan 21). Witnesses said when Tabith and his supporters reached Bajarpara in Gabtoli for election campaign a

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday (Jan 21) took into cognisance the charges against 25 students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), accused in the Abrar Fahad murder case. Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of Metropolitan Session Judge’s Court of Dhaka also fixed January

DHAKA: Former State Minister for Public Administration Ismat Ara Sadek, also a lawmaker from Jessore-6 constituency, has passed away.  She was 78. Ismat Ara breathed her last around 11:30 am at a private hospital in the capital while undergoing treatment. She was elected as a