DHAKA: A Dhaka Court on Monday (Jan 20) sentenced 10 persons to death and acquitted two others for carrying out the 2001 bomb attack on a political rally of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) at Paltan Maidan in Dhaka that killed five persons. Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Court

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said his party or the government had no objection to changing the date of polls to two city corporations. Obaidul Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, believed outrage has been brewed among Hindu community as Dhaka city

BOGURA: Abdul Mannan, a lawmaker from Bogura-1 constituency, died at a hospital in Dhaka.  He was 70. Mannan breathed his last at Lab Aid Hospital in the city at around 8:15 am on Saturday (Jan 18), Motiur Rahman Moti, private secretary of Mannan said. Earlier, the former

DHAKA: BNP-nominated mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) election Ishraque Hossain claimed that fake information was being presented in various media about a case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). While campaigning on Thursday (January 16), he said: “My

DHAKA: Road, transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader called upon city dwellers including the protesting students of Dhaka University to accept the court’s order regarding the date of polls to the two Dhaka city corporations. “I think all should abide by the order issued by

DHAKA: An appeal was filed with the Appellate Division challenging the High Court order that had rejected the writ petition for deferment of the Dhaka City Corporations elections, staled to be held for January 30. Advocate Ashoke Kumar Ghosh, a Supreme Court lawyer, filed the appeal as

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday (Jan 14) placed Gendaria thana Awami League (AL) vice-president Enamul Haque Enu and his brother Rupon Bhuiyan on a four-day remand for their alleged link with casino businesses. The court also placed their close aide Sunny Mostafa on a three-day remand

DHAKA: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (Jan 14) upheld the death sentence of Syed Mohammad Qaisar, a former Jatiya Party state minister, for his crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. The Supreme Court delivered the verdict in response to an appeal filed by

DHAKA: Sayeed Khokon has been made a member of Awami League central executive parliament. Earlier, the ruling AL did not give nomination for mayoral post of Dhaka South City Corporation. AL issued a press release in this regard on Sunday evening (January 12). The elections to

NILPHAMARI:  Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said EVM system is globally-recognized in city corporation polls, but BNP doesn’t want modern system. Therefore, they are denouncing digital system. He was addressing a winter clothes

DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda said Amir Hossain Amu and Toafil Ahmed cannot hold responsibilities of coordinators in the elections to two Dhaka city corporations. The CEC came up with information while talking to reporters after holding a meeting with an Awami

NOAKHALI: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said their party would join the upcoming city elections if the Election Commission uses the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) or not.  Obaidul Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, said: “It is the matter of the EC

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday (JAN 7) directed authorities concerned not to arrest the candidates of Dhaka north and south city corporations election and their supporters without any warrant issued earlier. While talking to the journalists at his office this noon, EC

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader urged leaders and activists of 14-party to stay alert as conspiracy smelt in the air. Obaidul Quader said: “There is a smell of conspiracy in the air, and blood too. You have to stay alert.” Quader, also Road Transport and

DHAKA: Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared Al-Nahean Khan Joy and Lekhak Bhattacharjee president and general secretary respectively of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of the party. The premier made the announcement while addressing

DHAKA: Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student wing of ruling Awami League, is celebrating its 72nd founding anniversary on Saturday (January 4). The largest student organization BCL was formed on January 4 in 1948 at the instruction of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said former AL General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam was a rare politician in our country. Obaidul Quader said: “He will be remembered forever for his sacrifice and contributions to the

DHAKA: Police arrested BNP-nominated candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC)’s ward-32 councilor post Tajuddin Ahmed Taju. He is accused in a number of cases including the ones of arson and acts of sabotage. Bangshal Thana police arrested him when he was coming out from

DHAKA: Awami League has called a joint meeting of Central Working Committee and Advisory Council on Friday (January 3). According to a press release issued by AL office secretary Biplob Barua on Thursday (January 2), the meeting will be held at the party’s Bangabandhu Avenue central

DHAKA: Fazilatunnesa Bappy, a former lawmaker of ruling Awami League, passed away at a city hospital on Thursday (Jan 02) morning. She was 49. Bappy, a prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), breathed her last at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) at