DHAKA: Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar on Wednesday (Dec 25) said that the freedom of the Election Commission (EC) is confined to its election system. He said: "The Election Commission is legally independent, but in reality this freedom is confined to the election process.

DHAKA: BNP will participate in polls to two city corporations in Dhaka, said BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir briefed reporters after an urgent meeting of standing committee members at the Gulshan office of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia on

DHAKA: Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said those who set up misconduct and market of buying and selling can take lessons from the national council of Awami League.  Dr Hasan said national council of AL is not only a milestone in politics but also in national life. Dr Hasan

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given clear orders to the authorities concerned to take organisational and administrative actions against those who attacked Ducsu Vise-President Nurul Haque Nur and his supporters on Sunday (December 22), said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul

DHAKA: Bangladesh Awami League announced names of party’s presidium members on the second day of the party’s two-day long 21st National Council held at the auditorium of Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) on Saturday (December 21). The 19 presidium members are: Sheikh

DHAKA: Bangladesh Awami League reelected Obaidul Quader as the general secretary. He was reelected   general secretary for the next three years at the council session of the AL’s 21st National Council held at the auditorium of Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) on Saturday

DHAKA: Bangladesh Awami League elected Sheikh Hasina as the president. Sheikh Hasina has been elected for the next three years at the council session of the AL’s 21st National Council held at the auditorium of Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) on Saturday (December 21). AL

DHAKA: BNP’s Standing Committee members postponed their press conference scheduled for Friday afternoon (December 20). The conference was set be held at the Gulshan office of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia at 3:30 pm. BNP chairperson's press wing member Shahrul Kabir Khan

DINAJPUR: A team of police detained 83 leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami while they were holding a secret meeting on the pretext of picnic in Nawabganj upazila of Dinajpur. On secret information, the raid was conducted at ‘Shopnopuri Artificial Amusement Park’ on Thursday (December 19).

DHAKA: The members of BNP’s Standing Committee called a press conference on Friday afternoon (December 20). The conference will be held at the Gulshan office of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia at 3:30 pm. BNP chairperson's press wing member Shahrul Kabir Khan confirmed it to

DHAKA: Awami League (AL) is set to stage its 21st National Council at the Suhrawardy Udyan here on Friday (Dec 20). Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the two-day council through releasing the symbol of peace pigeon at 3pm. The theme of the

DHAKA: The ruling Awami League has invited four BNP leaders, including party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to its upcoming 21st National Council scheduled for Friday (Dec 20). Besides, BNP’s National Standing Committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Barrister

DHAKA: Four active members of the banned militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) were arrested at Shah Ali Thana of the capital. A team of RAB-4 detained the persons in a special drive from the area on Wednesday night, said Senior Assistant Director of RAB Legal and Media Wing ASP

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) is set fix the election date of Dhaka North and South City Corporations on December 22 (Sunday).   Farhad Ahmed Khan, joint-secretary at the election management division of the EC, told Banglanews that voting dates will be fixed at the commission

DHAKA: The Liberation War Affairs Ministry withheld the flawed list of Razakars on Wednesday (Dec 18) . SM Arifur Rahman, secretary to the ministry, confirmed the matter to Banglanews. He said that confusion created among the people including freedom fighters over the recently

NARAYANGANJ: Police have arrested seven leaders and activists of BNP including its Narayanganj district unit general secretary Mamun Mahmud and general secretary of Metropolitan BNP ATM Kamal. Besides, a case was filed against 300 leaders and activists, of them 19 are identified ones,

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's sister Selima Islam has alleged that the medical report and reality do not match up. She came up with the remarks after visiting Khaleda Zia at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) hospital on Monday evening (December 16).

DHAKA: The High Court on Sunday (December 15) granted eight weeks of anticipatory bail to BNP’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and a few others in a case filed for arson attack on three motorcycles in Supreme Court area in the capital. The HC bench of Justice Jahangir

DHAKA:  BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s family members’ visit to her has been canceled. Family members were scheduled to meet Khaleda Zia at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) hospital around 3 pm on Saturday (December 14). BNP chairperson's press wing member

DHAKA:  Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said Foreign Minister and Home Minister had cancelled their India tours because of state affairs. “As far as I know, the Victory Day and the Martyred Intellectuals Day are so close. They will visit India later. Tours have not