DHAKA: BNP vice chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu was sued for issuing life threat to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a live TV talk show. Mohiuddin Mohi, joint general secretary of Jubo League, filed the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate. Later, Metropolitan Magistrate

DHAKA: BNP leaders will hold meeting with visiting three MPs from the British Conservative Party in Dhaka on Thursday (September 19) afternoon.   The meeting will be held at the political office of the BNP chairperson at Gulshan in the capital at 5 pm. BNP chairperson's press

DHAKA: Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), elected Fazlur Rahman Khokon as its president and Iqbal Hossain Shamol as general secretary.  The result of the sixth council was declared at 5:10am on Thursday. Members of JCD cast their

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said he will not announce candidacy against the same post but would continue if party chief Sheikh Hasina chooses him again.    There is no problem to exit from the post, if she wants, he added. Obaidul Quader revealed his

DHAKA: Road Transport & Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said Jahangirnagar University (JU) Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Farzana Islam would face action if she is found guilty in investigation. The minister issued the warning at the secretariat Tuesday (September 17). Recently Prof

RANGPUR: The Awami League candidate Advocate Rezaul Karim Raju has stepped out of race in the Rangpur-3 by-election. Rangpur city AL general secretary Tusar Kanti Mandol confirmed the matter to Banglanews at about 2.30pm on Monday (September 16). He said that earlier on September 7,

DHAKA: Bangladesh Chhatra League's (BCL) newly appointed Acting President Al Nahian Khan Joy said if anyone of his fellow activists is alleged of irregularities, must face organizational action.    He voiced the warning after paying tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader said that no matter how powerful the party leader is, no one will be spared for offenses. He said this while addressing as the chief guest at as view-exchange meetings on the ongoing and future

DHAKA: The prestigious Diplomat Magazine of Europe published its latest edition featuring a cover story on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina titled “Sheikh Hasina: The Mother of Humanity”. The covered of the latest edition of magazine published from the Netherlands was

DHAKA: Al Nahian Khan Joy, new acting president of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), has vowed to work under the guidance of its organizational leader and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He revealed such a plan while talking to Banglanews on Sunday (September 15). Nahian said

DHAKA: Al Nahian Khan Joy, first vice-president of Chhatra League, has been appointed as acting president of the ruling party's student wing. Lekhak Bhattacharya, first joint general secretary, will take the charge of acting general secretary. Awami League President also Prime

DHAKA: Rezwanul Haque Chodhury Shovon and Golam Rabbani stepped down as Chhatra League president and general secretary respectively, in face of piles of criticism and controversies drawn by their leadership recent days.  Al Nahiyan Khan Joy, first vice president of the ruling

DHAKA: Jatiya Party chairman GM Quader said the national council of the party will now be held on December 21.  He was addressing an organizational meeting arranged by the National Student Society Central Conference Preparation Committee at the Engineers' Institution, Bangladesh

GAZIPUR: Road Transport & Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said he expects the upcoming by-polls to Rangpur-3 constituency will be a fair, flawless, good and competitive one.  Jatiya Party and we have nominated candidates; BNP is also participating in the polls--he reasoned the

DHAKA: Speaker of the Parliament Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has nominated Raushan Ershad as leader of the opposition and GM Quader deputy leader of the opposition in the 11th Parliament. This was stated in a gazette notification signed by senior secretary of the parliament Dr Jafar Ahmed

DHAKA: The fourth session of the 11th Parliament has begun at 5 pm on Sunday (September 8). Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury chaired the session. At the beginning of the session, the condolence motion was placed at the death of former President Hussein Muhammad Ershad, leader of the

DHAKA: Jatiya Party nominated Shad Ershad, son of its late chairman HM Ershad, for Rangpur-3 by-election, slated for October 5. Party secretary general Moshiur Rahman Ranga told reporters after the meeting on Sunday (September 8). Ranga said GM Quader will be deputy leader of the

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said no decision has been taken yet on dissolving the current central committee of Chhatra League amid speculations that the party chief has ordered to dissolve. "Prime Minister also Awami League President Sheikh Hasina might have

DHAKA: BNP has nominated Bangladesh People’s Party Chairman Rita Rahman, an ally of 20-party alliance, as its candidate who will contest in the Rangpur-3 constituency by-election with Sheaf of Paddy (poll symbol). The party's senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Secretary General Mashiur Rahman Ranga said current Chairman GM Quader will carry his charges until holding the party's next national council. Rowshan Ershad will remain as leader of the opposition at the parliament as well.   Besides, the party chairman and