DHAKA: Barrister Rumeen Farhana, BNP’s reserved seat Member of Parliament (MP), has withdrawn her application to the government for a 10 katha plot in Purbachal residential area. She sent a letter to Public Works and Housing Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Tuesday noon (August

DHAKA: A court here on Tuesday (August 27) fixed September 23 to hold next hearing on the charge framing in Niko Graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and 10 others.  Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman of the a temporary court set at the Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj deferred the

DHAKA: The Election Commission is likely to hold by-election to the vacant seat of Rangpur-3 constituency in the first week of October. The EC will hold a meeting on Tuesday (August 27) regarding the schedule of by-elections in the vacant constituency. The meeting will be held at the

CHATTOGRAM: A total of 453 leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat were indicted in a case over carrying out an attack on police in 2015. The court of Mohammad Abdul Halim, judge of Anti-Terrorism Tribunal, formed the charges on Sunday (August 25).  BNP Standing committee member

DHAKA: The first namz-e-janaza of National Awami Party (Pro-Moscow-NAP) President Prof Muzaffar Ahmed was held at South Plaza of National Parliament Complex Saturday (August 24).   The janaza prayer was performed at 11am. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin

DHAKA: BNP has convened a meeting of its Standing committee members on Saturday (August 24). The meeting will start at 5pm at BNP Chairperson's Gulshan Political Office. BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman is expected to join the meeting through Skype from London. Shairul Kabir

DHAKA:  President of Bangladesh National Awami Party (NAP) Professor Muzaffar Ahmed has passed away on Friday evening (August 23). He died at Apollo Hospitals in Dhaka around 7:45 pm. He was 97. NAP Joint General Secretary Ismile Hossain confirmed it to Banglanews. Muzaffar

DHAKA: A Dhaka special court deferred to September 25 the hearing on charge framing in Gatco corruption case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 17 others. The jail authorities did not produce the BNP chief before the temporary court installed at the newly built building of

DHAKA: Awami League will appeal to the High Court for the capital punishment of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, the alleged mastermind of the August 21 grenade attack. “As the mastermind of the August 21 grenade attack, Tarique Rahman should be awarded highest punishment. For

DHAKA: BNP Standing committee members on Saturday (August 17) sat in a meeting at the Gulshan political office of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The meeting started at 5:30pm. Shairul Kabir Khan, press wing member to the BNP chief, confirmed the matter to Banglanews. BNP Secretary

BRAHMANBARIA: Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Advocate Anisul Huq said verdict will be executed after bringing the fugitive killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman back to home from abroad. “Legal and diplomatic efforts have been reinforced to bring back the

GOPALGANJ: Awami League's Presidium Member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim said a commission will be formed to identify the masterminds of murder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He said this after paying tribute to the tomb of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

DHAKA: The BNP has not arranged any programme on Thursday (August 15) to mark the 74th birthday of its chairperson Khaleda Zia, now in jail in a graft case. The party will arrange doa mahfil across the country, including Dhaka, on Friday (August 16) to pray for her recovery and long

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader said that diplomatic efforts have been strengthened to bring fugitive killers of the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman back from abroad. The minister was talking to

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader said that diplomatic efforts have been strengthened to bring fugitive killers of the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman back from abroad. The minister was talking to

MAGURA: A 40-year-old activist of Awami League was killed in a clash with rivals, over establishing supremacy, in Magura sadar upazila Wednesday (August 14) afternoon. Fifteen others sustained injuries. The deceased was identified as Meer Kabir Ali. Police, however, detained 10

JAMALPUR: Police detained a local leader of ruling Awami League after an attack reportedly was carried out on the Bokshiganj residence of Supreme Court Judge Justice Mirza Hossain Haider. Saiful Islam Khoka, Nilokkhia union unit Awami League president, was nabbed by Bokshiganj police

CUMILLA: Debidwar upazila BNP president and his granddaughter have been killed and two others of the family injured as truck knocked down their microbus in Bhoberchar area on Dhaka-Chattogram highway. The deceased were identified as Farid Uddin Ahmed, 65, president of Debidwar upazila

DHAKA: Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday (August 12) paid homage to the memory of the late president Ziaur Rahman on the occasion of Eid ul Azha. A large number of leaders and activists of BNP and its front and associate organizations, led by party’s

DHAKA:  BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has greeted people of the country and wished them ‘Eid Mubarak’ on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha from jail. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said this at a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office on Sunday