Bangladesh National Party (BNP) is observing the 41st death anniversary of Ziaur Rahman, the founder of the party, with various programmes across the country today (May 30). The party, with its front and associate organizations, has chalked out a 10-day programme to observe the death

Former state minister and BNP’s Rural Development and Cooperatives Secretary Advocate Gautam Chakraborty passed away at a hospital in the capital on Friday (May 27) afternoon. Gautam Chakraborty breathed his last at Evercare Hospital around 1:30pm while undergoing treatment.

The election to the Bangladesh Bar Council, a licensing and regulatory body of all advocates of the country, is underway. The election is being held at the polling centres of Bajitpur, Ishwarganj, Durgapur, Bhanga, Chikandi, Patia, Satkania, Bashkhali, Fatikchhari, Sandwip, Hatia,

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is set to start holding formal dialogue today with the political parties to create a 'national unity' in restoring democracy. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came made the announcement at a press conference on Tuesday at the

A Dhaka court on Tuesday (May 24) sent the expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat to jail rejecting his bail plea in a graft case. Earlier in the morning, he surrendered in the court and filed a bail petition. After hearing on the petition, Dhaka Special Judge

A Dhaka court on Tuesday fixed July 5 to hold a hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and others. Today was fixed for holding the indictment hearing, but Khaleda Zia failed to appear before the court because of her "illness". 

Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim on Tuesday (May 24) today filed an appeal against the High Court (HC) verdict that upheld a lower court judgement sentencing him to 10-year imprisonment in a graft case. Haji Salim's counsel Syed Ahmed Raza submitted the plea to the

At least 25 persons were injured as activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) locked into a clash on Dhaka University campus on Tuesday morning. JCD activists claimed that BCL men attacked them when they brought out a procession from Central

Senior BNP leader Mirza Abbas left for Singapore on Tuesday morning for "advanced treatment of a stomach problem". The BNP standing committee member, along with his wife and two sons, left for Singapore on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Hazrat Shahjalal International

The High Court (HC) today (May 22) ordered the lower court concerned to dispose of within a year a graft case against former Cox's Bazar-4 lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi. A High Court division bench comprising Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo

A Dhaka court has sent Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim to jail rejecting his bail petition in connection with a graft case.  Judge Shahidul Islam of Dhaka's Special Judge's Court-7 passed the order on Sunday afternoon. Earlier on Sunday, ruling Awami League MP Haji

Ruling Awami League MP Haji Mohammad Salim, convicted of 10 years' imprisonment in a corruption case, is set to surrender to a lower court in Dhaka today. He has returned home from Thailand on May 5 amid controversy over his leaving the country for treatment. Being convicted in

Bangabandhu's grandson Radwan Mujib Siddiq, credited with connecting young change makers trough Young Bangla platform, turns 42 today. The son of Bangabandhu's younger daughter Sheikh Rehana received an overwhelming volume of wishes from ministers, politicians and entrepreneurs

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today warned that action will be taken against those who would try to create trouble in the name of 'Gono Commission' in the country. "There is no legal basis of any organization named Gono Commission," he told newsmen after the

Under an orchestrated plan, BNP leaders are making ill efforts to create confusion in people's mindset by misinterpreting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's comments over the successful construction of Padma Bridge, said Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader. "BNP

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal is set to begin a poll dialogue with BNP including all other parties soon. On Friday morning (May 20), he spoke to reporters after inaugurating the Voter List Update Program-2022. According to the CEC, The process of compiling the

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader said that their party will clinch the victory by tackling all sorts of conspiracies against the Prime minister Sheikh Hasina.  He expressed this optimism after joining the Gazipur District Awami League's tri-annual conference

A special tribunal in Dhaka has sentenced three Razakars from Moulvibazar to death for committing genocide and crimes against humanity during the Bangladesh War of Liberation in 1971. The death row convicts are Abdul Aziz alias Habul, 68, of Pakhiala village at Baralekha upazila in

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday (May 18) has said BNP has no right to speak about polls as they tainted the election process most during their tenures.   She said: "My question is how BNP raises questions about the election now. The history of the BNP-era election

The High Court has scrapped the bail granted earlier by the trial court to expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a graft case. A HC bench comprising Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo came up with the order on Wednesday