Jatiya Party (JaPa) co-chairman Mujibul Huque Chunnu has been made the party's new secretary general. JaPa chairman GM Quader took the decision as per section 20/1/A of the Jatiya Party constitution giving it immediate effect, said a party press release. Chunnu will replace late

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was detained by Uttar Pradesh police on Monday, while on her way to meet the kin of four farmers who died in Lakhimpur Kheri. “Today’s incident shows that this government is using politics to mow down farmers. This is the farmers’

The Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has said she is “remaining defiant” after her car was vandalised in a targeted attack outside her family home. Siddiq, the MP for Hampstead and Kilburn since 2015, said the attack happened early on Thursday morning shortly after she returned from

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of Jatiya Party (JaPa) secretary general Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu. They expressed their deep shock in separate messages of condolence on Saturday (October 02). In a message of

Jatiya Party (JaPa) Secretary General Ahmed Ziauddin Bablu has died from Covid-19. He was 67. He breathed his last at 9:15 am on Saturday at Bangladesh Specialised Hospital in Dhaka, party chairman's press secretary Khandaker Delwar Jalali confirmed Banglanews. Bablu was

A Dhaka court placed controversial Islamic preacher Mufti Kazi Ibrahim on a two-day remand in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for delivering fabricated information on social media. Metropolitan Magistrate Abu Sufian Md Noman passed the order after police produced him

A case was filed against Mufti Kazi Ibrahim, a preacher known for his controversial speeches, under the Digital Security Act (DSA) with Mohammadpur Police Station in the capital. An official of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) filed the case. The police

The High Court on Tuesday (Sep 28) extended the bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia by one year in five separate cases. The HC bench of Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz and Justice Mohammad Ali issued the order in three defamation cases filed in Dhaka and the one in Narail. Another High

The Detective Branch (DB) of Police has detained Mufti Kazi Ibrahim from his residence in Dhaka for interrogation. A special DB team detained him his house in Mohammadpur College Road area of the capital after 2:00pm last night (Monday).  He is being quizzed at the DB office on

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the most successful statesman after the post-1975 carnage, and the skipper of transforming Bangladesh into a middle-income country, turns 74 today. Sheikh Hasina, also President of Bangladesh Awami League, is the eldest daughter of Father of the

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the most successful statesman after the post-1975 carnage, and the skipper of transforming Bangladesh into a middle-income country, will turn 74 on Tuesday. Sheikh Hasina is the eldest daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur

Jomir Uddin Parvez, was born on September 10, 1973 at Raozan Municipality, Chittagong District. He is the son of late Nurul Haque Chowdhury and late Lutfar Nessa born in the house of Fakir Takiya Sultan Ahmed Chowdhury in Ward 9 at Raozan Municipility. Mr Parvez has been involved in

Pran Gopal Datta, a former vice chancellor of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, was elected unopposed in Comilla 7 by-polls. Md Dulal Talukder, the returning officer and regional election officer, issued a public notice on Monday morning in this regard. The seat fell

The government has again extended a freeze on the jail sentences of BNP chief Khaleda Zia by six months in two corruption cases. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved a recommendation submitted by the law ministry, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said. The Home Ministry will issue a

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said she had wanted to make Ziaur Rahman accused in the Bangabandhu killing case as he was no doubt involved in the massacre. The premier told Parliament: “There’s no doubt that he was involved in the 1975 carnage. I wanted to make

BNP's senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, mastermind of the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally and a fugitive convict, has been living in London for the last 13 years. He is leading a lavish life abroad without having any valid sources of income. A question has been

Member of Parliament for reserved seats for women and Jatiya Party’s presidium member Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury, died at a hospital in the capital early Monday. She was 70. Masuda, a former professor of Sociology department of University of Dhaka, breathed her last at Birdem

Dr Pran Gopal Datta, former vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), has been given nomination from the Awami League (AL) for contesting the Comilla-7 by-polls. The party's parliamentary and local government election nomination board on Saturday took

Paschim Patiya in Patiya upazila of Chattogram is becoming an industrial zone fast as a good number of small and big industrial factories are being established there.  Crores of taka are being invested for developing the industries, including power plants, steel mills and garment

Name of Ziaur Rahman, founder of BNP, was removed from a road at Baltimore city in USA after the authority had decided not to honour him by naming the road after a military ruler. A road at Baltimore in Maryland was named after Ziaur Rahman at the behest of BNP wing of the city three