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

SYLHET: Criticisms raised over security system of Sylhet MAG Osmani International Airport as fellow leaders and activists of Chhatra League President Rezwanul Haque Chowdhury Shovon illegally entered the airport apron to see him off Thursday (September 5) night.  Hundreds of followers

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader announced that national council of the party will be held on November 30. The date has been fixed upon consent at a joint meeting of Jatiya Party Presidium members and MPs, he said. "Leaders and activists of the party will elect future

DHAKA: The rebel aspirants of Awami League who contested the last upazila parishad elections and their patrons will be served show-cause notice beginning from Sunday (September 8). Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader made the disclosure Saturday (September 7). "The patrons

DHAKA: BNP standing committee members are scheduled to sit for a meeting at BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s political office in Gulshan of the capital on Saturday afternoon (September 7). The meeting will start at 5 pm. Shairul Kabir Khan, press wing member to the BNP chief,

JHALOKATHI: Police detained 16 Jamaat leaders and activists, including district Jamaat secretary through a special raid in Jhalokathi. They were detained from a residence in the Shitlakhola area of the district municipality on Friday (September 6) Police said local Jamaat-e-Islami

DHAKA: Jatiya Party (JaPa) chairman (faction) GM Quader convened a joint meeting of party presidium and parliamentarians on Friday (September 6) afternoon. The meeting will be held at the Banani office of the founding chairman of JaPa, Hussein Muhammad Ershad, at 5pm, party sources

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader defended himself as the party chief after Presidium member Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud declared Cochairman Rowshan Ershad to hold the same post.    "Hussain Muhammad Ershad replaced himself by me as per the party constitution which was

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Cochairman Rowshan Ershad has been announced as the new chairman of the party in the latest spat as conflicts turns ugly following death of founding chairman HM Ershad. JP Presidium member Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud made the announcement at Ershad wife also

DHAKA: The newly registered voters won't be able to exercise their franchise in the upcoming by-polls to Rangpur-3 constituency that fell vacant following the death of Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad.  Because, the new voters will be included in the final voter list on January 31,

DHAKA: Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) called series rallies across the country starting from Thursday (September 5), vowing to strengthen the power of people and the leftists. LDA issued a press release, in this regard, on Wednesday (September 4). The first of the rallies will be

DHAKA: The leaders of the Jatiya Oikyafront front held meeting with some diplomats from different countries stationed in Dhaka, including the US ambassador. They met at the house of BNP standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan at Gulshan in the capital at 10:15am on Wednesday

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia again filed an appeal with the concerned branch of the High Court challenging the lower court verdict that sentenced her seven years imprisonment in Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Lawyer Barrister Kaiser Kamal said the petition has been submitted on