DHAKA: A Dhaka court has sent BNP standing committee member and former minister of Housing and Public Works Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia to jail rejecting his bail plea in a case filed by ACC. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahmuda Akhter passed the order after Rafiqul was produced

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said many of the BNP leaders are eagerly waiting for a green signal to join AL. Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made the remarks at an immediate press conference held in AL president’s Dhanmondi political

DHAKA: BNP has notified the Election Commission that five of its nomination aspirants for parliamentary seats were arrested by law enforcers. A delegation led by Case and Information Preservation official of BNP central office MD Salahuddin Khan submitted a list of the arrested

DHAKA: BNP has started interviewing its party nomination seekers for the last consecutive day ahead of 11th national elections. The interview session has begun at BNP Chairperson’s political office in Gulshan in city on Wednesday (November 21). The nomination board is set to

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged that the police force is being used to plot blueprint of vote rigging in the upcoming 11th parliamentary election. The senior BNP leader made the allegation to reporters at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan political office on

DHAKA: A Dhaka court sentenced BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia to three years of imprisonment for failing to submit statement of his properties.  Judge Dr Sheikh Golam Mahbub of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 pronounced the verdict on Tuesday (Nov 20).  In

DHAKA: BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the government created a hateful instance by closing down internet based communication tool Skype.   “Meanwhile, all the internet based social media have been blocked in BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office,” he said.

DHAKA: A delegation led by the Indian high commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla held a meeting with Bikalpadhara Bangladesh President and Jukta Front Chairman Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury. The meeting started at the Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury’s Baridhara residence at 1 pm on

DHAKA:  The government on Monday (Nov 19) filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking stay on the High Court order that granted bail to internationally acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam in an ICT case.  The Chamber Court of Appellate Division could hold the hearing, Assistant

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has filed an appeal with chamber court of the appellate division seeking a stay on her 10-year jail sentence in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. The appeal was filed with relevant branch of the Supreme Court on Monday (Nov 19). Earlier on October

DHAKA: BNP has started interviewing its party nomination seekers for second consecutive day ahead of 11th national elections. The interview session has begun at BNP Chairperson’s political office in Gulshan in city on Monday (November 19). The nomination board is set to interview

DHAKA: The ruling Awami League has filed a complaint with the Election Commission over convicted fugitive BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman’s video conference with party’s nomination seekers.  An 11-member delegation led by AL presidium member Cornel (Retd) Faruk Khan

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has filed an appeal with the High Court challenging the lower court verdict that sentenced her seven years imprisonment in Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Khaleda Zia’s lawyer Barrister Nawshad Jamir said the petition was filed with the concerned

DHAKA: The High Court on Sunday (Nov 18) granted BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas and his wife Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal President Afroza Abbas bail for eight months each, in the cases filed over violence in front of BNP office in Nayapaltan.  The HC bench of Judges Md Rezaul

DHAKA:  Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said 60-65 parliamentary seats of the 300 will be allocated to the alliance to contest 11th national elections. The 14-party alliance is led by ruling Awami League. “The names of the aspirants will be announced within next 4-5

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) ordered all the political parties and concerned others to take off all the materials used for publicity on the upcoming national election before 12am Monday (Nov 19). Necessary action will be taken against those who will not comply with the

DHAKA: BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has joined the board of interviewers through videoconferencing from London, to interview the party’s nomination seekers for the 11th parliamentary election.  As BNP has launched the interview process at BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s

DHAKA: BNP on Sunday (Nov 18) has started interviewing its aspirants to nominate for contesting in the 11th parliamentary election. On the first day, nomination seekers from Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions are facing interviews at BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s political office in

DHAKA: Urging everyone to go to the polling centers in upcoming general elections for restoring the democracy, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said let us participate in the vote war and defeat them (ruling Awami League). The senior BNP leader made the remarks while

NARSINGDI: The death toll in Friday’s clash among two factions of Awami League in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi has climbed to three.  Forty others were injured in the clash that erupted in Gopinathpur area under Nilokkha union of the upazila around 2pm. Some of them sustained bullet