DHAKA: BNP will participate in the by-election to Rangpur-3 constituency that fell vacant following the death of Jatiya Party chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad.  Leaders who are interested in taking part in the election from the BNP will have to collect party nomination form on

DHAKA: A Dhaka court has granted bail to eight BNP leaders, including its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in a case filed with Hatirjheel police station.  They secured the bail from the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sarafuzzaman Ansari in separate hearings on

DHAKA: Eight BNP leaders, including its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, surrendered before a Dhaka court in a case filed with Hatirjheel police station.  The senior BNP leaders on Monday (September 2) filed bail petition before the court upon surrender.  The court

DHAKA: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said his party to keep its movement uninterrupted vowing to restore democracy in Bangladesh, releasing the party chief from jail and holding a fair national election.  "The movement for restoring democracy and Khaleda Zia's

DHAKA: The ruling Awami League will start selling the party’s nomination papers for the Rangpur-3 by-election from Monday (September 2). The nomination papers selling will continue till Wednesday (September 5). A press release signed by the Awami League office secretary Dr Abdus

DHAKA: The Election Commission will hold by-election on October 5 to the Rangpur-3 constituency that fell vacant for the death of Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad. The voting will be held using the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM).  Additional Secretary of the Election Commission Md

DHAKA: BNP on Sunday (September 1) paid tributes to party founder and slain president Ziaur Rahman by placing a wreath at his grave, marking its 41st founding anniversary.  Party’s secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir along with party leaders and activists placed the wreath

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) to work for welfare of the people being imbued with the ideology of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. “If you want to build yourselves as soldier of Father of the

DHAKA: Barrister Rumeen Farhana, BNP’s reserved seat Member of Parliament (MP), has withdrawn her application to the government for a 10 katha plot in Purbachal residential area.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