DHAKA: BNP will stage demonstrations across the country on Tuesday (July 2) protesting gas price hike. The party leaders and activists have been asked to hold similar programme in all thanas of the capital on that day. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday

DHAKA: A Dhaka court granted bail to Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Redwan Ahmed who was earlier detained at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for carrying firearm and bullets. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Dhiman Chandra Mandal on Monday (July 1) granted him

PABNA: A Pabna court will pronounce its judgment in a case filed for attacking Sheikh Hasina, the then opposition leader and now prime minister, in 1994.   Additional District and Sessions Judge-1 Md Rustom Ali on Monday (July 1) fixed the date of verdict after concluding the

DHAKA: Left Democratic Alliance has called a half-day hartal in the country on July 7 (Sunday) in the protest against the increase of gas price. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the Central Council of the Left Democratic Alliance on Monday (July 1) noon.  After the

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad is not out of danger, its acting Chairman Golam Mohammader Kader said.  He said this at a press conference on Monday (July 1) to inform Ershad's latest physical condition at the JP office in the capital’s Banani area. GM Quader said

DHAKA: Security forces detained Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Redwan Ahmed carrying bullets at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here Monday (July 1). He was detained around 9am, said aviation security force. Sources said Redwan came to the airport in the

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday (July 1) paid a call on Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, who has been kept on oxygen support at Combined Military Hospital (CMH, Dhaka) due to illness.  He reached the hospital around 10:30am.  Obaidul Quader, also the

DHAKA: Jatiya Party chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad is on oxygen support at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka. “Water collected on his lungs. Breathing difficulty has aggravated due to infection. He is now on oxygen support,” GM Quader, the acting chairman of the party,

PABNA: A court here sent 30 BNP leaders and activists to jail in a case filed for attacking Sheikh Hasina, the then opposition leader and now prime minister, in 1994.   Additional District and Sessions Judge-1 Md Rustom Ali Sunday (June 30) rejected the bail petitions after hearing

DHAKA: Jatiya Party chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad's health condition has deteriorated on Sunday (June 30) His condition deteriorated suddenly since noon, Ershad deputy press secretary Khandaker Delwar Jalali told Banglanews. He said Ershad has been given oxygen support from

MUNSHIGANJ: Police arrested Munshiganj district unit Bangladesh Chhatra League President Faisal Mridha in a case filed over assaulting a woman and stealing gold jewelry and cash money.   One Rehana Begum from Char Kewar Torki village in Munshiganj sadar filed the case with Munshiganj

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock at the death freedom fighter Nurnabi, president of New York City unit Awami League.  In a condolence message, the Prime Minister on Friday prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed sympathy to the bereaved

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for China on Monday (July 1) at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.  During the five-day official visit, she will attend the annual meeting of World Economic Forum (WEF) in Dalian, a port city in China’s

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has been admitted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka on Wednesday (June 26) due to old-age complications. At the meeting of the party's Chittagong and Sylhet Divisional Organizing Committee of Jatiya Party, its Acting Chairman Ghulam

NARAYANGANJ:  A female Union Parishad (UP) member was stabbed to death by miscreants in Rupganj upazila of the district on Wednesday (June 26). The accident happened at Westgaon area of the upazila. Beauty Akther Kuttri was an UP member of Kayetpara union. Legal action will be

BOGURA: BNP candidate Golam Mohammad Siraj has been unofficially declared elected in the Bogura-6 (sadar) constituency by-elections.  Upazila election officer SM Jakir Hossain confirmed the matter to Banglanews on Monday (June 24) night.  Contending with the 'paddy sheaf'

DHAKA: Five cocktails were blasted in front of BNP central office at Nayapaltan in the capital city on Monday (June 24) afternoon. Besides, another cocktail was found unexploded around 1:15pm. No casualties were reported in the explosion. Earlier, a group of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra

BOGURA: The by-election to Bogura-6 constituency is underway in peaceful manner from Monday (June 24) morning.  The voting started at 141 centres around 9:00am and will continue till 5pm without any break.  Voters in the constituency are exercising their franchise using Electronic

DHAKA: Married persons cannot be candidates for council as its schedule was announced to elect a new committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal-a student wing of BNP. The schedule of council was announced at a press conference at BNP’s central office in city’s Naya Paltan on Sunday

DHAKA: Electioneering for Monday’s (June 24) by-polls in Bogura-6 constituency ended Saturday amid hectic last-minute campaigns by the candidates in different areas of the constituency. Voting will begin around 9 am and continue till 5 pm without any break. Electronic voting machines