DHAKA: Gano Forum President and Jatiya Oikyo Prokriya convener Dr. Kamal said his party has no objection to participate in the upcoming general election under current Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina. “We agree, in principle, to join the national polls under ruling government and current

DHAKA: Two accused, Dr Ziaul Islam Munna and Monirul Islam Khan, on Monday filed ‘no confidence’ pleas against the court for hearing the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.  Judge Dr. Md. Akhteruzzaman of Special Judge’s court-5, set up in the old central jail, fixed Tuesday (Sep

DHAKA: The High Court set Tuesday (September 25) to hear a writ petition seeking its directive to the authorities concerned for arranging treatment of imprisoned BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at a specialized hospital. A bench of Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif and Justice Ahmed Sohel passed

DHAKA: BNP has declared to stage a rally either at Suhrawardy Udyan or in front of Nayapaltan party office on the coming Thursday (September 27). BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi briefed media at party’s central party office in city’s Nayapaltan on Monday

FROM ELECTION ROAD TRIP: Terming the newly formed political alliance ‘National Unity’ as ‘Nationalist Communal Unity’, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said the new alliance has no acceptability to the people. He also said as always, nobody can defeat Awami League

DHAKA: A Dhaka court fixed October 25 for hearing of charge-sheet of the Barapukuria Coalmine graft case filed against BNP Chief Khaleda Zia and 9 others. Judge AHM Ruhul Imran of the Special Judge's Court of Dhaka set up in Bakshibazar area of Dhaka city passed the order after

DHAKA: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday (September 22) said the government’s attempt to holding the national election without forming a neutral polls-time government will see failure ultimately. Rizvi was addressing a press briefing at BNP’s central

CUMILLA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader warned party leaders and activists saying those who became controversial for their misdemeanor will not get nomination from party in the upcoming national elections. He also said devoted party men do not leave in time of a crisis

DHAKA:  Family members of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia met her in Old Central Jail located on Nazimuddin Road in old part of Dhaka.      They entered the prison at 4:45 pm and came out at 6 pm on Friday (September 21). An official of BNP Chairperson’s press wing Shamsuddin

DHAKA: Gano Forum president Dr. Kamal and BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir have denounced the police action on a procession led by Left Democratic Alliance (LDA). They made the denouncement in a statement sent to media on Thursday night (Sep 20). Earlier in the day,

DHAKA: Referring to a book written by former Chief Justice SK Sinha, Ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said Sinha wrote a fictitious book out of anguish of ‘being a former Chief Justice’. Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made the reaction to

CUMILLA: A district court on Thursday (Sept 20) deferred the hearing on a bail petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a murder case filed over death of 8 people following an arson attack on a moving bus in Cumilla. Acting judge Golam Mahbub Khan of Cumilla Senior Judicial

DHAKA: A special court, set up in old central jail, has ordered to continue the trial of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Charitable Trust graft case in her absence after she had repeatedly refused to appear in hearing. Judge Md Akhteruzzaman of Special Judge’s Court-5 came up with

RANGPUR: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad said he is not in favor of using the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the upcoming national polls. “I wasn’t in favor of EVM before, not even now. I'm not sure whether using EVM could prevent rigging,” he said. The former

DHAKA: Jatiya Party lawmaker Nurul Islam Omar has been made the opposition chief whip for the 10th parliament. He is replacing deceased Md Tajul Islam. Nurul Islam Omar was nominated the opposition chief whip upon request from opposition party leader Rowshan Ershad, said sources.

DHAKA: A Dhaka court placed BNP Joint Secretary General Habibun Nabi Khan Sohel on a five-day remand in connection with a case filed over obstructing police work vandalizing prison van. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate AHM Toahah passed the order on Wednesday (Sep 19) after investigation

DHAKA: Police have arrested BNP Joint Secretary General and Dhaka Metropolitan BNP (South) president Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel in Dhaka. He was detained from Gulshan-2 area around 7:30pm Tuesday (September 18). Deputy Commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Masudur

DHAKA: Two lawyers of BNP Chief Khaleda Zia could not meet her in prison after jail authority turned them down at jail gate. The lawyers-Advocate Sanaullah Mia and Masud Ahmed Talukder-returned from the gate of Old Central Jail, which is located on Nazimuddin Road in old part of Dhaka,

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday (September 18) launched a search at Hotel Sarina located in the capitals’ Banani, owned by BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury. An ACC team, lead by Director Dr Kazi Shafiqul Islam, operated the search

JESSORE: Gano Forum president and acclaimed lawyer Dr. Kamal Hossain said national unity is a demand of the time now to achieve meaningful changes of political and social system. People must take the responsibility to protect the democracy, sovereignty and independence and there is