DHAKA: Ruling out the possibilities for holding any dialogue with BNP, Road Transport & Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said maintaining communication among the political parties is something good for even melting ‘hard ice’. Obaidul Quader, also the Awami League General Secretary,

COMILLA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia filed an appeal with the High Court Sunday (July 29) challenging the Comilla court order that had rejecter her bail in a case over an arson attack in the district. Lawyer Barrister AKM Ehsanur Rahman confirmed the matter to Banglanews, in the

DHAKA: BNP Standing Committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said a free, fair and acceptable election is not possible under the authorization of the present Election Commission (EC) and it will be proved once the polls to three city corporations are held. Mosharraf was

RANGPUR: Former Member of Parliament from a Rangpur constituency and former president of Rangpur district BNP unit Rahim Uddin Bharosha has been put in life support at a private hospital in Dhaka. His elder son Emdadul Huq told Banglanews that his father is undergoing treatment at

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader held separate meetings with Krishak Sramik Janata League President Abdul Kader Siddique and Bangladesh National Alliance (BNA) president Nazmul Huda.   Kader Siddique and Nazmul Huda made courtesy calls on Quader, also Road Transport

DHAKA: Newly elected mayor of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) and councilors took oath of office on Thursday (July 26).  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath to GCC Mayor Md. Jahangir Alam while the councilors took oath from Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Engineer

COMILLA: A district court on Wednesday (July 25) denied BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail petition in an arson case, filed under Special Powers Act, in Comilla in 2015. Judge KM Shamsul Alam of Comilla District and Session Judge’s Court denied her bail after hearing, disposing the

DHAKA: The High Court extended till July 31 the bail of Khaleda Zia and adjourned till July 29 the hearing of her review plea challenging the 5-year jail term 15 in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. An HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman passed the order

DHAKA: Former Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Minister Kalparanjan Chakma passed away at the age of 98 on Wednesday (July 25). He breathed his last at a hospital in Dhaka around 12:00pm after long sufferings of old age-associated diseases. Earlier on June 29, Kalparanjan Chakma,

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader held a meeting with leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) in Dhaka on Tuesday (July 24). Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, went to CPB headquarters around 11:00am to hold talks with CPB President

KUSHTIA: Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Kushtia district has claimed that none of the student wing’s members were involved in the attack on Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman in Kushtia court premises.  Kushtia district BCL president Yasir Arafat Tushar made the claim at a

DHAKA: A Dhaka court extended till July 31 the bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Khaleda Zia wasn’t produced before the court on Tuesday due to her illness. On behalf of her, her lawyer Zainul Abedin Mesbah pleaded for extending the bail.

DHAKA: The High Court on Monday (July 23) directed authorities concerned to allow Ganajagaran Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarker to go abroad and return home. The High Court bench of Justice Tariq Ul Hakim and Justice Md Suhrawardy passed the order after hearing a writ filed by Imran

DHAKA: The High Court ordered to settle the bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia by July 26, in a case filed over detonating petrol bomb in an anti-government protest on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Chauddagram of Comilla.  An HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice SM

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir demanded immediate arrest of those responsible for carrying out a vicious attack on Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman in Kushtia on Sunday afternoon (July 22). The senior BNP leader made the demand at a press conference in

DHAKA: Claiming that PM Sheikh Hasina’s Saturday reception created disdain among people, BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi asked ruling party leaders to conduct intelligence inquires on how actually people felt about the reception. The senior BNP leader made the remarks

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said the upcoming national parliamentary polls will be held as per the constitutional rules, not the ‘terms’ set by anybody. He made the remark, in wake of a comment of pro-BNP ex teacher of Dhaka University (DU) Prof Dr

DHAKA: Former president and Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad left here for India on a four-day visit at the invitation of India government. The plane of Jet Airways, carrying HM Ersahd, took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10am Sunday (July 22). Jatiya Party

DHAKA: Lawyers and family members of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia have meet with her in jail on Saturday afternoon (July 21). Khaleda Zia’s lawyer former attorney general AJ Mohammad Ali and party’s Law Affairs secretary advocate Sanaullah Mia entered the old central jail around

DHAKA: BNP leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed remarked that governor of Bangladesh Bank should resign from his post over reported gold scam in bank’s vault. Moudud Ahmed said, “The current governor should follow footsteps of the former governor of the central bank Atiur Rahman who