DHAKA: BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the government in a revengeful motive wants to bring back BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman from London as it is considering him as a threat. He made the claim while addressing as chief guest in an open discussion

DHAKA: Central 14-party alliance will hold a meeting at Awami League President Sheikh Hasina’s political office in Dhanmondi Friday (April 20). The meeting will be held at 11am, said a press release signed by Awami League Office Secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap Thursday (April 19).

DHAKA: Leaders of BNP-led 20-party alliance will sit in a discussion at the political office of BNP Chairman Khaleda Zia in Gulshan Thursday (April 19).  Shamsuddin Didar, press wing member to Khaleda Zia, confirmed the news to Banglanews. The leaders may hold discussion on Khaleda

LONDON: Visiting Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the government of United Kingdom to repatriate Tarique Rahman convicted in several cases. She said, “We talked to UK government on the issue. He (Tarique) has been staying in London to evade trial in several cases. He

LALMONIRHAT: Jatiya Party Chairman also former president HM Ershad said that the banks now don’t have money as the Awami League-led government has looted all the moneys from banks.  “The youths backed by Awami League stopped the girls at road and ‘raped’ them. Police don’t

DHAKA: Health Minister Mohammad Nasim said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is being given all necessary treatment in jail with due respect and importance. “Khaleda Zia is a former prime minister, a politician, and an elderly woman. We are quite aware of her treatment,” he said. 

DHAKA: Senior leaders of BNP are going to sit for a discussion Tuesday (April 17) with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda ahead of polls to Gazipur and Khulna city corporations. A 7-member BNP team led by its standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain will go

KUMILLA: A district court rejected bail for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed over an arson attack in Kumilla during an anti-government movement in 2015. The court also fixed April 23 for the next hearing. Kumilla District & Sessions Judge Jesmin Ara Begum passed the order

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said that his party will take the decision in time regarding allocation of seats and forming alliance for the upcoming national parliamentary polls. It’s not the perfect time to speak about who will get how many ministries, he

DHAKA: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said that though their party chief Khaleda Zia is severely sick in the jail but she isn’t getting any medical care.  Khaleda Zia isn’t being given medical facilities as part of a conspiracy to damage her gradually after

DHAKA: BNP’s colorful dreams, concerning quota reform movement, have been shattered and disappeared just like camphor, said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader. Obaidul Quader, also, the Road Transport and Bridges Minister made this remark to reporters in his political

DHAKA: Police submitted charge sheet in a case filed against two Chhatra League leaders for brandishing illegal weapons during a hawker eviction drive in Gulistan area of Dhaka. Mahmudul Hassan, GRO of Shahbagh Police Station placed the charge sheet before the court of Metropolitan

NILPHAMARI: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina scrapped the quota system as she could realize that it was a logical movement, said Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad. But, repealing the whole quota system won’t be a right decision, he said further.  Ershad was addressing a meeting of the

KUSHTIA: Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub Ul Alam Hanif said that the decision of repealing quota system won’t be a risk rather it will work as a positive factor for the party. Now supports from the students who stood against the quota system will go favoring the

NARAYANGANJ: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said that BNP failed to hatch conspiracy as they couldn’t take advantage of quota reformation movement.   The minister was inspecting the construction work of four-lane Bhulta flyover in Rupganj of Narayanganj Friday

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has withdrawn the expulsion order of its Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall of Dhaka University (DU) unit president Iffat Jahan Esha. A press release, signed by BCL president Saifur Rahman Sohag and general secretary SM Zakir Hossain, issued on

DHAKA: A Dhaka special court on Thursday (April 11) deferred to June 24 the hearing regarding forming charges in Gatco corruption case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Thursday (April 12) was earlier fixed for the same hearing. Lawyers of the accused pleaded for adjourning

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina disappointed the entire nation by giving announcement of scrapping the entire quota system in public service, said BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.   “She (Sheikh Hasina) made the announcement out of wrath, and without

DHAKA: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s mother has passed away. Fatima Amin, 86, died, around 12 pm, at BIRDEM hospital on Thursday (April 12). Mohammad Yunus, personal assistant of Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told Banglanews that Fatima Amin had been suffering

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed said that the announcement of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to abolish quota system is a defeat of the government.   Modud, as the chief guest, was addressing a discussion on ‘army deployment in upcoming parliamentary