Citing an oblique reference to journalists’ restricted access to the Indian Federal Bank, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has asked whether a newsman possesses unrestricted access to a central bank in any country of the world. Quader, also the Road Transport and

The 44th homecoming day of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is being observed today (May 17). On May 17 in 1981, she returned to the country after a long exile.   Boarding on an aircraft of the Indian Airlines, Awami League President Sheikh Hasina reached

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today (May 14) said US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu has come to Bangladesh to hold talks to implement his own country’s agenda. He said: “Donald Lu has come to Bangladesh. We

Former BAPEX MD Abdul Baki testified on Tuesday in the Niko graft case against eight people, including BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The testimony of Baki, however, is yet to be finished. On Tuesday, Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman of Special Judge Court No. 9 of Dhaka, located in the Dhaka

GM Quader can now perform his duties as Jatiya Party (JaPa) chairman as the Supreme Court Appellate Division today (May 12) rejected the appeal against the High Court order. The Appellate Division headed by Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order. Senior lawyer Mohammad Sayeed

The country is being governed by an invisible force, not by the Awami League, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Saturday (May 11). He said: It seems that it is not Awami League but an invisible evil force governing the country. Fakhrul was addressing a rally

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader today (May 11) said if their party leaders and workers don’t stay in field, BNP will carry out terrorist activities in the name of the rally.   He said: “BNP’s rally means arson attack, disorder and bloodshed. So,

Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) advisor, and valiant freedom fighter Haider Akbar Khan Rono passed away early today (May 11) at the age of 82. Rono breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the Health and Hope Hospital in the capital at 2:05 am, said CPB general secretary

Dhaka North Awami League will hold a peace and development rally following 18 conditions given by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Saturday. The rally will be held in the capital’s Mohammadpur area at 2:30pm as DMP has given permission. Dhaka Metropolitan North Awami League

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today (May 10) said BNP leaders getting bail, because the judiciary system is independent. He said this at a joint meeting of the president-general secretaries of Dhaka Metropolitan North-South and Dhaka District Awami League and all

Awami League (AL) will hold a joint meeting with its central leaders, presidents-general secretaries of Dhaka North-South city units and Dhaka District and all associate bodies at 4 pm on Friday (May 10). The meeting will be held at the party's central office on Bangabandhu Avenue

Atahar Ishraque Shabab Chowdhury has won the chairman post in the Subarnachar upazila parishad election held on Wednesday. He defeated Noakhali district Awami League President AHM Khairul Anam Chowdhury Salim by a margin of 703 votes. Sabab, son of Noakhali-4 (Sadar-Subarnachar)

BNP Joint Secretary General Khairul Kabir Khokon was today (May 8) released from jail. He was freed of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj around 12:30pm, confirmed party’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. After the release, leaders and activists received Khokon

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and his wife Rahat Ara Begum on Wednesday (May 8) returned home from Saudi Arabia after performing holy Umrah. They arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 1:35pm on a flight from Biman Bangladesh Airlines.

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student wing of the ruling Awami League, staged a demonstration at the Dhaka University (DU) campus on Monday, demanding the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and an immediate end to the barbarism of Israeli forces in Gaza. The BCL

A meeting of the Awami League (AL) secretariat will be held at the party's President Sheikh Hasina’s political office of Dhanmondi at 4pm today (May 6).    AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader will preside over the meeting, said

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday (May 5) urged voters to boycott upcoming upazila polls scheduled to be held on January 7. Rizvi made the remarks while distributing leaflets, containing the party’s call to boycott the upazila polls, in the

A Dhaka court today (May 5) fixed May 30 for the indictment hearing in a money laundering case filed against seven persons, including BNP's acting chairman Tarique Rahman's former personal assistant (APS) Mia Nuruddin Ahmed Opu. Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam of the Dhaka Special

A meeting of the ruling Awami League (AL) Parliamentary Nomination Board will be held tomorrow (May 4) at 7pm at the Prime Minister's official residence Ganabhaban in the capital. "Awami League President and Parliamentary Nomination Board President Sheikh Hasina will chair

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been was shifted to a cabin from the hospital’s coronary care unit (CCU) on Thursday. Khaleda's personal physician Professor AZM Zahid Hossain confirmed the matter. He said madam was previously in the CCU. The medical board has now shifted