DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will appeal to the High Court to get relief from more than fifty cases in judicial court. BNP joint secretary general also Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) general secretary Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon came up with the disclosure on Monday

FROM JATIYA SANGSAD: The third session of the 10th parliament began at 5:00pm Monday. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury is presiding over the session where Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Opposition Leader Raushan Ershad are present. At the outset, the House accepted the condolence

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday paid tributes to party founder and late President Ziaur Rahman, marking BNP’s 30th founding anniversary.Khaleda along with party leaders and activists placed wreaths at the grave in Sher-e Bangla Nagar around 11:15 am.She offered fateha

DHAKA: A defamation suit has been filed against BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, for terming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her party as ‘murderer’. Vice-president of Bangladesh Awami Matshajibi League SM Nur-e-Alam Shiddique filed the case before the

DHAKA: Monday is the 36th anniversary of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).On September 1, 1978, the late President Ziaur Rahman formed the party with a 19-point program aiming to build a self-reliant Bangladesh.However, his party has chalked out a three-day programs starting from

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said the remarks of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over Khaleda Zia are dangerous and indecent. The spokesperson for the party came up with the assertion while addressing an inaugural program of a photography

DHAKA: A mass rally of ruling Awami League’s student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) started at Suhrawardy Udyan in city on Sunday afternoon. The Prime Minister and also AL president Sheikh Hasina is joining the rally as chief guest. The meeting started with a condolence proposal

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL) has submitted its audit report of 2012-13 fiscal year to the Election Commission (EC) in the city on Sunday noon. A four-member team, on behalf of the party, submitted the report to the EC additional secretary Mokhlesur Rahman. The report shows that the

DHAKA: Leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Sena (ICS) brought out processions in the capital during half-day countrywide hartal on Sunday.ICS enforced hartal, started from 6:00am, protesting the killing of Maulana Nurul Islam Faruqi, a leader of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, and

DHAKA: The countrywide half-day hartal called by Islami Chhatra Sena was observed peacefully across the country, begun from 6:00am Sunday. Banglanews correspondents from across the country reported that the hartal ended at 2:00pm without any major incidents.  Leaders and activists of

NARAYANGANJ: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, also former President, on Saturday said the government does not have rights to remain in power as the people are not in peace.“Some 35 killings were recorded in past month but none of them was brought under trial. So, the government has

DHAKA: The rally called by ruling Awami League marking the National Mourning Day has started at Suhrawardy Uddyan in city. The proceedings of the rally started through reciting from the holy scriptures of various religions around 3:30pm Saturday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged the government is provoking confrontation as they did to allow them to form a human chain.    “We don’t want clash. We want to carry out our programs peacefully. But the government is using such language to

DHAKA: The human chain program, declared by BNP-led 20-party alliance for Saturday to mark the ‘International Day of the Disappeared’ has been deferred to September 2.BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday declared the new date of the program in a

DHAKA: The human chain program, declared by BNP-led 20-party alliance for Saturday to mark the ‘International Day of the Disappeared’ is going to be deferred to September 2. A leader of metropolitan unit BNP, wishing anonymity, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police is yet to permit

DHAKA: Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury on Sunday said militant financing would be stopped at any cost.The ruling Awami League lawmaker made the assertion while addressing a seminar regarding responsibilities of micro-credit institute in social development and removing poverty held

DHAKA: At least six people were injured as leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, students of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), locked into clashes in front of BNP’s Nayapaltan central office in the city on Sunday.The clashes began among the followers of leaders who

DHAKA: Leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, students wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), locked into sporadic clashes in front of party’s Nayapaltan central office on Sunday. Three people were injured in the clashes. The clashes began among the followers of

DHAKA: BNP-led 20-paty alliance announced the dates of its rallies in four different districts on Sunday. BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is scheduled to address the rallies. According to the schedule, rally in Nilphamari will be held on October 23, in Natore on October 30, in Comilla on

DHAKA: A group of post-deprived Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leaders and activists chased BNP joint-general secretary Salahuddin Ahmed in front of the party’s central office Saturday.They also burned effigies of BNP leader Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee and former JCD leader