DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday placed on 14-day fresh remand central executive member of Jamaat-e-Islami Dr Shafiqul Islam Masud, also former president of Chhatra Shibir.Metropolitan Magistrate Shahriar Mahmud Adnan and Rezaul Karim passed the remand order after the hearing in six

PABNA: A local Juba League leader was strangulated to death by miscreants in Kathgara area of Sharatganj under Chatmohar Upazila of the district on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Asit Kumar Bhadra, 48, assistant secretary of Juba League’s relief affairs of the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court has framed charge against Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Amanullah Aman and 13 others in vehicle vandalism case filed with Airport Thana in city.Metropolitan magistrate Hasibul Haque passed the indictment order after the hearing on Monday.They are

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday framed charge against 147 leader-activists of 18-party, including BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and former opposition chief whip Zainul Abdin Farroque, over vandalism in front of BNP central office.Magistrate Tarek Mainul Islam of Dhaka

DHAKA: BNP-led 20-party is going to stage demonstrations on Tuesday and Wednesday protesting the restoration parliament's authority to impeach Supreme Court judges for irregularities.BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi declared the programme in a press conference in city’s

LONDON: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman termed Awami League as a ‘black sheep’ party.The leader made the comment while addressing a professionals’ meeting titled ‘Strategy for Prosperous Bangladesh’ in East London’s Queen Mary

FENI: A local Awami League office, located near to Shanti Company Intersection of the town, was vandalised by the party men over occupying government land on Sunday night.Didarul Alam, Feni, a leader of Juba League, youth wing of AL, told banglanews that supporter of AL faction of

DHAKA: After the vote counting in the by-elections to 18 Union Parishads (UPs) across the country Awami League supported candidates won in 10 seats and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) backed candidates won in 2 seats.  AL supported candidate those won are Krishnakanto Bidur in Vadai

DHAKA: Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Sunday said the trial of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman would be held in this land shortly for his alleged involvement in August 21 grenade attack. He also said former president and also BNP founder Ziaur Rahman was responsible for the

DHAKA: Taking the charges of war crimes into cognizance, International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 has asked Syed M Hasan Ali alias Hasan Ali to surrender before it.   A three-member tribunal led by Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order on Sunday. The court asked to issue a notice

DHAKA: Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday categorically said the conspiracy against country’s independence is still going on. “The people who did not accept independence of the country, they are still conspiring against the

DHAKA: Counting in the by-elections to 18 Union Parishads (UPs) across the country underway from Sunday afternoon as voting ended peacefully.  Banglanews local correspondents report that the polls, started from 8:00am, continued till to 4:00pm without any break. Sources told us that

Dhaka: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir categorically said that Awami league did not cooperate during the investigation of August 21st grenade attack. He came up with the allegation in a press briefing at party’s central office at Nayapaltan in the capital on

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia held a meeting with the business leaders at her political office in the city’s Gulshan area on Saturday night.Led-by former president of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries Abdul Awal Mintoo, FBBCCI former vice president

DHAKA: BNP Vice Chairman Abdullah Al Noman on Saturday outspokenly said “we want India’s friendship in various bilateral issues, not lordship”. The BNP leader made the assertion while addressing a discussion meeting organized by Love Bangladesh Foundation to unveil cover of three

DHAKA: Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Saturday said a vested quarter is still doing deep conspiracy against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her party.The Awami League advisory council member made the observation while addressing a discussion meeting marking the National

DHAKA: Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Saturday said BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman would be brought under trial for his alleged involvement in 21 August grenade attack. The food minister came up with the assertion while addressing a program marking National Mourning Day at

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will hold a meeting with businessmen of the country at her Gulshan political office on Saturday night. Chaizperson’s media wing member Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to banglanews. The meeting would start around 8:30pm, he added. BDST: 1840

COMILLA: HM Ershad, special envoy to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday categorically said there is only one Jatiya party in Bangladesh and he is the chief of the party. There is no other Jatiya Party in the country, he added. The former President of the country made the

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the mentality of ruling Awami League is destroying the country. The spokesperson for the party came up with the assertion at a program at the National Press Club. An organization called ‘Dainik Amar Desh