DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) has been selected as a steering member of Commonwealth Electoral Network (CEN) from Asia region.EC public relations director SM Asaduzzaman informed the matter on Monday.He said chief election commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed attended the two-day

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 ordered to produce M Forkan Mallik before the tribunal by July 3 in a case filed for his alleged crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War 1971. The 3-member tribunal led by Justice Obaidul Hasan passed the order to jail

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday framed charges against 43 activists of BNP and its different wings including Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal President Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal. The case was filed under speedy trial tribunal for making chaos and anarchy at Nayapaltan party office area on October 2,

DHAKA: A leader and an activist of ruling Awami League were chopped to death by assailants and another injured in Pabna and Kushtia districts between Sunday night and early Monday. The deceased were identified Mokaddes Hossain Mukul, 45, general secretary of Haturia-Nakalia union Awami

CHITTAGONG: Former MP (Member of Parliament) of Chittagong-16 (Banshkhali) constituency Sultanul Kabir Chowdhury, also Awami League leader, passed away at his residence in the capital early Monday. He was 68. Confirming the matter to banglanews, Chittagong south district Awami League

DHAKA: Opposition Leader Rowshan Ershad has greeted countrymen and Muslims on occasion of holy Ramadan. She conveyed the greetings through a press release issued from her party office on Sunday afternoon. ‘The month of holy Ramadan teaches us to avoid the evil activities like

DHAKA: Dhaka City Awami League (AL) leaders withdrew the blockade on Mirpur-Gabtali-Gulistan road at 4:00pm demanding the removal of Police DC in Mirpur zone on Sunday. Earlier, the leaders led by MP Kamal Ahmed Majumder of Dhaka-15 blockaded the road from 3:00pm protesting the vandalism

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday demanded international investigation to reveal the list of money launderer at the Swiss Bank.   The spokesperson for the party made the plea while addressing a discussion meeting at the National Press Club. 

DHAKA: The investigation agency of International Crimes Tribunal has completed its final investigation report against Syed Hasan Ali, who committed crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.  The probe report will be submitted to the prosecution by Sunday, said the probe

RIYADH: BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Saturday claimed that democracy is absent in the country now. There is no alternative to establish multi-party democracy through a fair election ending the one-party rule, said the BNP senior leader. Moudud was addressing a

RANGPUR: Law enforcers, in separate drives, detained 11 Jamaat and Chhatra Shibir activists and 52 fugitives and other accused early Saturday. Shariful Islam, Senior Officer of Rangpur Detective Police, told banglanews that they arrested 11 Jamaat-Shibir men against whom cases were filed

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claimed that party chairperson Khaleda Zia didn’t complained to Sushma Swaraj against anyone. He came up with the claim at party’s Nayaplatan office strongly protesting the remark by Awami League leaders, who said

RUPGANJ, NARAYANGANJ: One was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash between Awami League and BNP supporters at Kanchan of Rupganj upazila centering municipality election. The incident took place at Daroil vote center around 10:30am on Saturday. The deceased was identified as

NARAYANGANJ: Unidentified miscreants hacked to death a BNP leader in Sonargaon upazila of the district on Friday night.  The deceased is Billal Hossain, 46, Sanmandi union BNP secretary and former union chairman under the upazila.   Sonargaon Police Station officer-in-charge Riazul

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also Awami League (AL) president, asked to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia about her whereabouts during the time of Ziaur Rahman’s murder. The premier asked the question while addressing a rally, organised to observe 65th anniversary of the party, at

DHAKA: Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj invited the 10th National Parliament’s Opposition Leader Raushon Ershad to visit her country before leaving Bangladesh. She had a 20-minute meeting with the Opposition Leader at latter’s office in the parliament around 12:00pm

DHAKA: No issues other that the bilateral interests between Bangladesh and India has been discussed with visiting Indian Foreign Minster Sushma Swaraj, said Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina’s two advisors. PM’s foreign affairs advisor Gowher Rizvi and finance advisor Moshiur Rahman told

DHAKA: Sheikh Rehana, younger daughter of Bangabandhu, and Saima Wazed Hossain, daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, met visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday morning. Sources said that they went to Swaraj’s suite at the Hotel Sonargaon around 10:00am

MADARIPUR: Ruling Awami League-supported candidate Pavelur Rahman Shafiq Khan won the Sadar upazila parishad polls of the district unofficially. AL-backed Shahabuddin Hawladar and Pavin Jahan also won in the posts of vice chairman (VC) and VC (female) respectively. Sources of the

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia had a meeting with visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday morning. Sources said that their meeting started around 10:30am. The BNP chief met the Indian Minister on her (Sushma's) invitation at Bengal suite of the Hotel