BARISAL: Ruling Awami League candidate Jebunnessa Afroz won in by-election of Barisal-5 (Sadar) constituency with “Boat” symbol on Sunday.  Jebunnessa, wife of late MP Shawkat Hossain Hiron, defeated Saiful Islam Liton backed by the Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) with

DHAKA: State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Monday categorically said that Nur Hossain, main accused in sensational Narayanganj 7 murder, will be brought back soon. He came up with the assertion while talking to journalists at his secretariat office in city on

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court Sunday deferred the hearing on charge framing against convicted war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury in a vehicle torching case.  Acting District and Session Judge of Chittagong La Mong fixed August 3 in response to time plead of defense.  District

BARISAL: Voting for the by-election to Barisal-5 constituency is underway peacefully from Sunday morning. The polling began at 8:00am and will continue till 4:00pm without any break. Two candidates are contesting in the by-election to the parliamentary constituency. Jebunnessa Afroj,

DHAKA: Nur Hossain, main accused in sensational Narayanganj 7 murder, detained from Kolkata along with his five aides. Sources said that during a special drive a team of Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Kolkata police led by ACP Animesh Sarkar arrested them around 9:30pm from near Suvash

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Saturday demanded exemplary punishment of the persons involved with the incident of Kalshi Bihari Camp by searching through judicial probe. She also condemned the death of 10 people and many others injured as a result of arson to the camp and “law

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina categorically said that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman should be placed on remand to reveal the truth about the killing of Ziaur Rahman.  She came up with the remark on Saturday while her attention was drawn about Tarique’s

BARISAL: Voting for the by-election to Barisal-5 constituency will be held on Sunday. The polling will begin at 8:00am and continue till 4:00pm without any break. Two candidates will contest the by-election to the parliamentary constituency. Jebunnessa Afroj, widow of late MP Shawkat

CHUADANGA: Law enforcers detained nine leaders-activists of Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, including its district unit president and general secretary on Friday night. The detainees are Bakul, president of district Chhatra Shibir,  Toriqul Islam, its general secretary,

KUSTIA: Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif opined for taking BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on remand to reveal the mystery of former President Ziaur Rahman murder. “Who is the killer of Zia can be known if his wife Khaleda is remanded,” he said. He made the

DHAKA: The government turned the country into a butcher shop through killing, forced disappearance and oppression on BNP men, alleges BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed. He said those in a press conference at BNP’s Nayaplatan office around 11:00am Friday. Criticizing

DHAKA: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam on Thursday labeled the remarks of BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman “incoherently”.  The state minister came up with the remarks while addressing a press brief on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to China at the

NEW YORK: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed met US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal in New York on Wednesday afternoon. Confirming the matter, diplomatic sources said that they discussed on Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) facility and

NETROKONA: Miscreants blasted two cocktails in front of BNP office in Choto Bazar area of Netrokona on Wednesday night. Confirming the matter, District Special Branch (DSB) Officer-in-Charge Abdullah Al Nazrul told banglanews, “Following a dispute over committee formation, a fraction

LALMONIRHAT: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Wednesday categorically said the January 5 poll is “valueless” as his party did not take part in the elections. “I didn’t participate in the 10th parliamentary election and my party was participated disobeying my order. So, there

KUA LULUMPUR (MALAYSIA): BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday claimed that Sheikh Hasina was aware about killing of Ziaur Rahman. “Ziaur Rahman was killed after 17 days of Sheikh Hasina had returned home. Why was she fleeing country after Zia had been killed,” he

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold a press conference Saturday to brief the media about her recent visit to China. PM’s Advisor on Political Affairs HT Imam in airport confirmed the reporters about the briefing on Wednesday noon. “The premier will uphold the various

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said dialogue is the only way to solve ongoing political crisis. He came up with the observation to the journalists after placing wreaths at BNP president Ziaur Rahman’s grave on Wednesday morning. “To solve country’s

From Kuala Lumpur: After ending all speculations and interests of BNP men, the meeting place of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman has been fixed at Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur of Malaysia. The meeting is likely to be held on Wednesday evening, said a source of the

DHAKA: Opposition Jatiya Party (JP) has to pay fine as it did not submit their electoral cost in 10th national polls to the Election Commission (EC) within the time-limit. The party will get additional 15 days for submitting the details of the cost and securing their registration by