DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Thursday claimed that her husband late freedom fighter Ziaur Rahman was the first president of Bangladesh.Kheleda came up with the comment while she was addressing a function at Engineers Institution in the city.Earlier Khaleda’s elder son and BNP

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 Thursday fixed March 31 for next hearing over a contempt rule against British journalist David Bergman for his derogatory remarks on the ICT in his blog.                    The three-member tribunal led by Justice Obaidul

RANGPUR: Police on Thursday arrested five newly elected chairmen and vice-chairmen of three upazilas in allegation of creating violence and obstructing police from discharging government works.The detainees are Abdur Rahman Abdar, chairman of Atwari upazila of Panchagarh district and

DHAKA: BNP joint-secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed threatened the government to take historical revenge with the support of people if the irrespective torture, killings, attacks and forced disappearances are not stopped.The BNP leader told media at a press conference on Thursday

DHAKA: A Dhaka court again rejected bail petition to BNP leaders acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in two cases filed for killing people by torching bus at Paribagh of the city and so on.Judge Rezaul Karim of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court passed the order on

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is set to address a rally of freedom fighters at Engineering Institute in city’s Ramna area on Friday afternoon.The party is going to arrange the rally with the presence of freedom fighters across the country.Bangladesh Nationalist Freedom Fighters’

DHAKA: Police raided central office of capital’s Paltan unit of Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, and recovered four cocktails along with numbers of Jihadi books.Acting on tip off that some Shibir men are holding a clandestine meeting, Paltan thana police carried out

SAVAR, DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia paid tributes to martyrs by placing floral wreaths at the national mausoleum in Savar, on outskirts of capital city, on Wednesday morning.  The BNP chief along with central and local leaders and activists of the party placed the homage to martyrs

DHAKA: Barguna Sadar upazila BNP president Advocate Abdul Halim has been expelled from the party on charge of violating the party discipline.A press release signed by its BNP Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi confirmed this matter to banglanews on Tuesday.The press release said

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia called upon the nation to be strongly united on the occasion of the country’s Independence Day that falls on March 26.The BNP chief came up with the plea in a statement on the eve of the day on Tuesday.Expressing her

DHAKA: BNP will besiege the offices of Upazila Nirbahi Officers (UNO) around the country on March 27 protesting occupying polling centres and vote rigging.They also will present memorandums to the UNO’s.Joint secretary general of the party Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed announced the programme

JESSORE: A Union Parishad Chairman and five others were held by police on charge of attacking minorities and vandalizing in Dhalgram area under Bagharpara upazila of the district on Monday night.The detainees are UP Chairman of Dhalagram Hafizur Rahman, local Azam Fakir, Tipu Sultan,

DHAKA: Some 56.12 percent voters cast ballots in the fourth phase elections, held on Sunday, in 91 upazilas of 43 districts of the country.Sources of the Election Commission (EC) confirmed the matter to banglanews on Monday night.The highest 81.48 percent voter turnout was recorded at

JESSORE: A dawn to dusk hartal called by district BNP is underway peacefully in the district sadar on Tuesday.Earlier on Monday, district BNP called the shutdown protesting upazila polls violence and casting fake votes in the upazila.The movements of the vehicles were halted as well as

DHAKA: The Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Greg Wilcock will meet BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday afternoon.The meeting will be held at Khaleda’s Gulshan residence around 4:00pm.Earlier on Monday evening, Khaleda Zia had a one and half-hour long meeting with the

DHAKA: A delegation of European Union Parliament met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday evening.The delegation led by Jean Lambert, Chair of the Delegation for Relations with South Asia of the European Parliament, reached BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office in the city around 6:15pm.

MUNSHIGANJ: A leader of Bangladesh Chatra League, student wing of ruling Awami League, Munshiganj unit died in Dhaka on Monday evening.The deceased was identified as Mahbub Alam, 26, son of Khokan Pradhan hailed from Madhyamkandi village under Baushia union of Gajaria upazila of

MAGURA: A Magura court on Monday sent 17 leaders and activists of Chhatra Dal, Jubo Dal, including district BNP president Kabir Murad, to jail.Magura senior judicial magistrate Abbas Uddin passed the order when they plead for bail release after appearing before the court.District BNP

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) is set to announce the schedule for two reserved seats in the National Parliament on Tuesday.EC sources informed banglanews that voting will be held there from 8:00am to 4:00pm on April 17.The deadline of submission of nomination papers is April 1 while the

DHAKA: Election Commission will arrange re-elections for 14 postponed centers in six districts in the third phase upazila polls on March 27.During the polls held on March 15, voting in 14 centers across the country was postponed due to violence, snatching ballots and other incidents.The