FROM PIRGANJ: Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said all elections should be held with direct participation of political parties canceling the existing upazila law.Joy was addressing at a party council as chief guest organized by the upazila unit of ruling

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday expressed concern over jailing three top leaders of the party alleging that the country is being run by a whimsical ruler.“Sending three senior leaders of the party to jail after cancellation their bail was oppression to them and it proves

BARISAL: Daylong hartal in Sunday observed in Muladi upazila of the district over vote rigging during the third phase of upazila election.BNP-led 19-party alliance called the hartal on Saturday.No picket was seen in the street during hartal hours, reported banglanews

DHAKA: Chairman of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) Mujahidul Islam Selim on Sunday categorically said they would provide 75-MW electricity to the countrymen free if they could assume power.He came up with the assertion while addressing a rally in protest against power hiking, in front

GOPALGANJ: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to visit Tungipara of the district on Monday on the occasion of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s 94th birth anniversary and National Children’s Day-2014.The premier will place floral wreaths at the grave of father of the nation, offer

COMILLA: Half-day hartal, called by BNP-led 19-party alliance, was observed in Chauddagram and Nangolkot upazilas in the district on Sunday.The strike was called demanding the recount of ballot papers.Police said that no untoward incident reported and the situation was under

DHAKA: BNP will stage demonstrations across the country on Monday in protest against the sending of its three senior leaders to jail by a court.Joint secretary general of the party Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed announced the fresh protest program on Sunday after the court order.Rizvi

DHAKA: The death of three persons in third phase of upazila polls were ‘individual’ incidents, commented Asaduzzaman Khan, the state minister for home affairs ministry.He said the elections were held in a vast area of the country. During the polls, two or three persons can die in

RANGPUR: Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son and also IT advisor, on Sunday said the government is committed to supply gas to North Bengal, including Rangpur.He came up with the assertion while addressing a rally organized by the local Awami League at Rangpur Zila

DHAKA: A Dhaka court sent three BNP leaders including its acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to jail in three cases filed for killing people by torching bus at Paribagh and so on.The two other leaders are Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas and Dhaka City BNP member

DHAKA: BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is set to appear before the court on Sunday morning in four separate cases on charge of anti-government protest.He has already arrived at his lawyer M Mohsin Mia’s chamber in the morning.The hearing of the cases was

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday categorically said the people of Bangladesh rejected Awami League through the 5 January polls.The former premier of the country came up with the assertion while addressing a programme at her Gulshan office in the city in the night. The newly

DHAKA: The leaders of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) are set to meet BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday night.Party sources said that the meeting will be held at 8:00pm at the BNP Chairperson’s office at Gulshan in city.  Earlier, the BNP-Jamaat backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi

BAGERHAT: BNP called dawn-to-dusk hartal for Sunday at four upazilas of the district alleging attacks on the party’s leaders and activists, vandalizing and vote rigging in the upazilas. The upazilas are Bagerhat Sadar, Rampal, Morelganj and Sarankhola.District BNP president MA Salam

COMILLA: BNP-led 19-party alliance called half-day hartal for Sunday at Chauddagram and Nangolkot upazilas of the district demanding postponement of polls in the upazilas.Quazi Jafar Ahmed, Chairman of a Jatiya Party faction, also an ally of BNP-led alliance, at office Ganabhaban upazila

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday categorically said that the recent power price hike would not affect people of the country.The finance minister came up with the observation while addressing annual general meeting of Jalalabad Association at the auditorium of Institute of

BAGERHAT: Two BNP-backed aspirants boycotted polls in Sharankhola and Morelganj upazilas of the district for third phase of upazila elections on Saturday.They are chairman candidates Matiar Rahman Khan of Sharankhola upazila and Abdul Majid Jabbar of Morelganj upazila.They alleged that

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami has declared nationwide demonstrations on Sunday protesting the government’s decision of power price hike by 6.96 percents.Dr Shafiqur Rahman, acting secretary general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, has issued a statement about this matter.He said domestic economy

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi categorically said that the ruling Awami League goons with the collaboration of law enforcers are beating and killing 19-party alliance leaders and activists.He told media at a briefing at the party’s

GAZIPUR: Former president of Jatiyotabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Sultan Salahuddin Tuku was released on bail from Kashimpur High-Security Jail on Friday evening.Deputy district jailer Atikul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews.Leaders and activists of the student of BNP greeted him at