RAJSHAHI: The dawn-to-dusk hartal, called by BNP-led 19-party alliance, is underway in four upazilas of the district on Wednesday.The alliance is enforcing the shutdown in protest against sending BNP leader Abu Sayeed Chand to jail and demand for immediate release of him.Charghat Thana

DHAKA: US Ambassador to Dhaka Dan W Mozena met with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office on Tuesday night.The meeting started around 8:30pm. BNP sources saidn during the parley, they discussed several issues, including prevailing political situation.Vice-chairman of the party

JHENIDAH: Some 40 leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami were held by law enforcers from different places of the district on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in creating violence during the 10th national polls in the area.Sources said police nabbed them by conducting a

DHAKA: The Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu categorically on Tuesday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is involved in an ‘evil’ move to kill her own party activists.He came up with the observation at Secretariat, in a press conference regarding the prevailing political situation in

DHAKA: A ban on BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique’s entry into USA was recommended by a confidential cable from US embassy in Dhaka, says Wikileaks.According to the report, the cable was sent from Dhaka to the State Department on November 3 in 2008.‘The Embassy believes Tarique is

DHAKA: Facebook (FB) authority recognized the official page of Awami League on Tuesday.As a part of verification process of popular pages on Facebook, FB gave the recognition.There will be a small, blue check mark (√) at the right side of AL’s Facebook page from now on.On May 29 in

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to sack top BNP leaders including acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and Dhaka city BNP convener Sadeque Hossain Khoka from its central committee.Party sources said

RAJSHAHI: A Rajshahi court on Tuesday sent BNP central committee member Abu Sayeed, also chairman of Charghat Upazila Parishad, to jail rejecting his bail plea in a case filed for uprooting fishplate of rail line.Earlier in the morning, Abu Sayeed appeared before the court and sought

DHAKA: Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Monday said there would be no crisis of fertilizers in the current season as there is adequate stock of the agriculture input.In response to a question from treasury bench member M Abdul Latif, he told the House that Ashuganj Fertilizer

DHAKA: Pannel Member Abul Kalam Azad adjourned the Parliament on Monday night.The House will resume its sitting at 4.30 Tuesday.Earlier in the day, the sitting of the parliament resumed at 4.40pm with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.The day`s proceedings began with

DHAKA: The US ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena will meet BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office on Tuesday night.Source from the BNP chairperson’s office confirmed the matter to banglanews.They will talk about ongoing situation of the country and bilateral issues,

DHAKA: Metropolitan Session Judge Monday denied bail to Dhaka city BNP convener Sadeque Hossain Khoka in three different cases with Motijheel and Jatrabari thanas of the city.Metropolitan Session Judge M Zahurul Haque passed the order after hearing on the cases.On behalf of Khoka,

SYLHET: Law enforcers detained around 73 people from four districts of Sylhet division on early Monday.Additional Deputy Inspector General of Police of Sylhet Range said 73 people were held by a special drive of police in Sylhet, Moulvibazar, Habiganj and Sunamganj districts on Sunday and

CHITTAGONG: Police on Monday submitted charge sheeted against nine people including Mufti Izharul Islam, senior Nayeb-e-Ameer of Hefazat-e- Islam in a case of explosion in madrasa in the port city.Investigation Officer sun-inspector Lokman Hossain submitted the charge sheet to general

DHAKA: United Arab Emirate (UAE) Ambassador to Bangladesh Saeed bin Hajar Al Shahi met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office on Sunday night.During the parley, they discussed several issues, including prevailing political situation in the country, said a competent source from

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia Saturday termed the 10th parliament a ‘Doll House’. He came up with the observation while addressing discussion meeting on ‘extra-judicial killing, fundamental rights and general election’ at the National Press

KURIGRAM: Joint general secretary of ruling Awami League Mahbubul Hanif on Saturday categorically said the government is not thinking about interim general elections right now.The spokesperson for the party also said that presently 85 percent people support the government.Hanif also came

RAJSHAHI: Branding BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia `queen of destruction`, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared that her (Khaleda`s) movement “killed scores of innocent people”. The premier, also ruling Awami League president, leveled the allegation while addressing a mass rally here on

LAXMIPUR: District unit BNP observed a half day hartal in the district on Saturday demanding the release of missing Union Parisad Chairman.No untoward incidents were reported from anywhere of the district.Long route vehicles started to leave the district after hartal ends.Centering the

DHAKA: Charging Awami League with killing democracy first in 1975, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) says democracy was murdered again by Awami League on January 5 when farcical elections took place. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the acting Secretary General of the party, made the