DHAKA: The High Court on Tuesday granted bail to BNP’s five senior leaders including Moudud Ahmed for six months.An HC bench comprising Justice Nizamul Huq and Justice Jahangir Hossain passed the order in response to different bail pleas.Four other leaders are – MK Anwar, Rafiqul

DHAKA: British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Gibson on Tuesday urged two top leaders of Bangladesh to sit for a dialogue quickly.He came up with the urge while talking to journalists after a meeting with communications Minister Obaidul Quader around 10:30am.Indicating two

PABNA: The daylong hartal, called by Jamaat-e-Islami, observed in the district on Tuesday protesting the arrest and demanding release of Jamaat Secretary Abu Taleb Mandal and town Shibir president Ariful Islam.All types of inter-district vehicles services remained stopped but rickshaws,

DHAKA: The self-proclaimed Jatiya Party Chairman of Kazi Zafar Ahmed on Monday said the government cannot sustain based on a controversial election.The senior politician of the country came up with the assertion while addressing a mass rally at city’s Suhrawardy Udyan in the

DHAKA: Acting Secretary General of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said their movements will continue until the government quits.The spokesperson for the party came up with the assertion while addressing a rally at city’s Suhrawardy Udyan in

PABNA: District Jamaat-e-Islam has called dawn-to-dusk shutdown in Pabna district protesting the arrest of its leaders and demanding release. District Nayeeb-e-Ameer of the party made the announcement of the shutdown on Monday afternoon.However, Additional Police Super of Pabna Siddiqur

DHAKA: Newly elected lawmakers of Gaibandha-4, Bogra-7 and Jessore-5 constituencies took oath on Monday afternoon.The lawmakers are M Abul Kalam Azad of Gaibandha-4, Muhammad Altaf Ali of Bogra-7 and Swapan Bhattacharya from Jessore-5.The speaker of the 9th parliament Shirin Sharmin

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday alleged that BNP now wants to kill people by burning as it failed to assume power by losing people’s support.The premier, also ruling Awami League president, was addressing a mass rally at Satkhira High School ground in the afternoon.Hasina

DHAKA: The High Court Monday ordered the government and authorities concerned not to harass or arrest BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser Mir Nasir Uddin without proper legal procedures.   An HC bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice Habibul Gani passed the order

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has appealed to the government to conduct fair polls under a non-partisan administration to usher in peace in Bangladesh. “There is no alternative to holding fair polls immediately under a non-partisan government for the sake of peace,” she

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is addressing rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on Monday afternoon.The former prime minister reached the venue at 4:00pm and took her seat on the stage at 4.10pm.The party that boycotted the January 5 parliamentary elections organized the rally to

JOYPURHAT: An eight-hour hartal was observed on Sunday in Panchbibi upazila of the district in protest against filing ‘false case’ on Saturday against 18-party leaders and activists. The hartal started from 6:00am and continued till 2:00pm.Officer-in-Charge of Panchbibi Thana Abu Hena

DHAKA: The first Namaz-e-Janaza of Awami League lawmaker Shawkat Momen Shahjahan of Tangail-8 constituency held at South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad at 2:00pm Monday.The second Janaza will be held at Tangail Basail School ground around 3:30pm and the third Janaza will be at Sakhipur Upazila

DHAKA: BNP asked Jamaat-e-Islami not to join its rally scheduled to begin in the afternoon at city’s Suhrawardy Uddyan.The party has not allowed its ally Jamaat to join the programme this time showing excuse that ‘Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) permitted only BNP to hold the

GAIBANDHA: Some 6,000 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Chhatra Shibir of Sundarganj Thana in the district were sued Sunday night on charge of attacking police.Sundarganj Thana Officer-in-Charge (investigation) Mostafa Kamal filed the lawsuit mentioning 25 names.He said that

JOYPURHAT: An eight-hour hartal is underway in Panchbibi upazila of the district in protest of filing ‘false case’ on Saturday with the thana against 18-party leaders and activists.The hartal started from 6:00am and will be ended at 2:00pm.Confirming the matter, Officer-in-Charge of

MEHERPUR: A Jamaat leader was killed in a gunfight with police in Bondor area under sadar Upazila of the district early Monday.The deceased was identified as Tarik Mohammad Saiful Islam, 35, district Jamaat assistant secretary, son of district Jamaat Ameer Samir Uddin.Sources said that

DHAKA: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Advocate Anisul Haque urged countrymen to boycott Jamaat-Shibir socially in a collective effort.The minister made the assertion while addressing an event to mark 22nd innovation day of Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee at city’s

DHAKA: The BNP-led 18-party alliance got conditional permission to stage its scheduled mass rally in the city’s Suhrawardy Udyan on Monday.BNP assistant office secretary Abdul Latif Jony confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday.On January 15, Khaleda announced the programme from a

COMILLA: A case was filed Sunday morning against 207 Chhatra League and Chhatra Dal activists of Comilla University (CU) including the convener of CU Chhatra League.Sub-Inspector of Comilla Sadar (South) Thana Khademul Bahar filed the lawsuit mentioning names of seven Chhatra League and