Shawkat Ali, former deputy speaker of the National Parliament, passed away on Monday at the age of 84. He breathed his last this morning while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka this morning. His son Khaled Shawkat Ali confirmed the matter. The

Allama Junaid Babunagari has been elected as the Amir of Hefazat-e-Islam and Nur Hossain Kashemi elected the general secretary of the organization.  Maulana Mahfuzul Haque, general secretary of Befaqul Madarishil Arabia Bangladesh, announced the names after concluding Hefazat

The ruling Awami League announced a full-fledged committee of Awami Jubo League with the approval of party president Sheikh Hasina at the party president’s Dhanmondi political office here this afternoon. Earlier, Jubo League Chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash and General

Ruling Awami League nominated candidates Mohammad Habib Hasan and Tanvir Shakhil Joy won the by-elections to the Dhaka-18 and Sirajganj-1 constituencies respectively on Thursday. Habib elected Dhaka-18 lawmaker by beating his nearest rival BNP contender SM Jahangir Hossain by a huge

Police detained nine people from a procession organized by Jubo Dal, the youth wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, in Paltan area of Dhaka on Thursday.  The detention came after unidentified miscreants torched seven buses across the capital on Thursday noon.  Paltan

Ruling Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif has tested positive for coronavirus. His personal assistant Arifur Rahman Tutul confirmed the news to Banglanews on Wednesday.  Tutul said the Awami League leader's test result came out positive for the virus

An Awami League leader was hacked to death by miscreants in front of his daughter in Cumilla on Wednesday morning.  The incident took place in front of Funka brick kiln around 7:30 am. The deceased was identified as Zillur Rahman Chowdhury alias Zilani, vice-president of

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against Laxmipur-2 lawmaker Shahid Islam Papul and three of his family members on charges of money laundering and amassing illegal wealth. Other accused in the case are- Papul's wife Salina Islam, who is also an MP from a

India's governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies have won a close race in the key state of Bihar. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said "democracy has once again won in Bihar" in a vote many viewed as a test of his government's Covid-19 response. His

BNP on Sunday congratulated Joe Biden on his victory in the 2020 US presidential election. The party also hoped that Biden will play a strong role in establishing democracy and human rights in the world. According to the party statement, the people of Bangladesh together with the

A Dhaka court on Sunday sent former BNP state minister for civil aviation Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin to jail in a graft case.  Judge Ruhul Imran of Dhaka Special Judge Court-2 issued the order as Nasiruddin, also the former Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation, surrendered before the

A Dhaka court on Sunday put Haji Salim's son Erfan Salim and his bodyguard Zahidul Mollah on a five-day remand each in four separate cases. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaisarul Islam granted the remand against the accused for three days in the arms case and

BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas and his wife Afroza Abbas, president of Bangladesh Nationalist Party's women wing, tested positive for coronavirus. BNP chairperson's press wing member Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the information to Banglanews on Wednesday. He said

Amir Hossain Amu, member of Awami League Advisory Council, on Monday said the main objective of jail killing was to make Bangladesh leaderless. After killing Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, along with most of his family members, the assassinators killed four

Leaders and activists of Awami League have placed wreaths at the portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Dhanmondi in the capital, marking the Jail Killing Day. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader placed the wreath on Tuesday morning on behalf of

The nation observed the Jail Killing Day on Tuesday with due solemnity. On November 3, 1975, four national leaders, and heroes of the country’s Liberation War — Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmad, Captain Mansur Ali, and AHM Quamruzzaman were assassinated inside the Dhaka

The case against Irfan Salim, son of lawmaker Haji Salim and suspended ward councillor, was transferred to the Detective Branch (DB) of police on Wednesday. Inspector (Probe) Md Ashfak Rajib of Dhanmondi police station, also the investigation officer of the case, confirmed the news of

Habiganj-3 MP Abu Jahir, who was infected with Covid-19, has been airlifted to Dhaka for better treatment. A helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) brought the district Awami League president to Dhaka on Wednesday morning. Sudwip Das, personal assistant of the MP, confirmed the

A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed Irfan Salim, son of lawmaker Haji Salim, and his bodyguard Md Zahid on a three-day remand each in a case filed for assaulting a Navy official and attempted murder. Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Muhammad Asaduzzaman Nur passed the order after

Irfan Selim, son of MP Haji Selim, has been suspended as the councillor of Dhaka South's ward No 30 after a mobile court of RAB sentenced him to 18 months imprisonment for unlawful possession of liquor and walkie-talkie sets. The Local Government Division under the Ministry of