DHAKA: Awami League advisory council member Amir Hossain Amu has been made the spokesperson of the 14-party alliance. Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader came up with the information at an online press briefing on contemporary issues

BANDARBAN: At least six people were killed and three others injured in a gunfight between two factions of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS) in Bandarban district early Tuesday (July 6). All of the deceased are members of Jana Samhati Samity (MN Larma) group, including its

DHAKA: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Bangladesh Police has launched an investigation into the human trafficking allegations against Laxmipur lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul. Confirming the matter, CID Chief and Additional Inspector General of Police

DHAKA: Ailing Awami League presidium member and former home minister Advocate Sahara Khatun was taken to Thailand's capital Bangkok for better treatment. An air ambulance carrying the Awami League leader took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) around 12:30pm on

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) Secretary Md Alamgir said the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) election will not be held until the coronavirus pandemic situation improves. He made the remarks at his EC office on Sunday afternoon (July 5). The CCC election was scheduled to be held

DHAKA: The by-elections to Bogura-1 and Jashore-6 constituencies will be held on July 14. The Election Commission (EC) took the decision in an urgent meeting in afternoon, said EC secretary Md Alamgir to Banglanews on Saturday. Voting to the two parliamentary seats, scheduled to be

DHAKA: Former minister and veteran politician TM Gias Uddin died in a city hospital on Friday night at the age of 83. Gias Uddin, also former president of Shariatpur district BNP, breathed his last at Green Life Hospital around 10:45 pm while undergoing treatment. BNP

DHAKA: Ailing Awami League presidium member and former home minister Advocate Sahara Khatun will be taken to Thailand's capital Bangkok for better treatment on Monday (July 6). Advocate Sahara Khatun's nephew Mujibur Rahman confirmed the matter to Banglanew on Friday afternoon

SYLHET: Former president of Sylhet district and metropolitan unit BNP MA Haque died with coronavirus like symptoms in Sylhet. The BNP leader, who was also an adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, breathed his last around 10am on Friday (July 3) while undergoing treatment at North

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said BNP lawmakers have displayed great contempt to the parliament by tearing up the copy of newly passed budget for 20-21 fiscal year. Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, made the remarks at a press briefing held

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has become a role model for the world leadership by taking various praiseworthy decisions at the international level to fight the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Bangladesh has already announced a contribution of $50,000 for the development of safe and

DHAKA: Former Member of Parliament of BNP in Sirajganj-6 (Shahjadpur) constituency Kamruddin Ahia Khan Majlish (Sarwar) died of cardiac arrest at a city hospital early Monday.  He was 66. Kamruddin Ahia Khan, who was a member of the party's central executive committee, breathed

Lawmaker Naimur Rahman Durjoy has turned three upazilas of Manikganj into a drug haven, destroying the future of hundreds and thousands of youths and their families.    Although he is a lawmaker of ruling Awami League, he has been patronizing the leaders and activists of Bangladesh

DHAKA: At least 73 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) died from coronavirus (COVID-19) so far across the country. Party's Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir disclosed the information at a virtual press conference of BNP’s National Coronavirus

A group of people formed human chain violating social distancing in Manikganj at the behest of lawmaker Naimur Rahman Durjoy. The government announced Manikganj-a corona critical- red zone banning all kinds of public gathering and movement. But, MP Durjoy forced his supporters, other

A Kuwait court on Wednesday (June 24) penalised Bangladeshi lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam Papul 21-day imprisonment in the central prison. Papul, elected parliament member (MP) from Laxmipur-2 constituency, was sent to jail for charges of money laundering, human trafficking, visa

DHAKA: Lawmaker and former cricketer Naimur Rahman Durjoy has allegedly amassed a huge amount of illegal wealth in the name of his wife Farhana Rahman Happy through grabbing land in Manikganj. Durjoy, an MP from Manikganj-1 constituency, has faced allegations of running the illegal

DHAKA: Harunur Rashid, BNP's MP from Chapainawabganj-3 constituency, on Tuesday (June 23) demanded the removal of Health Minister Zahid Maleque by replacing with a competent and committed person to face the coronavirus situation. He said: “The Directorate General of Health

DHAKA: Awami League, the country's oldest political party, has celebrated its 71st founding anniversary today (June 23). Founded on June 23, 1949, at the historic Rose Garden in the old part of Dhaka, the party played the lead role in all the democratic movements apart from leading

DHAKA: Three lawmakers have sparked off controversy for their alleged involvement in money laundering, extortion and woman persecution. While the government is busy with various initiatives to protect people's lives and livelihood during the coronavirus pandemic, the trio is being