DHAKA: Bangladesh Awami League elected Sheikh Hasina as the president. Sheikh Hasina has been elected for the next three years at the council session of the AL’s 21st National Council held at the auditorium of Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) on Saturday (December 21). AL

DHAKA: BNP’s Standing Committee members postponed their press conference scheduled for Friday afternoon (December 20). The conference was set be held at the Gulshan office of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia at 3:30 pm. BNP chairperson's press wing member Shahrul Kabir Khan

DINAJPUR: A team of police detained 83 leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami while they were holding a secret meeting on the pretext of picnic in Nawabganj upazila of Dinajpur. On secret information, the raid was conducted at ‘Shopnopuri Artificial Amusement Park’ on Thursday (December 19).

DHAKA: The members of BNP’s Standing Committee called a press conference on Friday afternoon (December 20). The conference will be held at the Gulshan office of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia at 3:30 pm. BNP chairperson's press wing member Shahrul Kabir Khan confirmed it to

DHAKA: Awami League (AL) is set to stage its 21st National Council at the Suhrawardy Udyan here on Friday (Dec 20). Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the two-day council through releasing the symbol of peace pigeon at 3pm. The theme of the

DHAKA: The ruling Awami League has invited four BNP leaders, including party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to its upcoming 21st National Council scheduled for Friday (Dec 20). Besides, BNP’s National Standing Committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Barrister

DHAKA: Four active members of the banned militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) were arrested at Shah Ali Thana of the capital. A team of RAB-4 detained the persons in a special drive from the area on Wednesday night, said Senior Assistant Director of RAB Legal and Media Wing ASP

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) is set fix the election date of Dhaka North and South City Corporations on December 22 (Sunday).   Farhad Ahmed Khan, joint-secretary at the election management division of the EC, told Banglanews that voting dates will be fixed at the commission

DHAKA: The Liberation War Affairs Ministry withheld the flawed list of Razakars on Wednesday (Dec 18) . SM Arifur Rahman, secretary to the ministry, confirmed the matter to Banglanews. He said that confusion created among the people including freedom fighters over the recently

NARAYANGANJ: Police have arrested seven leaders and activists of BNP including its Narayanganj district unit general secretary Mamun Mahmud and general secretary of Metropolitan BNP ATM Kamal. Besides, a case was filed against 300 leaders and activists, of them 19 are identified ones,

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's sister Selima Islam has alleged that the medical report and reality do not match up. She came up with the remarks after visiting Khaleda Zia at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) hospital on Monday evening (December 16).

DHAKA: The High Court on Sunday (December 15) granted eight weeks of anticipatory bail to BNP’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and a few others in a case filed for arson attack on three motorcycles in Supreme Court area in the capital. The HC bench of Justice Jahangir

DHAKA:  BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s family members’ visit to her has been canceled. Family members were scheduled to meet Khaleda Zia at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) hospital around 3 pm on Saturday (December 14). BNP chairperson's press wing member

DHAKA:  Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said Foreign Minister and Home Minister had cancelled their India tours because of state affairs. “As far as I know, the Victory Day and the Martyred Intellectuals Day are so close. They will visit India later. Tours have not

DHAKA: Leaders and activists of BNP, led by its Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, staged demonstration in the capital, demanding release of their party chief Khaleda Zia. The rally began from Maghbazar intersection and ended at Maghbazar Railway Gate on Friday (December

DHAKA: BNP leaders and activists broke out a march in front of High Court area on Thursday (December 12) protesting the Supreme Court verdict that rejected BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case. Police chased them and dispersed them. At that

DHAKA: The Supreme Court rejected the bail appeal of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case. The full bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain issued the order on Thursday (Dec 12). The SC bench also directed to

DHAKA: Two cases were filed against 135 people including BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir with Shahbagh Police Station over Wednesday’s arson attack on three motorcycles in High Court area in the capital. Police field the case with the police station on Wednesday

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s medical report has been sent to the court Wednesday (Dec 11). Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University’s (BSMMU) Vice-Chancellor Kanak Kanti Barua confirmed the matter to media. Earlier on November 28, a six-member bench of the Supreme

DHAKA: A defamation suit was filed against vice president (VP) of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) Nurul Haque Nur in for his alleged involvement in extortion and tender manipulation. Mujahid Kamal Uddin, vice president (VP) of Salimullah Muslim Hall Students’