DHAKA: Nirmal Ranjan Guha was elected as president while and Afzalur Rahman Babu general secretary of Swechchhasebak League, the volunteer wing of the ruling Awami League. Ishak Mia and Anisur Rahman Nayeem was made president and general secretary of the organisation’s north city

DHAKA: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained six activists of the banned militant outfit Ansar al-Islam in Dhaka and Satkhira. RAB-4 detained them while conducting drives in Uttara of Dhaka and Shyamnagar of Satkhira last night. RAB (Legal and Media wing) Senior Assistant

DHAKA:  Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy does not want to join central leadership of the party now. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader told a press briefing held at the AL president’s Dhanmondi political office on

DHAKA:  BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia filed an appeal with the Appellate Division on Thursday (Nov 14) challenging a High Court order that had rejected her bail petition in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case. Barrister Kaiser Kamal filed the petition on behalf of the former prime

DHAKA: Moshiur Rahman Ranga, Secretary General of Jatiya Party (JP) and also the opposition Chief Whip, offered unconditional apology in the parliament for his derogatory remarks on Shaheed Noor Hossain. He begged apology in his speech on Wednesday (Nov 13) evening.  He said: “I

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: A group of teachers and students under the banner of ‘Jahangirnagar Against Corruption’ continued demonstration on Wednesday (Nov 13) demanding removal of Vice-Chancellor Prof Farzana Islam. They took out a procession from the Murad Chattar around 1:30pm

DHAKA: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader warned that no one will be forgiven for making any derogatory remarks on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “The nation will not forgive those who make derogatory remarks over Bangabandhu and his daughter Sheikh Hasina,” he told

DHAKA: Jatiya Party (JP) Secretary General Moshiur Rahman Ranga apologized for his controversial remarks on Shahid Noor Hossain. A release on Ranga’s statement confirmed the matter on Tuesday (November 12). Earlier, Noor Hossain’s family staged a sit-in in front of the Jatiya

DHAKA: Jubo League, youth wing of ruling Awami League, is celebrating its 47th founding anniversary in a befitting manner on Sunday (Nov 11). Bangladesh Awami Jubo League is the first youth organization of Bangladesh founded by Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni at the directive of Father of the

DHAKA: Fazlul Haque Mantu was elected president while KM Ajam Khasru general secretary of Bangladesh Jatiya Sramik League (BJSL) for next three years on Saturday (Nov 09). Besides, Molla Abul Kalam was made executive president of the front organization, the labour wing of the ruling

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday (Nov 09) inaugurated the 13th national conference of Bangladesh Jatiya Sramik League (BJSL), the labour wing of Bangladesh Awami League (AL). Sheikh Hasina, also the AL president, opened the conference by releasing pigeons and balloons at

DHAKA: Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader said all of those who joined the AL from other parties are not intruders. “If there is allegation of wrongdoings or link with communalism against them, they’re intruders,” he told reporters after a meeting with the

JU: Abu Sufian Chanchal, general secretary of Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) resigned from his post. Ahsan Habib, office secretary of the Central BCL, confirmed the matter of the resignation of Abu Sufyan Chanchal on Thursday. The Central BCL

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader expressed profound shock at Member of Parliament from Chittagong-8 Mayeen Uddin Khan Badal. In a condolence message (Nov 07), Quader prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed

DHAKA: The body of Sadeque Hossain Khoka, BNP vice-chairman and former mayor of the undivided Dhaka City Corporation, arrived in Dhaka from USA on Thursday (Nov 7) morning.  The flight of Emirates Airline EK-202 carrying the body of Khoka landed at Dhaka airport at 8:26am from New

DHAKA: Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Chittagong-8 Mayeen Uddin Khan Badal passed away in India on Thursday (Nov 7) morning. He was 67. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences Bangalore,

DHAKA: Samir Chand Chandra has been elected president of the Bangladesh Krishak League, an associate organization of the ruling Awami League, and Umme Kulsum Smriti was made the General Secretary. The president and general secretary were elected at the Council Session of the Seventh

DHAKA: BNP got permission for holding a rally in the capital marking the ‘7 November’, Party’s Assistant Organizing secretary Advocate Abdus Salam Azad told Banglanews on Wednesday (Nov 6). The rally will be held at the Mohanagar Natya Mancha in the capital on Friday (Nov 8), he

DHAKA: A court here set January 29 to hold hearing on charge framing in eight cases filed for allegedly committing subversive activities by BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others. Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Imrul Qayes on Wednesday (Nov 6) set the new date, allowing the

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) submitted charge sheet accusing expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in an arms case. Shekhar Chandra Mallik, sub-inspector of RAB-1, on Wednesday (Nov6 6) submitted the charge-sheet before the Court of the Chief Metropolitan