DHAKA:  Bangladesh national team cricketer Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister also Awami League President Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban before buying nomination form to contest the upcoming national polls. The ODI skipper is going to run in the 11th

DHAKA: The contesting candidates of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) would use ‘boat’, the symbol of ruling Awami League, in the 11th parliamentary election. On Sunday (Nov 11), JSD sent a letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda regarding this.  The letter signed

DHAKA: In a latest move, Bangladesh Test and T20 skipper Shakib Al Hasan has decided not to run in the 11th parliamentary election. The ace allrounder confirmed the matter to media, at the night. Earlier, news of his seeking candidacy from ruling Awami League was whirling on various

DHAKA: The 20-party alliance led by BNP will decide within two days whether it will participate in the 11th parliamentary election. One of the alliance partners Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president Cornel (Rtd) Oli Ahmed confirmed the matter to Banglanews on Saturday night (Nov

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said BNP will definitely contest the 11th national election under the Sheikh Hasina led government and there is no doubt about it.   Obaidul Quader, also the minister for road transport & bridges, was doing a media brief at Awami

DHAKA: BNP is set to hold a meeting among its standing committee members before sitting with top leaders of the 20-party alliance at chairperson’s party office in Gulshan on Saturday (Nov 10). BNP standing committee meeting will be held at 5pm. Later, the top leaders of 20-party

RAJSHAHI:   BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir called upon supporters and activists to wage movements being united to restore democracy. The senior BNP leader said this during rally of Jatiya Oikyafront in Rajshahi city on Friday (November 9). Addressing his speech

DHAKA:  Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said Jatiya Oikyafront has breached electoral code of conduct by giving anti-election speech during rally in Rajshahi city on Friday (November 9). Obaidul Quader told reporters after attending a Dua Mahfil arranged for recovery

DHAKA:  Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said Jatiya Oikyafront has breached electoral code of conduct by giving anti-election speech during rally in Rajshahi city on Friday (November 9). Obaidul Quader told reporters after attending a Dua Mahfil arranged for recovery

DHAKA: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that Election Commission had announced schedule for 11th Jatiya Sangsad election under directive of ruling administration (Awami League) ignoring opinions of all political parties. The senior BNP leader came up with

RAJSHAHI: The rally of Jatiya Oikyafront has begun at Madrasa Maidan in Rajshahi city on Friday (November 9). The rally formally began around 2:30 pm. BNP chairperson’s adviser Mizanur Rahman Minu is presiding over the rally. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir,

DHAKA: Oikyafront leader also Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain won’t attend the alliance’s rally in Rajshahi Friday (Nov 9). He is suffering from physical illness and won’t attend the rally for it.  Gono Forum Secretary General Mostofa Mohsin Montu confirmed the matter

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League has started selling nomination papers for the upcoming parliamentary election. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader inaugurated the sale at the political office of the party president Sheikh Hasina in Dhanmondi, around 10am Friday (Nov 9). In the

DHAKA: After BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia had been taken to court for Niko case hearing from BSMMU, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged that the government forcibly and illegally took ailing Khaleda Zia to court. The senior BNP leader made the remarks to reporters

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday (Nov 8) deferred the indictment hearing in Niko corruption case till Nov 14. The Special Judge Court-9 installed at Old Central Jail pronounced the order. BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, Former Law Minister Barrister Moudud Ahmed, Former secretaries Md

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday (Nov 8) was taken back to the Old Central Jail from BSMMU hospital where she underwent treatment for nearly a month. She was escorted to a black-colored car at 11:20am. The car carried her to the prison at 11:35am.  Khaleda Zia

DHAKA: BNP has alleged that its Chattogram city unit president Dr Shahadat Hossain was arrested in Dhaka on Wednesday (Nov 7). BNP chairperson’s press wing official Shairul Kabir Khan and Shamsuddin Diadar told Banglanews that Shahadat Hossain was detained from Dhaka metropolitan

RAJSHAHI: Canceling the road-march program towards Rajshahi, Jatiya Oikyafront has decided to hold prescheduled rally here on Friday (Nov 9). Though BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, at a post-dialogue press conference in Dr Kamal’s residence on Wednesday evening

DHAKA:  Prime Minister also Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has assured that no new cases will be filed and no detention spree will be made ahead of the upcoming national polls. She categorically indicated the opposition party men to be free of harassing attempts. The ruling

DHAKA: Jatiya Oikyafront has placed a proposal to the ruling 14-party alliance to form a neutral polls-time government to host the 11th parliamentary polls. The government can be shaped like a caretaker government and it can include 10 advisers, they said. They placed the proposal