TANGAIL: Rangpur district unit Jubo League President Rashedunnabi Jewel was killed as a cement-laden truck collided with a Pajero on Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge Highway in Bhuapur Link Road. Four others sustained injuries and were undergoing treatment at Tangail General Hospital.

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad congratulated Bangladesh Cricket Team for their win over Pakistan to seal third final berth at the Asia Cup. The roaring Tigers defeated Pakistan in the Super Four encounter at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi Wednesday. The former

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said future plans and programmes will be announced from the party rally to be held in Suhrawardy Udyan on Saturday (Sep 29). “We will deliver policymaking speeches, future work plan and program directly from the rally,” he

DHAKA: The High Court adjourned until October 1 to hear a writ petition filed seeking its directive to the authorities concerned for arranging treatment of imprisoned BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at a specialized hospital. A bench of Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif and Justice Ahmed Sohel

DHAKA: BNP has declared to stage a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan at 2 pm on the coming Saturday (September 29). BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi briefed media at party’s central party office in city’s Nayapaltan on Tuesday (September 25). Ruhul Kabir Rizvi urged

NOAKHALI: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said people of the county have no reliance in the assorted leadership of newly formed alliance Jatiya Oikyo Prokriya.  “Who is the leader of this alliance of 10, 20 parties? Is it possible to continue movement without a

DHAKA: Gano Forum President and Jatiya Oikyo Prokriya convener Dr. Kamal said his party has no objection to participate in the upcoming general election under current Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina. “We agree, in principle, to join the national polls under ruling government and current

DHAKA: Two accused, Dr Ziaul Islam Munna and Monirul Islam Khan, on Monday filed ‘no confidence’ pleas against the court for hearing the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.  Judge Dr. Md. Akhteruzzaman of Special Judge’s court-5, set up in the old central jail, fixed Tuesday (Sep

DHAKA: The High Court set Tuesday (September 25) to hear a writ petition seeking its directive to the authorities concerned for arranging treatment of imprisoned BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at a specialized hospital. A bench of Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif and Justice Ahmed Sohel passed

DHAKA: BNP has declared to stage a rally either at Suhrawardy Udyan or in front of Nayapaltan party office on the coming Thursday (September 27). BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi briefed media at party’s central party office in city’s Nayapaltan on Monday

FROM ELECTION ROAD TRIP: Terming the newly formed political alliance ‘National Unity’ as ‘Nationalist Communal Unity’, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said the new alliance has no acceptability to the people. He also said as always, nobody can defeat Awami League

DHAKA: A Dhaka court fixed October 25 for hearing of charge-sheet of the Barapukuria Coalmine graft case filed against BNP Chief Khaleda Zia and 9 others. Judge AHM Ruhul Imran of the Special Judge's Court of Dhaka set up in Bakshibazar area of Dhaka city passed the order after

DHAKA: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday (September 22) said the government’s attempt to holding the national election without forming a neutral polls-time government will see failure ultimately. Rizvi was addressing a press briefing at BNP’s central

CUMILLA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader warned party leaders and activists saying those who became controversial for their misdemeanor will not get nomination from party in the upcoming national elections. He also said devoted party men do not leave in time of a crisis

DHAKA:  Family members of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia met her in Old Central Jail located on Nazimuddin Road in old part of Dhaka.      They entered the prison at 4:45 pm and came out at 6 pm on Friday (September 21). An official of BNP Chairperson’s press wing Shamsuddin

DHAKA: Gano Forum president Dr. Kamal and BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir have denounced the police action on a procession led by Left Democratic Alliance (LDA). They made the denouncement in a statement sent to media on Thursday night (Sep 20). Earlier in the day,

DHAKA: Referring to a book written by former Chief Justice SK Sinha, Ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said Sinha wrote a fictitious book out of anguish of ‘being a former Chief Justice’. Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made the reaction to

CUMILLA: A district court on Thursday (Sept 20) deferred the hearing on a bail petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a murder case filed over death of 8 people following an arson attack on a moving bus in Cumilla. Acting judge Golam Mahbub Khan of Cumilla Senior Judicial

DHAKA: A special court, set up in old central jail, has ordered to continue the trial of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Charitable Trust graft case in her absence after she had repeatedly refused to appear in hearing. Judge Md Akhteruzzaman of Special Judge’s Court-5 came up with

RANGPUR: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad said he is not in favor of using the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the upcoming national polls. “I wasn’t in favor of EVM before, not even now. I'm not sure whether using EVM could prevent rigging,” he said. The former