DHAKA: At least eight aspirants, including former FBCCI president Atiqul Islam, on Saturday (January 13) collected the nomination forms from the Awami League’s office for mayoral by-polls in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). Atiqul Islam collected the nomination papers through

SATKHIRA: Police on Saturday (January 13) arrested ameer of Tala Upazila unit of Jamaat-e-Islami Maulana Mofidul Islam. A team of police arrested the Jamaat leader from his residence at Kotakhali village under Patkelghata area of the upazila at about 5:30 pm. Officer-in-Charge (OC)

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has ruled out the possibility of holding talks with the BNP or any other political party over the next general elections. “Talks can be held if requires. We are a political party. So, we don’t want to shut the talks door

DHAKA: The BNP on Saturday (January 13) said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's address to the nation has pushed the country towards political crisis further. The party urged the PM to hold talks with all the political parties to resolve the crisis. The party’s secretary general

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Saturday (January 13) said that the government arranged the fair of corruption in the name of development fair. The senior leader of the BNP was speaking at a discussion meeting at the National Press Club in the city.

DHAKA: Awami League has started selling nomination papers for the mayoral by-polls to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) from Saturday (January 13). The sale of forms began at AL President Sheikh Hasina’s political office in Dhanmondi at around 10am. It will continue till January

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said BNP will be served with legal notice too in reply to the notice they have sent to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made the remark while distributing warm clothes among deprived

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir termed the Wednesday’s speech of the Prime minister Sheikh Hasina at Jatiya Sangsad about former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia as ‘poisonous arrow in the heart of democracy’. He came up with the assertion at a press conference

DHAKA: Jamiyate Ulamaye Islam Bangladesh, a partner of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, has announced a new committee   making Mufti Mohammad Waqqas as president and Maulana Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as secretary general of the party. The announcement came from a national convention of the

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said that his party has not nominated any mayoral candidate in the upcoming Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-polls till now. He said this at a press conference following a meeting with the secretaries of the party at Awami

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia appeared before a special court for the 9th day in Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust corruption cases Thursday (January 11). Fifth Special Judge of Dhaka, Dr Akhtaruzzaman conducted the court installed on the premises of jail

SYLHET: Some 34 activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student wing of the ruling Awami League, were sued over the murder of Tanim khan.   Tanim, also an activist of BCL at Tilaghore area, was killed over factional clash at Tilaghore area of Sylhet on Sunday (January 7). 

DHAKA: The Gonosonhoti Andolon, a platform of leftists, has nominated its leader Zonayed Saki as mayoral candidate for the by-polls in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). The decision was taken at the executive committee meeting of the platform on Wednesday (January 10).   Zonayed

DHAKA: BNP senior joint general secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the BNP-led 20-party alliance will come up with a single candidate to compete in the upcoming Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral polls.  He said it in a meeting at the National Press Club on Tuesday (January 9).

DHAKA: The High Court on Tuesday (January 9) rejected an appeal filed by BNP Standing Committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain seeking reinvestigation into a case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against him. An HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Shahidul Karim

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) is set to hold the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-polls on February 26. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda formally announced the polls schedule at EC Media Centre in the morning (Jan 9) in presence of commissioners, secretaries

SYLHET: Police arrested four activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of the ruling Awami League, in connection with the killing of BCL activist Tanim Khan. They were shown arrested on Monday afternoon (January 08) and sent to the jail through the court.

DHAKA: The BNP-led 20-party alliance will nominate lone candidate in the mayoral by-polls of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), which is likely to be held on February 26. The decision was taken at the meeting of the alliance held at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office in the capital

DHAKA: BNP secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said he has not seen any evidence to indicate that the upcoming general election will be free and fair.  He came up with the remark after a joint meeting held at BNP’s Naya Paltan central office on Monday (Jan 8). Fakhrul

DHAKA: A total of 14 cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been shifted to the makeshift court located in city’s Bakshibazar. Law ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard earlier on Thursday (January 4). As per the notice, the concerned judge of