Saturday, 15 Mar, 2025

Politics

Abdul Awal Mintoo, wife, sons in Paradise Papers

DHAKA: The names of BNP leader Abdul Awal Mintoo, his wife and three sons including Tabith Mohammed Awal appeared in Paradise Papers, a massive document leak reveals secrets of world elites’ hidden wealth. Their names surfaced as shareholders of NFM Energy Ltd — a gas drilling

Grand rally Saturday to celebrate March 7 speech recognition

DHAKA: A rally will be held in Suhrawardy Udyan on Saturday (November 18) to celebrate the recognition of historic March 7 speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's as a world documentary heritage by UNESCO. Nagorik Committee is organizing the rally where

BNP tries to foil polls, says Inu

KUSHTIA: Information Minister also the President of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) Hasanul Haq Inu said that BNP is trying to foil the upcoming national parliamentary polls, in the name of dialogue. The minister was talking to the reporters after exchanging views with his party leaders

Chhatra Dal gen secy Akram held

DHAKA: Detectives of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained Akramul Hasan, general secretary of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of BNP, in Paltan Friday (November 17). Chhatra Dal President Rajib Ahsan told Banglanews that Akramul was nabbed while he was returning after

Next polls must be under supportive govt: Fakhrul

TANGAIL: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the next parliamentary election must be held under poll-time supportive government as his party proposed to EC. He came up with the remark after placing floral wreath at Mawlana Bhasani’s tomb on the occasion of his 41st

Attending polls sans army deployment risky: Khasru

DHAKA: BNP Standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury commented that it will be a dangerous venture if his party participate in the upcoming national election with no deployment of army. He was addressing a discussion marking the BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman’s

‘We don’t intervene in Khaleda’s cases’, Obaidul

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said that they are not intervening in any case of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia. “We are not intervening in any case of Khaleda Zia and we (government) won’t also intervene in the cases of the BNP chief in future,” he said on

Khaleda smells rats over graft cases

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has expressed her doubt over justice in connection with the Zia Charitable Trust Graft case and the Zia Orphanage Trust Graft case. She said that conspiracy is being hatched against her. The BNP chief said these while delivering her self-defense

Anti-liberation quarter can’t be guests on Victory Day programs

DHAKA: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said the government has put a bar on Anti-Liberation quarter to appear as guests in any programs marking the Victory Day on Dec 16. He made the remark to reporters on Thursday noon (Nov 16) after an inter-ministerial meeting on the overall

AL factions clash in Azimpur, torch motorcycles

DHAKA: Several people were injured and motorcycles were put on fire in a clash between two factions of ruling Awami League in Dhaka’s Azimpur area on Thursday noon (Nov 16). The clash broke out in front of Pearl Harbor community center in Azimpur while police had to fire a few

Next date for Khaleda’s self-defense statement Nov 23

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has given her self-defense statement in the Zia Charitable Trust Graft and Zia Orphanage Trust Graft cases for over an hour on Thursday (November 16) and will continue the next day. The court asked the BNP chief to appear before it on November 23 for

Mohiuddin Chy being taken to Singapore

DHAKA: Ailing veteran Awami League leader and former mayor of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury is being taken to Singapore for better treatment. Mohiuddin’s Personal Assistant Osman Ghani told Banglanews that they will leave here for Singapore, on an

Hartal underway in Khagrachari

KHAGRACHARI: A dawn-to-dusk hartal called by United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF) is being observed loosely in Khagrachari Thursday (November 16). UPDF, under the banner of ‘committee against miscreants and drug-terrorism’, called on the hartal to protest a newly-formed

Troublemakers have no place in BCL

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student wing of AL, does not need troublemakers, including criminals and infiltrators, as it is a traditional organization.  Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made the remark

CJ’s absence not a problem: Anisul

DHAKA: Mentioning Chief Justice SK Sinha’s resignation, Law Minister Anisul Huq said that the absence of Chief Justice is not a problem since the next course of action will be taken as per constitution. He made the remark while speaking as a chief guest at an anti-drug program

Khaleda wants ghost government: Inu

DHAKA: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has commented that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is trying to establish ‘a ghost government’, by avoiding the country’s constitution. He made the comment at a press conference at his office in the Bangladesh Secretariat on Tuesday

CJ forced to quit only for power: BNP

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and some other senior leaders of the party have alleged that Chief Justice SK Sinha was forced to resign as part of government’s ill motive to cling to the power. The BNP leaders raised their allegation at a

‘Army to be deployed during polls, no EVM’ 

DHAKA: The Election Commission will deploy army during the upcoming parliamentary election and also won’t use any Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), said a senior Election Commissioner.  Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar made the remark to reporters on Monday (Nov 13) in response

No politics over November 18 rally: Quader

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader urged not to do any ‘politics’ over the rally the party is set to hold in Suhrawardy Udyan on November 18. He said: “It is not at all a political rally.” Obaidul Quader, also, the Road Transport and Bridges Minister made

Mohiuddin Chy to be taken abroad for better treatment

DHAKA: The family has decided to send Awami League veteran leader and former Chittagong city mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury abroad for better treatment. The 74-year old leader had long been suffering from ailments related to heart and kidneys, and is currently admitted at the Square