DHAKA: Health Minister, also presidium member of ruling Awami League, Mohammad Nasim asked the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to leave the company of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. The AL-led 14-party alliance spokesperson also remarked that the election of Narayanganj City

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia has greeted the Christian community of the country ahead of the Christmas to be observed on Sunday (December 25). Chairperson’s media wing sent a release in this regard on Saturday (December 24). She congratulated

NARAYANGANJ: Selina Hayat Ivy has dedicated her victory in the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. She made the dedication in presence of her supporters at her own house on Thursday night (December 22)

NARAYANGANJ: Ruling Awami League sponsored candidate Selina Hayat Ivy has won the much-talked-about Narayaganj City Corporation (NCC) mayoral election for the second time on the trot. As per unofficial results, Ivy secured 174,602 votes while her nearest candidate archrival BNP-backed

DHAKA: Awami League sponsored candidate Selina Hayat Ivy secured 105,461 votes while archrival BNP-backed candidate Shakhawat Hossain Khan got 58,131 votes in 105 centers out of 174 on Thursday. The unofficial results from 105 centers came to Banglanews24.com’s newsroom by 8:30 pm.

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday (December 22) has fixed January 5 as the next date of hearing the statement of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage graft cases.  Earlier Khaleda appeared before the court of third special Judge Abu Ahmed Jomader in

NARAYANGANJ: Ballot counting has begun as voting ended at Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) mayoral polls on Thursday (December 22) afternoon amid tight security. People of Narayanganj started voting at 8:00am and continued till 4:00 pm to elect their next city corporation mayor and

DHAKA: The voting in the mayoral election in Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) is set to begin on Thursday morning (December 22). The voting will begin at 8:00 am and continue till 4:00 pm without any break. The number of voters in NCC area is 474,931 who would cast their votes in

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will not boycott the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) elections. Party’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the comment while addressing the reporters at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office in Dhaka around 12:30 pm

DHAKA: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Chairman Oli Ahmed, Bir Bikram, on Wednesday (December 21) said the President assured them about forming new election commission (EC). He made the disclosure while addressing the journalists after holding a meeting with the President Abdul Hamid at

DHAKA: Road Transport and Bridges Minister also General Secretary of ruling Awami League (AL) Obaidul Quader said the party nominated candidate will win by a landslide if Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) elections conduct freely. He made the remarks at a press briefing in city’s

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) alleged the election commission (EC) imposed a 72-hour restriction on outsiders’ participation in campaign of Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls to dissuade participation of the party chief Khaleda Zia. Party’s senior joint secretary

LAKSHMIPUR: BNP’s South Korea unit President Alhaz Nurul Amin Chowdhury died of cardiac arrest in a Korean hospital on Monday afternoon (19 December) Bangladesh time. He was 50. Kamalnagar upazila unit BNP general secretary Nurul Huda Chowdhury confirmed the matter to Banglanews.

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL) will hold a rally on January 10 at city’s Suhrawardy Udyan to mark the Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. AL general secretary Obaidul Quader made the announcement at a press briefing at party president Sheikh

DHAKA: BNP on Monday urged the Election Commission (EC) not to shoulder more blame over the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls in the last moment of its tenure. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed came up with the plea at a press briefing in the party

DHAKA: Nagorik Oikko convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna has been freed on bail on Sunday evening (December 18). He came out of the Dhaka Central Jail around 7:00pm. Dhaka Central Jail, Keraniganj Senior Jail Super M Jahangir Kabir confirmed the matter to Banglanews. On February 24,

DHAKA: A BNP delegation led by party Chairperson Khaleda Zia reached Bangabhaban on Sunday afternoon (December 18) to meet the President Abdul Hamid over reformation of the election commission (EC). A 13-member team reached the President’s official residence at 4:30pm. The other

DHAKA: A BNP delegation led by party Chairperson Khaleda Zia is set to hold a meeting with the President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Sunday afternoon (December 18) over reformation of the election commission (EC). A 13-member team is scheduled to reach the President’s official

SATKHIRA: A former general secretary of AL Satkhira municipality Abul Kalam Azad, 55, was killed in a road accident in Chowrangi Mor of the town on Saturday (December 17). Satkhira Sadar Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Firoz Hossain Molla confirmed the matter to Banglanews. He said the

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) urged the President Abdul Hamid to include three more members in its delegation that will meet the president in Bangabhaban over Election Commission (EC) formation. Competent party sources said its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir