DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) will take votes in 400 Union Parishads (UP) of the country including the erstwhile enclaves on Monday (October 31). Voting will begin at 8:00am and continue till 4:00pm. A general holiday has been declared to the electoral areas. EC’s

BARISAL: The Union Parishad (UP) repoll in 44 centers in five districts of Barisal will be held on Monday (October 31). District and divisional election officers have completed all the arrangements of voting. Regional election commission sources said the Election Commission (EC)

KHAGRACHARI/RANGAMATI: Two Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) districts – Rangamati and Khagrachari -- are observing a dawn to dusk road blockade on Sunday (October 30) demanding cancellation of the CHT Land Dispute Settlement Commission meeting. The long route connectivity with the

DHAKA: Names of 38 members of ruling Awami League’s advisory council were disclosed on Saturday (October 29). However, the council will name four other members later as it consists of 42. On the other hand, seven posts remain vacant out of 81 of its central working committee.

DHAKA: Former chief election commissioner Dr ATM Shamsul Huda affirmed that a free and fair election is possible by appointing qualified commissioners. Moreover, an election commission should be formed considering the opinions of all political parties and their participation could

RANGPUR: Police, in separate drives, arrested 50 people including a Jamaat-e-Islami activist from eight upazilas of the district on Saturday (October 29). District police control room officer M Selim Ahmed confirmed the matter to Banglanews in the morning. Rangpur superintendent of

DINAJPUR: Police arrested central member and district unit cultural secretary of Islami Chhatra Shibir from Sadar upazila of the district early Saturday (October 29). The detainee was identified as Omar Faruk, son of one Abdur Rahman hailed from Zanzira area of the upazila. Dinajpur

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the AL party leaders to find out the problem of the country people and informed those to the government. The premier came up with the assertion while speaking at the first meeting of the newly elected presidium committee members of ruling Awami

DHAKA: The first meeting of the newly elected presidium committee members of ruling Awami League (AL) is underway be held at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s official residence Ganabhaban in city on Friday evening (October 28). Prime Minister and also reelected party president Hasina

COMILLA: Police arrested a upazilla unit Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from Nangalkot upazilla of Comilla district on Thursday (October 27). The detainee was identified as Maulana Mohiuddin, Ameer of Nangalkot upazilla unit Jamaat. Nangalkot police station officer-in-charge

DHAKA: The first meeting of the newly elected presidium committee members of ruling Awami League (AL) will be held at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s official residence Ganabhaban in city on Friday evening (October 28). Prime Minister and also reelected party president Hasina will

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday (October 27) commented that there is no alternative of talks in reestablishing democracy and ensuring a fair national election. He made the remark while talking to the media after paying tribute to the tomb of former

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) announced the committee of Swechhasebok Dal on Thursday noon (October 27). BNP made former student leader Safiul Bari Babu as president, Abdul Quader Bhuyan Jewel as general secretary. Moreover, Mohammad Yasin Ali has been announced as the

RANGPUR: Police arrested 51 accused including an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami in overnight drivers in eight upazilas of the district on Thursday (October 27). The law enforcers also seized yaba tablets and phensedyl during the drives. Rangpur police super (SP) Mizanur Rahman told

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has appointed Jubo Dal vice-president Albert P Costa as acting president of the party’s associate body. Albert replaced former president Moazzem Hossain Alal who has submitted a resignation letter to party chief after being elected as joint

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League will observe historic Jail Killing Day that falls on November 3. Road transport and bridges minister and also newly elected party general secretary Obaidul Quader made the announcement Wednesday (October 26) at Dhanmondi party office in city. According to

DHAKA: Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina and newly elected general secretary Obaidul Quader paid tribute to father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. They along with the other presidium members and secretaries, elected in the party’s 20th national council, paid

DHAKA: BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed called for constituting an acceptable election commission (EC) by creating a search committee based on opinions from all quarters. He came up with the call to ruling Awami League’s newly elected president Prime

DHAKA: The names of another 22 members of central working committee of ruling Awami League (AL) was declared on Tuesday (October 25). Party’s newly elected general secretary Obaidul Quader announced their names at AL president’s Dhanmondi political office in Dhaka. Earlier,

BAGERHAT: Police detained four members of banned extremist outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Kachua upazilla of the district early Tuesday (October 25). Three police members sustained injuries as the JMB members threw crude bombs aiming the cops during the drive