DHAKA: Antorjatik Juddaporad Gonobichar (International War Crimes mass trial) committee will hold mass rally and procession on Sunday (January 3) demanding trial of 195 Pakistani war crimes suspects.The rally will be held at Motijheel Shapla Chattar in the capital around 3:00pm on the

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday advised the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leaders to achieve trust of people by working among them.The BNP chief also declared that JCD leaders would be placed in the party posts at proper time.Khaleda Zia made the assertions while addressing

DHAKA: After arranging polls in 233 municipals in the country ‘successfully’, the Election Commission (EC) has been chalking the plan to arrange Union Parisad (UP) elections.Following the amendments brought in the electoral laws by the government, EC is preparing to arrange UP

PATUAKHALI: Police recovered dead body of Patuakhali Sramik Dal vice-president Mizanur Rahman Babu near to Grameen Bank in Amtoli upazila on Friday. Amtoli Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Pulok Chandra told banglanews that the body of the leader bore injury mark in its neck. But family

SATKHIRA: Police arrested seven people, including Satkhira district unit BNP general secretary Abdul Alim and district Krisak Dal president Abu Jahid Dablu in regular cases on Friday morning.The duo was picked up from in front of Satkhira Press Club around 10:45am. They went to press club

DHAKA: The Wednesday's municipal elections recorded a huge turnout as around 73.91 percent of voters headed to the polling centers countrywide to cast their votes.Election Commission (EC) has prepared a report after analyzing the results on Thursday.EC Joint Secretary Jesmin Tuli

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub ul Alam Hanif commented that people have reject BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and her party as they burnt and killed people in the name of movements and made derogatory comments about the martyrs in the month of victory.Hanif made

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday rejected the unofficial results of municipal elections, raising allegation of snatching victory of its party candidates.BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir cleared the party’s stance at a post-poll press briefing

DHAKA: The Supreme Court appellate division has released the full verdict on the appeal of war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee challenging the death penalty handed down to him by a war crimes tribunal.On September 17 in 2014, the apex court, in its order, commuted Sayedee’s death

NAOGAON: A group of miscreants attacked the deputy commissioner (DC) office in Naogaon district Wednesday night.The attack was carried out during the announcement of municipality polls results around 9:00pm.Locals said that a group of 50-60 people conducted the attacks and vandalized

DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Wednesday categorically said except a few scattered incidents the regular feature of municipal polls environment was peaceful and festive.The CEC further said, “No mentionable violence could take place as the Election

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL) candidates won 180 mayoral posts while oppositions BNP candidates bagged 17, Jatiya Party (JP) one and Jamaat-e-Islami two as unofficial results of the Wednesday’s municipal polls started pouring in the newsroom of banglanews.However, independent

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) announced the postponement of Madhabdi municipality poll while returning officials concerned postponed the other 31 centers in 13 municipalities.In first ever partisan municipal election, voting was held in 234 municipalities across the country.The

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday postponed the polls in Madhabdi municipality of Narsingdi district on allegation of vote rigging, violence, spreading panic and blasting bombs.EC deputy secretary Shamsul Alam confirmed the matter to banglanews in the afternoon.He further

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL) claimed that the ongoing municipal election was peaceful amid some sporadic incidents.‘BNP was worried as they were heading to defeat,’ he added.AL joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif came up with the claim at a press conference at AL

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s political affairs adviser HT Imam alleged that BNP has spread panic and created violence in the municipal polls.He made this allegation by submitting a written complaint to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad around 3:45pm on

DHAKA: Voting in 234 municipalities across the country has come to an end on Wednesday amid tight security.People started casting their votes at 8:00am and continued till 4:00pm.Sporadic violence, occupying poll centers and boycotts of some mayoral candidates were also reported on the

DHAKA: BNP office secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that the ruling Awami League (AL) cadres have occupied poll centers in so far 157 municipalities out of 234.He made this allegation at a press conference held at party headquarters in city’s Nayapaltan area on Wednesday (December

DHAKA: At least 13 mayoral candidates, mostly from BNP, have boycotted ongoing municipal election under party banner, on allegation of vote rigging, stuffing ballots and other irregularities.Banglanews Correspondents from respective areas report:In Chittagong, BNP candidates in Sandwip

DHAKA: BNP chairperson’s advisor Dr M Osman Faruk said that his party will not boycott municipality polls.‘Rather we will stay till the end,’ he added.He made this assertion on behalf of BNP liaison committee at Election Commission (EC) secretariat in city on Wednesday morning