DHAKA: The Jatiya Party (JP) has not taken any decision about appointing the deputy leader of the opposition at Jatiya Sangsad so far.JP has claimed that there was no chance to be misled by any news item in this regard.Quoting JP Chairman HM Ershad, his press and political secretary

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved money laundering case against BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain. ACC Public Relations Officer Pranab Kumar Bhattachariya confirmed the matter to banglanews Thursday. On March 12, a team of ACC and Gulshan

DHAKA: Argument against war crimes suspect and former state minister Syed Mohammad Kaiser ended on Thursday.The three-member International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 led-by Justice Obaidul Hasan asked the defense lawyer to place their argument in the noon.Prosecutor Turin Afroz and Tapash

FENI: District BNP observed the half-day hartal in the district on Thursday protesting murder of Monir Hossain, general secretary of Baligaon union Swechhasebak Dal. Sources said that a procession was brought out led by district Chhatra Dal president Noimulla Barat around 8:00am.

DHAKA: Jatiya Party chairman, also former president, HM Ershad on Wednesday declared that his party took to the streets and would stay there until they assume power. Ershad made the announcement while addressing a human chain organized by the party in front of the National Press Club in

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will hold separate meetings with the senior leaders of the party and the BNP-led 20-party alliance on August 10 and August 11 respectively to finalize their anti-government movement program. Both the meetings will be held at 8:30pm at Khaleda’s

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Wednesday framed charge against Lufuzzaman Babar, the former state minister for home, in a tax evasion case. The Special Judges Court-5 passed the order after deferring the indictment hearing several times over the past four years and three months.Earlier, Babar

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia asked party’s newly formed city committee to work together forgetting all disparity. She gave the order at a meeting held on Tuesday night with the city BNP leaders at her Gulshan political office, sources told banglanews. The maiden meeting of

FENI: A leader of Jatiyatabadi Swechchasebok Dal was hacked to death by assailants in the district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Monir Hossain, 35, general secretary of Baligaon union Swechchasebok Dal unit of Sadar upazila. Locals told banglanews that earlier Monir was

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) policymakers think that ruling Awami League (AL) have chosen the road of repression over arbitrary arrests, closure of news media and attacks on journalists. They made the remark while addressing the journalists at a press conference at BNP

DHAKA: Senior leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) declared that they would cancel the newly approved draft of broadcast policy if they assume to power. The party also termed it as a ‘media control and repression policy’. BNP’s two top leaders MK Anwar and Dr Abdul Moin

DHAKA: Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif on Tuesday said the party doesn’t believe in stopping freedom of press.  The spokesperson for the party came up with the assertion while addressing a press conference at Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) Bhaban in

DHAKA: Police on Tuesday submitted charge-sheets against BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 40 leaders in cocktail blast and vandalism cases. Ramna Thana Police submitted two charge-sheets in the two separate cases with the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate

CHITTAGONG: The deposition of the much-talked-about case against the Hefazat-e-Islam Nayeb-Ameer Mufti Izhar and his son Harun Izhar deferred to September 3 from Tuesday (August 5).Acting judge of Chittagong Session Judge Court Zannatul Ferdaus, for the second time, fixed the date of

COMILLA: A Comilla court sent some 80 leaders and activists of BNP, including the general secretary and joint general secretary of Muradnagar upazila BNP, and its ancillary organizations to jail on Tuesday. Senior Judicial Magistrate Razia Sultana passed the order. Court sources said

DHAKA: Jatiya Party will form human chain in protest against the indiscriminate killing of innocent Palestinians after Israel conducted air and ground strikes on Gaza strip.The human chain will be held in front of the National Press Club at 11:00am on Wednesday.Secretary General of

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will sit in a meeting with the leaders of the new convening committee of the party’s Dhaka city unit on Tuesday night to resolve the ongoing crisis over the unit.  The meeting will start at 8:30pm at BNP chief’s Gulshan office with Khaleda Zia in

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia called an emergency press conference at her Gulshan’s political office in the city on Tuesday at 4:00pm afternoon. Party sources said, “At the briefing, BNP will clear its stance on broadcasting policy of TV channels and Radio stations and other

DHAKA: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami lawyers held a meeting with visiting US envoy for war crime affairs Stephen J Rapp on Monday. Sources told banglanews that their meeting started around 7:45pm at a city hotel. Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, Advocate Tajul Islam, Tanvir Alam Amin, Barrister

DHAKA: Iran parliamentary delegation met Dr Dipu Moni, chairman of parliamentary standing committee on foreign ministry affairs, at the parliament on Monday. Dipu Moni said Bangladesh and Iran has very good relations for so long. The relations would be boosted up in trade and commerce,