PABNA: A Sramik Dal leader was shot dead by unknown assailants in Chatmohar upazila of the district early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Faruk Hossain, 35, a Union Parisad member and joint secretary of Thana unit Sramik Dal.  Family sources said that the victim went out of

BOGRA: At least eight police officials, including two Inspectors, were injured while trying to stop a clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists in Satmatha area of the district on Wednesday night. The injured police are- Bogra Sadar Thana Inspector

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia held a meeting with the leaders of BNP-led 19-party alliance in the city Wednesday. She sat with the leaders at her political office in Gulshan of the city at 9:00pm. Leaders of all parties of the alliance including Liberal Democratic Party chief Col

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League Publicity and Publication Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud alleged that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and its the then secretary general Dr AQM Badrudduza Chowdhury were involved in the killing of President Ziaur Rahman. He also said that the duo had become the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that the government will establish Hi-Tech Park in every districts followed by every divisions. She came up with this view while addressing the inaugural of ‘Digital World 2014’, a four-day expo on information technology, began in the city on

DHAKA: Former Jatiya Sangsad whip and BNP MP Mahbubul Alam Tara’s third Namaz-e-Janaza was held in front of BNP’s Nayapaltan central office of the capital on Wednesday morning. He will be buried at his family graveyard at Farhad Nagar in Feni Sadar upazila on the day after his fourth

DHAKA: One day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina blames Ziaur Rahman for Sheikh Mujib murder; BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam alleged that PM Hasina might be involved in Zia killing. He came up with the allegation in a press briefing at party’s Naya Paltan central

DHAKA: BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman is likely to publish a whitepaper of government’s alleged wrongdoings including corruptions, abductions, force disappearances and killings across the country.  Party’s reliable source, who is the closest one of Tarique Rahman, seeking

DHAKA: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Advocate Anisul Haque on Monday claimed that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is working independently. “The government does not intervene of the activities of the human rights commission it is working independently,”

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir called for establishing a democratic government ousting the failure government in controlling the country. The BNP leader also called for a free and fair election with the participation of all

FENI: The dawn-to-dusk hartal, called by local Awami League, was observed amid stray incidents in the Fulgazi upazila of the district on Monday.The upazila unit of incumbent Awami League observed the general strike demanding fair trial of Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque Ekram’s

JESSORE: Police arrested a Union Parishad (UP) Chairman in connection with Juba League leader Shimul murder from Prembugh area of Abhaynagar Upazila on Sunday noon. The arrestee is Shirajul Islam Mannu, 42, UP chairman of Prembugh and son of Syed Aktar Hossain of the area. Molla Khabir

DHAKA: The acting secretary general of BNP said that “BNP is not operated on anyone’s sympathy”. He came up with the disclosure in a press briefing at the Central Party Office of BNP in city’s Naya Paltan area on Saturday noon. He also criticized the speech of the Premier Sheikh

DHAKA: A joint meeting of Awami League Central Executive Council, Advisory Council and Parliamentary Party will be held on Monday evening.   The meeting will be held at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s official residence Ganabhaban at 7:00pm. Sheikh Hasina, also the president of Awami

DHAKA: A student, named Shariar, demanded resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina taking the responsibility for failing to stop question paper leak.  He came up with the demand after joining a public opinion program, titled ‘Question paper leak: what is the solution?’ arranged

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir called an emergency press conference on Sunday noon. The press conference will be held at party’s Nayapaltan central office at 2:00pm. BNP chairperson’s adviser Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to banglanews. 

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia could not attend the food distribution program for her ailment on Saturday. Khaleda’s press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan confirmed the matter to banglanews. BNP started 3-day foods distribution program among destitute people from Friday on the occasion

DHAKA: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Saturday labeled BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman as a ‘stupid boy’. The minister came up with the remarks while addressing a conference of Dhaka bar unit Awami Ainjibi Parishad in the city. Anisul said,

GAIBANDHA: Ruling Awami League Joint-General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif (AL) on Saturday said the government would not leave the power until their tenure. The spokesperson for the party made the comment at Gaibandha Circuit House at 10:00am on Saturday while talking to the reporters.

DHAKA: The law enforcers were withdrawn from the residence of noted journalist Shafique Rehman on Saturday afternoon after a siege of his house for almost seven hours. Earlier his house was cordoned by police from morning. Around 30 police personnel cordoned his Eskatan residence in the