KHULNA: Local unit of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami announced a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Terokhada upazila of the district for Thursday. The announcement was made through a press release signed by Khulna Dokkhin Zila Jamaat assistant secretary Moulana Moinul Islam on Tuesday night. Jamaat is

RANGPUR: Three people were killed and injured 15 others in a road accident on Kurigram reginal highway in Kawnia upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.  Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.  Witnesses said a Kurigram-bound passenger bus of Shyamoli Paribahan

DHAKA: Newly formed Dhaka City Bangladesh National Party (BNP) committee will sit in a meeting on Wednesday afternoon.Member secretary of the committee Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel issued a pressed release in this regard on Tuesday.The news release said the meeting would be held in Bhashani

DHAKA: Local Government Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Tuesday said BNP is a harmful power rather than a political party.The information minister came up with assertion at city’s Institution of Engineers in the afternoon.He said BNP is a

FENI: BNP called half-day hartal in the Sadar upazila of the district for Thursday protesting murder of Monir Hossain, general secretary of Baligaon union Swechhasebak Dal.District Swechhasebak Dal President Kopil Uddin Mamun declared the hartal in a rally before the Namaz-e-Janaja of

COMILLA: A local Awami League leader was killed by miscreants after abduction in Laxmipur village under Chauddagram Upazila of the district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Noor-e-Alam, Alkara Union Parisad member and local Awami League leader. Confirming the matter,

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina went to secretariat on Sunday morning aiming to visit two ministries in city. The premier arrived there around 10:35am.  At first, she visited Posts and Tele-Communications Ministry of Information & Communication Technology and talked to the

DHAKA: The Supreme Court on Sunday re-fixed July 21 and 24 for hearing of two appeals made by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the rejection order of two writ petitions by the High Court in Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable graft cases.    A five-member SC full bench headed

FROM PARLIAMENT: Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Thursday said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is ready to sell Bangladesh to India.The industries minister made the remark while talking on the last day of budget session on point of order in the parliament indicating a remark of

DHAKA: The government is going to formulate anti-formalin act keeping provision of life-time imprisonment. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed made the disclosure at a press conference at secretariat in the capital Sunday. On November 4 of last year, cabinet approved principally the draft of

DHAKA: Newly elected lawmaker from Barisal-5 constituency Jebunnessa Afroz, widow of late Awami League lawmaker Shawkat Hossain Hiron, took oath on Sunday morning. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath ceremony at her parliament office. Deputy Speaker of Jatiya

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led-19 party alliance will sit to discuss present political situation and fix next plan of action on Wednesday night. BNP office source said the meeting, with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in the chair, will be held at 8:30pm at her Gulshan

FENI: A leader of Juba League was chopped dead by his rival group over establishing supremacy in Sonagazi upazila of the district early Wednesday.  The deceased was identified as Jasin Uddin, 30, president of Chardarbesh union Ward-9 unit Juba League, youth unit of ruling Awami League.

DHAKA: The Premier of the country, also president of ruling Awami League Sheikh Hasina urges the parliament members of her party to not to be detached from the people. She came up with the remarks to the MPs in a joint meeting of the party at Gano Bhaban on Monday evening. Sheikh Hasina

BARGUNA: The ruling Awami League backed candidate won in Taltoli Upazila Parishad in the sixth phase upazila polls on Monday.Sources said the winner Maniruzzaman Mintu bagged 32,200 votes while BNP-backed Farhad Hossain Akkas Mridha got 8,422 votes.BDST: 2203 HRS, May 19, 2014

DHAKA: Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said Bangladesh enjoys the closest of ties with the OIC members and these ties will continue to be fostered through regular dialogue, understanding and cooperation. The foreign minister came up with the observation while addressing a gathering of OIC

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to join the grand rally of lawyers to be held in the city on May 24 (Saturday). The rally, protesting the kidnappings and killings across the country, interferences on judiciary and killing of Narayanganj Bar Lawyer Advocate Chandan Kumar,

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir opined that Bangladesh Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina’s letter to India’s would-be premier Narendra Modi is a farce. The spokesperson for the party also claimed that comparing herself to Modi,

DHAKA: The by-election in vacant Narayanganj-5 constituency is likely to be held on June 26. The Election Commission will announce the schedule on Monday afternoon. On Monday noon, in an emergency meeting held at the Election Commission secretariat, the decision on announcement of

LAXMIPUR: A Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader and a Juba Dal leader were killed in counter attacks in Chandraganj area under Sadar upazila of the district on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Noman, 28, vice president of Chandraganj union Chhatra League and Jahangir, 30,