DHAKA: The High Court has rejected petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging her indictment in Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust corruption cases.On March 19, the Special Judge’s Court of Dhaka-3 framed charges against Khaleda, Tarique Rahman and seven others

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday rejected bail plea of BNP Joint Secretary General Aman Ullah Aman and its Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy over the killing case of a Chhatra Shibir leader.Metropolitan Magistrate Harun-or-Rashid passed the order on Wednesday after the

DOANI, TEESTA BARRAGE: BNP’s long march for due share of Teesta River water reached at the Teesta Barrage at Doani point in Hatibandha of Lalmonithat Wednesday noon.The party started its concluding rally of the road march there through reciting the verses of Holy Quran., begging few

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: The half day hartal, called by district Jamaat-e-Islami, was observed in the district on Wednesday amid stray incidents of violence.The party observed the shutdown protesting the detention of newly elected Sadar upazila Chairman, also Jamaat leader Professor Mokhlesur

GAZIPUR: At least eight people were injured in a clash between the activists of ruling Awami League’s associate bodies –Chhatra League (BCL) and Sramik League (SL)- in Sreepur of the district Tuesday night over establishing supremacy.The clash took place at Palli Bidyut intersection

DHAKA: Joydeb Nandi and Mostafijur Rahman Mostaq will perform the responsibilities of acting president and general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League.Before leaving the country for the United Kingdom, BCL President HM Badiuzzaman Sohag and General Secretary Siddiqui Nazmul Alam handed

DHAKA: The ruling 14-party alliance has called BNP’s long-march towards Teesta a “car march”.The alliance leaders in a meeting Tuesday said that BNP want to create anarchy in the name of the program and warned tougher consequences.“While in power, BNP did nothing in ensuring due

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: District Jamaat-e-Islami called half-day hartal for Wednesday in the district protesting the arrest of Sadar upazila chairman Professor Mokhlesur Rahman, also municipality Ameer of the party.Confirming the matter, district Jamaat Ameer Nazrul Islam told banglanews that

DHAKA: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test of BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman is needed to know whether he is really a Bangalee. Sommilito Islami Jote president Ziaul Hasan came up with the assertion while addressing a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) auditorium in

KALIAKOIR, GAZIPUR: The government has failed to implement Teesta deal properly with India to ensure due water share.Coming up with the above allegation, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, “To get water from Teesta is the right of Bangladeshi people.” He

FROM AMIR COMPLEX, UTTARA (DHAKA): BNP’s long march towards Teesta Barrage is not against anyone, even not against the government of India.BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up with the assertion while addressing a brief rally before starting the long march at

FROM AMIR COMPLEX, UTTARA (DHAKA): Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has started their scheduled long march at 8:55am Tuesday from capital’s Uttara demanding due share of water from India.   The long march caravan set off for Rangpur after party’s acting secretary general Mirza

JHENAIDAH: District Jamaat called dawn-to-dusk hartal for Tuesday at Kotchandpur upazila protesting ‘killing’ of one ward counselor Hafej Abul Kalam.Upazila Parishad Chairman and local Jamaat Amir Mawlana Tajul Islam made the hartal announcement at 4:30pm Monday at janaja of Hafej

DHAKA: The long march called by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) towards Teesta will start from Airport Square on Tuesday.       BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the announcement at a press conference at party’s Nayapaltan office on Monday.  He said the long

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas warned that the government has to face dire consequences if Teesta Long March to be started from April 22 is obstructed.  He came up with the forewarning while addressing a protest rally at the National Press Club on Monday.      

NOAKHALI: At least 10 people were injured in a clash between police and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Chhatra Shibir in Sonaimuri upazila of the district on Monday morning. Sources said that Jamaat-Shibir men tried to bring out a procession in the area. On information, police tried to

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Monday deferred the recording of prosecution witnesses` (PWs) deposition in the Zia Orphanage Trust embezzlement case and Zia Charitable Trust case to May 21.  Justice Bashudeb Roy of Dhaka special judge court-3 passed the deferment order in response to a time plea

DHAKA: At least 10 people were injured in a clash between police and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Chhatra Shibir in wireless gate area of Mohakhali in the city on Monday morning.The identity of the injured could not be known immediately.Witnesses said that hundreds of Shibir men

DHAKA: Terming Teesta water sharing agreement a challenge for the government, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said his party would fight for Teesta water.    The senior BNP leader also observed that Bangladesh should raise the issue to international

DHAKA: “There is no need of worry for the neighbouring countries if the NDA comes to power and Narendra Modi becomes the Prime Minister,” said Mahbub Hassan Saleh, deputy high commissioner of Bangladesh in India.The Bangladesh envoy was in Varanasi on a two-day visit on Saturday to