DHAKA: Barguna Sadar upazila BNP president Advocate Abdul Halim has been expelled from the party on charge of violating the party discipline.A press release signed by its BNP Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi confirmed this matter to banglanews on Tuesday.The press release said

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia called upon the nation to be strongly united on the occasion of the country’s Independence Day that falls on March 26.The BNP chief came up with the plea in a statement on the eve of the day on Tuesday.Expressing her

DHAKA: BNP will besiege the offices of Upazila Nirbahi Officers (UNO) around the country on March 27 protesting occupying polling centres and vote rigging.They also will present memorandums to the UNO’s.Joint secretary general of the party Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed announced the programme

JESSORE: A Union Parishad Chairman and five others were held by police on charge of attacking minorities and vandalizing in Dhalgram area under Bagharpara upazila of the district on Monday night.The detainees are UP Chairman of Dhalagram Hafizur Rahman, local Azam Fakir, Tipu Sultan,

DHAKA: Some 56.12 percent voters cast ballots in the fourth phase elections, held on Sunday, in 91 upazilas of 43 districts of the country.Sources of the Election Commission (EC) confirmed the matter to banglanews on Monday night.The highest 81.48 percent voter turnout was recorded at

JESSORE: A dawn to dusk hartal called by district BNP is underway peacefully in the district sadar on Tuesday.Earlier on Monday, district BNP called the shutdown protesting upazila polls violence and casting fake votes in the upazila.The movements of the vehicles were halted as well as

DHAKA: The Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Greg Wilcock will meet BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday afternoon.The meeting will be held at Khaleda’s Gulshan residence around 4:00pm.Earlier on Monday evening, Khaleda Zia had a one and half-hour long meeting with the

DHAKA: A delegation of European Union Parliament met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday evening.The delegation led by Jean Lambert, Chair of the Delegation for Relations with South Asia of the European Parliament, reached BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office in the city around 6:15pm.

MUNSHIGANJ: A leader of Bangladesh Chatra League, student wing of ruling Awami League, Munshiganj unit died in Dhaka on Monday evening.The deceased was identified as Mahbub Alam, 26, son of Khokan Pradhan hailed from Madhyamkandi village under Baushia union of Gajaria upazila of

MAGURA: A Magura court on Monday sent 17 leaders and activists of Chhatra Dal, Jubo Dal, including district BNP president Kabir Murad, to jail.Magura senior judicial magistrate Abbas Uddin passed the order when they plead for bail release after appearing before the court.District BNP

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) is set to announce the schedule for two reserved seats in the National Parliament on Tuesday.EC sources informed banglanews that voting will be held there from 8:00am to 4:00pm on April 17.The deadline of submission of nomination papers is April 1 while the

DHAKA: Election Commission will arrange re-elections for 14 postponed centers in six districts in the third phase upazila polls on March 27.During the polls held on March 15, voting in 14 centers across the country was postponed due to violence, snatching ballots and other incidents.The

JESSORE: District unit BNP called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Tuesday protesting “vote robbery” by ruling party men in the 4th phase upazila elections.BNP standing committee member Tariqul Islam came up with the announcement in a pres conference at the Jessore Press Club

DHAKA: The delegation of the European Parliament (EP) will meet Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday evening.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Khaleda’s media wing member Shairul Kabir said “The meeting will be held at her Gulshan political office of

DHAKA: Hartal, called by locals units of BNP-led 19-party alliance separately, was observed in nine upazilas of five districts on Monday protesting vote manipulation in the 4th phase upazila polls and demanding re-election there.Banglanews Khulna correspondent reports:The dawn-to-dusk

DHAKA: According to unofficial results of 88 upazila council polls out of 91, ruling Awami League (AL)-backed candidates won in 55 upazilas while Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-backed candidates won in 23 upazilas in the fourth phase of upazila elections.Awami League The ruling Awami

DHAKA: Opposition Jatiya Party (JP) on Sunday staged maiden walkout from the Parliament in protest against hiking power price.JP lawmakers led by party’s Chief Whip Tajul Islam, staged walkout from the JS, protesting the government move to hike power price though there is no change in

BARISAL: Shawkat Hossain Hiron, member of the parliament from Barisal-5 constituency, also former mayor of Barisal City Corporation, was admitted into city’s Apollo Hospital in a critical condition.At first, the lawmaker was rushed to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH)

DHAKA: The government-backed candidates have been celebrating a festival of fake ballot casting in the 4th phase of the ongoing upazila election, alleged BNP joint secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.The BNP leader came up with the allegation at a press briefing on the polls at the party’s Naya

DHAKA:  A DHAKA court rejected bail petition to BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday in a money-laundering case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka Metropolitan Session Court Ruhul Amin passed the order after bail