SYLHET: District BNP has called dawn-to-dusk hartal in Sylhet for Thursday demanding whereabouts of party leader M Ilias Ali.Shechhasebak Dal, Chhatra Dal, Tanti Dal, Chhatra Sangram Parishad, Olama Dal will observe the hartal under the banner of ‘Ilias Mukti Parishad’.‘Iliash Mukti

SYLHET: 16 Shibir leaders and activists were sued on charge of chopping Sylhet MC College unit Chhatra League leader Mustafizur Rob with Katwali Thana in the city on Tuesday night.Of accused, nine were named. Those include former Chhatra Shibir president of Sylhet MC College Yasin

DHAKA: Opposition BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged the government is conspiring against family Zia by handing over cheque Arafat Rahman Koko’s money to Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).“The government handed over Arafat Rahman Koko’s

DHAKA:  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will meet root level leaders of Awami League throughout the country in a bid to strengthen organization.The Awami League President will likely to hold series of dialogues with root level leaders from five districts from September 4.Sources of AL said

CHITTAGONG: Ruling Awami League Presidium Member Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Tuesday suggested Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus to join BNP politics.Indicating Dr Yunus, he said, “You are talking about caretaker government system. It will not be fruitful. At first join BNP then

DHAKA: Opposition BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam on Tuesday said his party is ready to talk over the non-partisan caretaker government in anywhere.The senior leader of the party came up with the observation while talking to journalists at Party’s Nayapaltan office in

COMILLA: The members of law enforcement agency arrested Sadar upazila (South) Ameer Sarwar Kamal Siddiqui in several cases.He was arrested from in front of Comilla Sadar Hospital around 12:00 noon on Tuesday.Sadar (South) Thana Officer-in-Charge Ainul Haque confirmed the matter to

ISHWARDI, PABNA: An activist of Juba Dal, the youth wing of BNP, was shot and chopped to death and a pedestrian sustained bullet injury following a factional clash in Ambaria Bazar area of the upazila on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Abdul Bari 36, son of Omor Ali of the

DHAKA: BNP Secretary General Khandakar Delwar Hossain Thursday said the government would not bring former military ruler Ershad to book though the 7th amendment was repealed. He came up with the comment while addressing a meeting marking BNP Chairperson’s jail release day organized by

CHITTAGONG: Opposition BNP’s Vice-Chairman Abdullah Al Noman urged the government to aloocate more Tk 2000 crore for the development of the port city of Chittagong.”The government gets enough revenue from Chittagong port and tax department and other sectors,” he said to underpin his

DHAKA: Opposition BNP Secretary-General Khandakar Delwar Hossain Wednesday alleged the government is wallowing in a carnival of corruption on “open declaration”. In this context, Delwar cited PM’s Health Adviser Dr Modasser’s reported remarks that no appointment would take place

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami in a forewarning to the government Tuesday said creating “anarchy in the country in the name of holding trial of crime against humanity” or war crimes would be boomerang for the government.  “The investigation drama is being staged only for destroying the

DHAKA: The ruling Awami League submitted its income-expenditure statement to the Election Commission Tuesday, under a mandatory rule for straightening politicos’ account.Party Deputy Office Secretary Mrinal Kanti Das submitted the statement to the EC Joint-secretary Nurul Islam Khan, in

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Tuesday placed BNP chairperson and ex-PM Khaleda Zia`s nephew Saiful Islam Duke on two days’ fresh remand in the August 21 grenade-attack case for quizzing.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ali Hussain passed the order as special police super of CID Abdul

DHAKA: Opposition BNP’s standing committee sat in a policymaking meeting on Tuesday evening for a review of the country’s latest political situation to decide their course of action.Party sources said the meeting at party chairperson’s Gulshan office would discuss whether BNP would

DHAKA: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) sought BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s nephew Saiful Islam Duke on a seven-day fresh remand for grilling over the August 21 grenade-attack incident.Special police super of CID and investigation officer of the case Abdul Kahar Akhand came

DHAKA: Opposition BNP Vice-chairman Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed Monday alleged the incident of ‘Ibrahim murder’ is being given ‘political shape’ to save ruling Awami League leader Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon MP.“Political criminalization would increase if he got political

DHAKA: Opposition BNP will join the parliament session that began Monday, though not in the early days, with a pack of incendiary issues to kick up the dust in the House. A competent source in the party told banglanews that their lawmakers would join the session in its later part.

DHAKA: BNP secretary-general Khandokar Delwar Hossain said his party would continue movement in democratic way to protect the people of the country and a new programme would be thrown soon. “Decisions for new movement will be taken through consultation with the likeminded political

DHAKA: Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun Sunday claimed that the law-and-order situation of the country is under control, dismissing the opposition allegation of an upturn in the incidence of crime.“We could ensure people’s security before and after the holy Eid and we would try to