DHAKA: Outgoing Pakistan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi Qureshi is set to meet BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday. The meeting would be held at 8:00pm on the day at BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan political office, said a competent source from the party. Khaleda

DHAKA: The physical condition of former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ghulam Azam, who is serving 90-year imprisonment for war crimes, remained unchanged till Saturday noon. He was been shifted to the coronary care unit (CCU) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in city on

DHAKA: Krishak Shramik Janata League (KSJL) president Kader Siddique on Saturday apologized for his elder brother Post and Telecommunications Minister Abdul Latif Siddique’s derogatory remarks over hajj and Tablig Jamaat.Kader Siddique came up with the apology at a press conference

DHAKA: The Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) will hold a meeting at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official residence Gano Bhaban on Sunday evening.The premier will preside over the meeting at 6:30pm.AL general secretary, also Local Government and Rural Development

SAVAR (DHAKA): Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said the fate of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Abdul Latif Siddique for his derogatory remarks on hajj and Tablighi Jamaat will be decided on Sunday.The minister was talking to

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday warned of waging tough movement in case the government is not wake up on time.The BNP leader came up with the warning when addressing a program titled “24th Memorial Discussion of Historic Martyr Day” at

CHITTAGONG: BNP has called a dawn-to-dusk shutdown in Mirsarai upazila for Sunday protesting killing of upazila Chhatra Dal convener Adil Mahmud. The BNP leaders and activists also staged demonstration and demanded arrest and penalty of the killers of Adil.Convener of Mirsarai upazila

DHAKA: Awami League secretary of publicity and publication Hasan Mahmood on Friday alleged that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is solely responsible for her party’s current ‘vulnerable condition’.He came up with the observation while addressing a seminar arranged by Swadhinota

FROM MEDINA INTERCONTINENTAL: Terming himself as neutral, President Advocate Abdul Hamid said I always think for the 16 crore people of Bangladesh.He urged the expatriates to send money and contribute the development of Bangladesh by setting up factories.The president came up with this

MIRSHARAI (CHITTAGONG): Miscreants killed the convener of Mirsharai upazila unit Chhatra Dal at Bhorer Bazar area under Shaherkhali union in the upazila of the district on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Adil Mahmood, 25. Shaherkhali union parisad chairman Mostafa

KURIGRAM: BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi commented that the government is surviving on speeches and statements.He made the remark at his residence in Sardar Para of Kurigram on Thursday.The BNP leader said that the ministers and MPs of the incumbent government are doing

KHAGRACHHARI: Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader assured that all points of Chittagong Hill Tracks (CHT) peace agreement will be implemented during the incumbent government tenure.The minister came up with this assertion while inaugurating three bridges which cost Tk

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir commented that government has made a mistake by not giving state-honor to the Language Movement hero late Abdul Matin. He came up with this assertion in reply to a query from a journalist on

RAMU (COX’S BAZAR):  Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor on Wednesday said there is no place for communalism in Bangladesh.  The minister came up with the assertion while addressing the Probarona Purnima Festival on Ramu Khiri Ideal High School ground of the upazila as the

DHAKA: Pointing at the alleged connection of Bangladeshi militants in the blast in West Bengal's Burdwan of India, Bangladesh state minister for home affairs Asaduzzaman Khan said not even an inch of his country’s land will be given to use for militancy.The state minister came to

DHAKA: The main agenda of Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) meeting is Latif Siddique’s withdrawal from the party and cabinet following some derogatory remarks.The meeting will be held on October 12 Sunday evening.Earlier, the prime minister and also the party chief,

MAGURA: Jatiya Sangsad deputy leader Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury categorically said that ruling Awami League (AL) government is not afraid of the threats of opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)’s movements. AL knows the spirit of movements, she said adding that her party leaders

KUSHTIA: Awami League (AL) joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia’s movements will not see the light.So, AL does not need to be ready to resist BNP’s movements.The senior AL leader came to this assertion while

DHAKA: BNP joint-secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed on Tuesday urged the government to step down from the office and hold a fair election. Rezvi came up with the call at a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office on noon. He said this government has failed in every

FROM BANGABANDHU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER (BICC), DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday said people of the country are not in good condition.They are not living in comfort and peace, she added.The BNP chief told the journalists while