DHAKA: Dr Zobaida Rahman, wife of BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman, has been dismissed from the government job due to absence for more than five years and ten months. The dismissal order was issued as per section 34 of the service rules of government. Despite her dismissal,

DHAKA: A Dhaka Court Tuesday deferred the hearing on charge framing against BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 45 other BNP leaders in vehicle torching case. Metropolitan Magistrate Tarek Mainul Islam Bhuiyan fixed September 4 when Advocate Sanaullah

SHERPUR: Election Commissioner Brigadier General (retd) M Jabed Ali on Monday said the election was not well accepted to the mass people due to three reasons.He made the observations after inaugurating newly built server station building in Chalk Pathak area of the district.He also

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) student affairs secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie was granted bail after he surrendered before the court.Earlier on Sunday, an arrest warrant was issued against Annie and some BNP leaders.The BNP leader said he could not appear before the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court here on Monday deferred the hearing on charge framing against 38 BNP top leaders, including party’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, till October 30.The Second Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Masud Sheikh issued the order in the

JESSORE: A BNP activist has been slaughtered by unknown assailants in Putkhali under Benapole Port Thana of the district on Sunday late night. The deceased was identified as Shamim, 35, residing in that village. Locals told banglanews that there were a long dispute between some locals

DHAKA: Police arrested two Jamaat-e-Islami activists from a protest possession at Nabisko in Tejgaon Industrial area of the capital on Monday morning.Acting Secretary General Shafiqur Rahman of Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday, in a statement, called countrywide demonstration for Monday

DHAKA: Protesting the formulation of national broadcast policy, which might allegedly snatch the freedom of press, the BNP-led 20-party alliance will stage demonstration in the capital on August 19. Besides, demanding scrap of the broadcast policy, the alliance will also hold a silent

CHITTAGONG: At least three persons sustained bullet injuries in a ‘gunfight’ between police and Jamaat cadre Dakat Shahid and his cohorts in Satkania upazila of the district on Sunday late night.The bullet-wounded are Dakat Shahid, 30 and two of his aides Borhan, 27 and Sayem

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday met with party’s standing committee members over latest political scenario. The meeting started at Chairperson’s political office at Gulshan of the city around 9:00pm. They also discussed about their

DHAKA: Health Minister, also Awami League presidium member, Mohammed Nasim on Sunday said no bar would be put to the BNP’s peaceful movement but zero tolerance would be shown, if any disorder appears. The lawmaker came up with the remarks while addressing a condolence meeting organized

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday placed 20 leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, including former president of Shibir Dr Shafiqul Islam Masud, on four-day remand. Metropolitan Magistrate Ataul Haque passed the order after the hearing when Sub-inspector Saiful Islam of Mohammadpur Thana

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member and also BNP Dhaka Metropolitan convener Mirza Abbas has been exempted from cocktail blast case filed under explosive act. Dhaka additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Alamgir Kabir passed the order discharging Miza Abbas on Sunday.

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday issued arrest warrant against four BNP leaders including former lawmaker Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie.Tarek Mainul Islam Bhuiyan, magistrate of Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-6, passed the order in the morning as the BNP leaders did not appear before

DHAKA: Miscreants shot a ward Awami League leader to death on Saturday late night in BNP Bazar area in West Agargaon of the city. The deceased was identified as Jahangir Alam, 35, president of ward no. 41 Awami League. The reason behind the killing could not yet be known. The incident

DHAKA: Law enforcers detained some 19 Chhatra Shibir leaders and activists, including former president, while holding a secret meeting in Lalmatia area of the city on Saturday night. Acting on a tip off, the law enforcers held them. Officer-in-Charge of Mohammadpur Thana Azizul Haque

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is scheduled to meet with the standing committee members of the party for discussing about waging anti-government movement. The meeting will be held at party Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office in the city around 8:00pm. She is also expected to

JESSORE: Miscreants shot dead a Swechhasebak League leader of the Sadar town on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Abdul Mannan, 45, president of the town. Assistant Superintendent of Police of Jessore Reshma Sharmin confirmed the matter to banglanews. Miscreants shot

KHAGRACHHARI: The Pahari Chhatra Parishad (PCP) has called of the half-day road blockade in Matiranga and Guimara upazilas of the district for Sunday. A press release, signed by Bijoy Chakma, office secretary of Khagrachhari district unit PCP, was issued in the evening in this regard.

DHAKA: The next committee of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal led-by BNP education affairs secretary Khairul Kabir Khokon as president and Saiful Islam Nirab as general secretary is likely to be declared soon. A competent source from the party made the disclosure while talking to banglanews. The