CHITTAGONG: Former MP (Member of Parliament) of Chittagong-16 (Banshkhali) constituency Sultanul Kabir Chowdhury, also Awami League leader, passed away at his residence in the capital early Monday. He was 68. Confirming the matter to banglanews, Chittagong south district Awami League

DHAKA: Opposition Leader Rowshan Ershad has greeted countrymen and Muslims on occasion of holy Ramadan. She conveyed the greetings through a press release issued from her party office on Sunday afternoon. ‘The month of holy Ramadan teaches us to avoid the evil activities like

DHAKA: Dhaka City Awami League (AL) leaders withdrew the blockade on Mirpur-Gabtali-Gulistan road at 4:00pm demanding the removal of Police DC in Mirpur zone on Sunday. Earlier, the leaders led by MP Kamal Ahmed Majumder of Dhaka-15 blockaded the road from 3:00pm protesting the vandalism

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday demanded international investigation to reveal the list of money launderer at the Swiss Bank.   The spokesperson for the party made the plea while addressing a discussion meeting at the National Press Club. 

DHAKA: The investigation agency of International Crimes Tribunal has completed its final investigation report against Syed Hasan Ali, who committed crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.  The probe report will be submitted to the prosecution by Sunday, said the probe

RIYADH: BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Saturday claimed that democracy is absent in the country now. There is no alternative to establish multi-party democracy through a fair election ending the one-party rule, said the BNP senior leader. Moudud was addressing a

RANGPUR: Law enforcers, in separate drives, detained 11 Jamaat and Chhatra Shibir activists and 52 fugitives and other accused early Saturday. Shariful Islam, Senior Officer of Rangpur Detective Police, told banglanews that they arrested 11 Jamaat-Shibir men against whom cases were filed

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claimed that party chairperson Khaleda Zia didn’t complained to Sushma Swaraj against anyone. He came up with the claim at party’s Nayaplatan office strongly protesting the remark by Awami League leaders, who said

RUPGANJ, NARAYANGANJ: One was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash between Awami League and BNP supporters at Kanchan of Rupganj upazila centering municipality election. The incident took place at Daroil vote center around 10:30am on Saturday. The deceased was identified as

NARAYANGANJ: Unidentified miscreants hacked to death a BNP leader in Sonargaon upazila of the district on Friday night.  The deceased is Billal Hossain, 46, Sanmandi union BNP secretary and former union chairman under the upazila.   Sonargaon Police Station officer-in-charge Riazul

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also Awami League (AL) president, asked to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia about her whereabouts during the time of Ziaur Rahman’s murder. The premier asked the question while addressing a rally, organised to observe 65th anniversary of the party, at

DHAKA: Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj invited the 10th National Parliament’s Opposition Leader Raushon Ershad to visit her country before leaving Bangladesh. She had a 20-minute meeting with the Opposition Leader at latter’s office in the parliament around 12:00pm

DHAKA: No issues other that the bilateral interests between Bangladesh and India has been discussed with visiting Indian Foreign Minster Sushma Swaraj, said Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina’s two advisors. PM’s foreign affairs advisor Gowher Rizvi and finance advisor Moshiur Rahman told

DHAKA: Sheikh Rehana, younger daughter of Bangabandhu, and Saima Wazed Hossain, daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, met visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday morning. Sources said that they went to Swaraj’s suite at the Hotel Sonargaon around 10:00am

MADARIPUR: Ruling Awami League-supported candidate Pavelur Rahman Shafiq Khan won the Sadar upazila parishad polls of the district unofficially. AL-backed Shahabuddin Hawladar and Pavin Jahan also won in the posts of vice chairman (VC) and VC (female) respectively. Sources of the

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia had a meeting with visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday morning. Sources said that their meeting started around 10:30am. The BNP chief met the Indian Minister on her (Sushma's) invitation at Bengal suite of the Hotel

DHAKA: A freshly constituted committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Dhaka metropolitan unit will be declared next week to propel the anti-government movement. Sources said that BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas as the conveyer and Swechchhasebak Dal President

DHAKA: A meeting will be held between opposition party leader Rowshan Ershad and visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj at 11:00am Friday.  Opposition Chief Whip Tajul Islam Chowdhury confirmed the matter on Thursday. During her three-day visit, Sushma has called on

CHITTAGONG: Law enforcers, in different drives, nabbed 28 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Chhatra Shibir from various areas of the Satkania and Lohagara upazilas of the district early Thursday. Assistant Superintendent of Police (Satkania circle) AKM Emran Bhuiyan confirmed

MADARIPUR: The voting in Madaripur Sadar upazila is underway from Thursday morning amid five level tight security measures. The polling began at 8:00am and will continue till 4:00pm without break.  Some 11 candidates are vying for three posts—chairman, vice-chairman and woman