DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday said that the illegal budget by the illegal government won’t be last long. He came up with the remark in a programme at Jatiya Press Club in the afternoon. Terming the budget illegal and good for nothing he also

DHAKA: Bangladesh National Alliance chairman Barrister Nazmul Huda said that 19-party alliance’s boycott gave legitimacy to the election of January 5. He came up with view while addressing a discussion at the party office in city’s Topkhana road Friday morning. Criticizing the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Friday expressed condolence for the death of former editor of 'The Independent', also former editor of ‘The Independent’ Mahbubul Alam. In her condolence message, the premier conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family members. She said that

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia expressed her profound shock at the death of former advisor of care taker government and former editor of 'The Independent', Mahbubul Alam. In her condolence message, Khaleda said the country has lost an experienced and veteran journalist through this

DHAKA: BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman burst into tear on Monday after he met his younger brother Arafat Rahman Koko after seven years.  One of their family sources confirmed the matter to banglanews on Thursday night. Sources said that after the hug, the siblings broke down in

DHAKA: BNP led 19-party alliance declared protest rally in all districts on Monday protesting continuous abduction and murder across the country.   BNP Joint General Secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed made the announcement at Naya Paltan central office in the capital on Thursday noon.

DHAKA: Labeling the incumbent government ‘unelected’, ‘immoral’ and ‘illegal’, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said it has no rights to place the budget.   Fakhrul was addressing a discussion organized by Jatyitabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) to

DHAKA: British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert W Gibson on Thursday said the political parties of Bangladesh would have to come out from the circle of polls-violence after every five years. The British diplomat came up with the remarks at a view exchange meeting organized by the

DHAKA: Former Rab official SM Rana on Thursday made a confessional statement in the killing of Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam and six others.  Rana made his confessional statement under section 164 of criminal procedure in the court of senior judicial magistrate KM Mohiuddin in

DHAKA: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has started hearing on appeal petition filed by Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General M Kamaruzzaman challenging the death penalty for war crimes during Liberation War.   The hearing has begun in a four-member bench led by Justice

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Bangladesh is not responsible for creating global warming and climate change rather it is facing enormous problems due to environment pollution. The premier made the observation while addressing the inaugural ceremony of World

PABNA: A Sramik Dal leader was shot dead by unknown assailants in Chatmohar upazila of the district early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Faruk Hossain, 35, a Union Parisad member and joint secretary of Thana unit Sramik Dal.  Family sources said that the victim went out of

BOGRA: At least eight police officials, including two Inspectors, were injured while trying to stop a clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists in Satmatha area of the district on Wednesday night. The injured police are- Bogra Sadar Thana Inspector

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia held a meeting with the leaders of BNP-led 19-party alliance in the city Wednesday. She sat with the leaders at her political office in Gulshan of the city at 9:00pm. Leaders of all parties of the alliance including Liberal Democratic Party chief Col

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League Publicity and Publication Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud alleged that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and its the then secretary general Dr AQM Badrudduza Chowdhury were involved in the killing of President Ziaur Rahman. He also said that the duo had become the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that the government will establish Hi-Tech Park in every districts followed by every divisions. She came up with this view while addressing the inaugural of ‘Digital World 2014’, a four-day expo on information technology, began in the city on

DHAKA: Former Jatiya Sangsad whip and BNP MP Mahbubul Alam Tara’s third Namaz-e-Janaza was held in front of BNP’s Nayapaltan central office of the capital on Wednesday morning. He will be buried at his family graveyard at Farhad Nagar in Feni Sadar upazila on the day after his fourth

DHAKA: One day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina blames Ziaur Rahman for Sheikh Mujib murder; BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam alleged that PM Hasina might be involved in Zia killing. He came up with the allegation in a press briefing at party’s Naya Paltan central

DHAKA: BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman is likely to publish a whitepaper of government’s alleged wrongdoings including corruptions, abductions, force disappearances and killings across the country.  Party’s reliable source, who is the closest one of Tarique Rahman, seeking

DHAKA: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Advocate Anisul Haque on Monday claimed that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is working independently. “The government does not intervene of the activities of the human rights commission it is working independently,”