DHAKA: Under certain circumstances a rumour spreads that Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad has resigned. Party leaders have kept their mum further fuelling the rumour. Ershad himself showed a mysterious gesture. Party insiders said Ershad in the morning sent a letter to JP’s new

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) is going to file a lawsuit against Jatiya Party chairman, also Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s special envoy HM Ershad MP.   Deputy Commissioner of Lalmonirhat district Habibur Rahman, also returning officer, said the case would be filed as Ershad

LAXMIPUR: An Awami League activist was shot dead by miscreants at Ramganj upazila in the district on Monday afternoon.      The deceased was identified as M Saiful, 35, resident of Korpara union of the upazila.     Ramganj Thana officer-in-charge Lokman Hossain said, “Saiful

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will address workers rally on the occasion of May Day at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Thursday.   Bangladesh, along with rest of the world, is also set to recall the history of great May Day.    The day is a public holyday.   

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court Monday issued arrest warrant against Mufti Izaharul Islam, Hefajat-e-Islam’s senior nayeb-e-amir and also president of a faction of Islami Oikya Jote for submitting wealth statement. Chittagong Session Court judge SM Mujibur Rahman passed the order as

DHAKA: A Dhaka court framed charge against Mahmudur Rahman, the acting Editor of Daily Amar Desh, in a corruption case for not submitting wealth statement to Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). Dhaka Special Judge-3 Justice Basudeb Roy passed the order on Monday noon. Later, the court

DHAKA: The visiting 7-member delegation of German Parliamentary Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development is set to meet BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday night.   The meeting will be held 7:30pm at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office in the city.    Shayrul Kabir Khan,

SATKHIRA: An Awami League man was killed in a factional clash at Ashashuni upazila in the district on Sunday afternoon.   The deceased was identified as Ashraf Hossain, an activist of the ruling party.   Sources said the clash between the two groups took place around 5:00pm, leaving

DHAKA: BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas on Sunday alleged that the fascist ruling Awami League exceeded the government of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in terms of killing, force disappearance and torture. “Awami League exceeded Hitler-Mussolini government in terms of

SATKHIRA: A Shibir leader was killed and 12 others, including police, were injured in a clash with police in the district on Sunday afternoon.    The deceased was identified as Aminur Islam, general secretary of district Chhatra Shibir unit.            The incident took place

RAJSHAHI: Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon has been reelected as the president of Workers Party of Bangladesh while lawmaker Fazle Hossain Badshah elected as general secretary.      They were elected in the concluding day of the 9th congress of the party held at

DHAKA: BNP has decided to hold April 28 protest inside National Press Club as Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) approved none of the proposed three venues. Abdus Salam, member secretary of Dhaka city BNP, confirmed the matter to banglanews Sunday.Earlier, BNP sought permission from DMP

DHAKA: The hearing on bail petitions filed by BNP Joint Secretary General Aman Ullah Aman and its Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in the killing case of a Chhatra Shibir leader was held in a Dhaka Court on Sunday.Metropolitan Session Judge Jahurul Haque kept pending the

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will seek permission from Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) naming three alternative venues to hold rally on April 28.The possible venues are Suhrawardy Uddyan, Naya Paltan party office premises or at the in-front of the National Press Club in the

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday categorically said the gestures of India about the water of Teesta is a below standard drama.The spokesperson for the party came up with the assertion in a discussion meeting titled ‘Current Power Situation:

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday said the government wanted to settle down the issue of Grameen Bank (GB) with Dr Muhammad Yunus that was not possible as he went to the court.The finance minister was talking to journalists at a conference on his visit to USA at the

TANGAIL: Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the change of the government in India would not affect the politics of Bangladesh.The minister came up with the observation while talking to journalists after visiting Joydebpur-Chandra-Tangail-Elenga road here in the

DHAKA: BNP on Saturday announced to stage countrywide mass huger strike on May 4 and to hold protest processions on April 28 at the districts and upazila towns.Party’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up with the announcement at a press conference at party’s

LAXMIPUR: A leader of Juba Dal, the youth wing of BNP, was found dead at Bashurhat area under Sadar upazila of the district on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as M Samsul Islam Solaiman, joint secretary of district unit Juba Dal.Being informed from locals, police recovered

MAGURA: Awami League supporters on Friday chopped a BNP supporter to death over a dispute centering recent Upazila Parishad elections in the Sadar upazila of the district.The deceased was identified as Omar Ali, 45, hailed from Malonchi village of the upazila.Local sources said that