THAKURGAON: Counting in Sadar Upazila polls is underway after voting ended at 4:00pm amid a peaceful and festive mood.Earlier, voting began at 8:00am on Wednesday and continued till 4:00pm without any break.The election in the upazila was scheduled to hold on March 31.On March 19, High

RANGPUR: Half-day hartal, called by BNP and its front organizations, was observed in the district peacefully on Wednesday demanding immediate release of central committee president of Swechhasebak Dal Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel.The hartal began at 6:00am and continued till

DHAKA: Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya on Tuesday scathingly said BNP chairperson and its leaders do not have any right to stay in the country.The minister, also general secretary of Dhaka City Awami League, termed the leaders of BNP as the enemy of

RANGPUR: BNP called half-day hartal in the district for Wednesday demanding immediate release of central committee president of Swechhasebak Dal central committee Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel.District BNP convener Mojaffor Hossain confirmed the matter to banglanews on Tuesday afternoon.He

RANGPUR: The newly elected 39 chairmen, vice-chairmen and female vice-chairmen from 13-upazila of six districts of the division took oath at Divisional Commissioner’s office on Tuesday morning.Divisional Commissioner Muhammad Dilwar Bakht administered the oath taking ceremony at

DHAKA: Election Commission has formed its observer team consisting six-member for Thakurgoan Sadar upazila election.The upazila election will be held on April 16.The six members include Dinajpur District Senior Election Officer Nuruzzaman Talukdar, Birganj Upazila poll officer Shamsul

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Tuesday submitted charge sheet accusing 12 in much-talked-about Juba League leader Riazul Haq Milky Murder case.        RAB assistant commissioner Kajemur Rashid submitted the charge sheet before chief metropolitan magistrate court in the

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson, also the chief of 19-party alliance, Khaleda Zia called a meeting of 19-party alliance for April 17.The meeting will be held her Gulshan political office at 10:00pm of the day, confirmed the sources.The BNP chief will preside over the meeting.The meeting will

DHAKA: An appeal petition was filed with High Court Sunday seeking its direction annulling Special Judges Court order that indicted BNP chief Khaleda Zia in two graft cases.After filing the petition, Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokan, Khaleda Zia’s lawyer, confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: Two more female lawmakers elected uncontested for reserved seats in the 10th National Parliament took oath on Sunday morning.They are- Awami League nominated Sabiha Nahar Begum alias Sabiha Musa and Jatiya Party (JP) nominated Khorshed Ara Haque.Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is scheduled to hold a long march toward Teesta River on April 22 to 23 to press demand of fair water sharing between Bangladesh and India.Sources in the party said that the long march will be started from Dhaka after a rally on April 22 and the

SIRAJGANJ: The half day hartal, called by upazila unit of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, was observed in Belkuchi upazila of the district on Sunday protesting the killing of its activist.No pickets or activists of Jamaat were seen on any roads of the upazila during the hartal hours.Most of

NILPHAMARI: Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor on Saturday claimed that various vested quarters are talking incitingly to destabilize the prevailing normal situation of the country.Asaduzzaman Noor, also ruling Awami League lawmaker, claimed that everything in the country is

THAKURGAON: Terming the government “illegal” BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged that they (government) are establishing reign of terror by “creating anarchy”. The spokesperson for the party made the allegation while addressing a street rally at Sadar

DHAKA: State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Saturday insisted BNP senior vice president Tarique Rahman would be brought back home by cancelling his parole.The home minister made the assertion while talking to journalists in the noon after inaugurating a Woman Drug

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has sent a greetings card to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bengali calendar.     BNP assistant office secretary Abdul Latif Jony and Asadul Karim Shahin conveyed the greetings card to Sheikh Hasina

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday urged leaders and activists of her party to get ready for waging stern movement against the incumbent government in protest against “torture, killings, abductions and fake cases”.“The incumbent government is harassing the leaders and

DHAKA:  BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia said the party has no alternative to waging movement against the government as country men lost faith in the illegal ruler.She came up with the assertion while addressing the council of Dhaka Mahanagar unit of Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal at city’s

DHAKA: The council of Dhaka Mahanagar unit of Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal is underway to form its new committee at city’s Engineers’ Institution Auditorium on Saturday.President of the party’s Dhaka (South) unit Nurul Islam Khan Nasim is presiding over the program.On the other hand, the

SYLHET: Law enforcers recovered the body of a local level Awami League leader from Osmaninagar Thana of the district on Friday afternoon.The deceased, Javed Ali, 50, was identified as organizing secretary of Osmanpur union of Osmaninagar Thana.Officer-in-Charge of Osmaninagar Thana Juber