DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami has declared nationwide demonstrations on Sunday protesting the government’s decision of power price hike by 6.96 percents.Dr Shafiqur Rahman, acting secretary general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, has issued a statement about this matter.He said domestic economy

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi categorically said that the ruling Awami League goons with the collaboration of law enforcers are beating and killing 19-party alliance leaders and activists.He told media at a briefing at the party’s

GAZIPUR: Former president of Jatiyotabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Sultan Salahuddin Tuku was released on bail from Kashimpur High-Security Jail on Friday evening.Deputy district jailer Atikul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews.Leaders and activists of the student of BNP greeted him at

DHAKA: Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque said that the government will take an initiative by next June aiming to ban Jamaat-e-Islam in the country.He came up with the disclosure when he was addressing the program of ‘Muktir Utshab 2014’ organized by the Liberation War

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will take program to gheroa the Election Commission if their win in the third phase of upazila polls is snatched.BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told media at the party’s central office in city’s Naya Paltan area Friday

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting secretary general Mirza Fhakrul Islam Alamgir expressed his party’s concern over the free and fair upazila polls.The third phase of the upazila election is scheduled to be held in 81 upazilas across the country on Saturday.Fakhrul told

DHAKA: The BNP-Jamaat backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya (Blue Panel) swept the elections to the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections for the 2014-15 term by bagging 13 posts out of 14, including those of the president and general secretary.Advisor of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia

DHAKA: Saudi ambassador to Bangladesh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Basiri met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her political office at Gulshan in the city.The Saudi envoy reached Khaleda’s office around 8:45pm, said a competent source from the party.During the parley, they discussed bilateral

DHAKA: BNP called countrywide demonstrations for Friday in protest against the power hike up to 6.69 percent in consumer levels which will be effective from March 1.BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the announcement in a press conference at party’s Naya Paltan office on

RAJSHAHI: BNP central committee on Thursday expelled joint general secretary of Rajshahi district BNP DM Ziaur Rahman Zia, also general secretary of Baghmara upazila for violating party discipline.Ziaur Rahman is set to participate in the upazila polls as a rebel candidate of BNP whereas

DHAKA: Election Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Mobarak, also acting Chief Election Commissioner, Thursday said that BNP leaders do not have reins in their mouth. He came up with the observation after a meeting with law-enforcement agencies about third phase of 4th Upazila Polls around the

DHAKA: Hefajat-e-Islam leader Maulana Sakhawat Zamil, also president of Jubo Hefajat, youth wing of the party, was freed on bail on Thursday noon.Media cell member of Hefajat-e-Islam Imran Hossain confirmed the matter to banglanews.Sakhawat was released on bail in six cases filed against

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has got information of money laundering of five ministers of the then BNP-led 4-party alliance.      ACC Commissioner Sahabuddin Chuppu made the disclosure while talking to journalists at its secretariat office on Thursday noon.    

DHAKA: A Dhaka court placed BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on a 3-day remand in a money laundering case.Magistrate Shamsul Arefin passed the order after hearing on the case on Thursday afternoon.Earlier, Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Ahsan

DHAKA: The voting in the third phase of upazila parishad elections will be held at 81 upazilas in 41 districts across the country on Saturday.Army personnel were deployed on Thursday to keep the law-and-order situation normal in the election areas. They will stay till Sunday.The polls

DHAKA: The voting in Supreme Court lawyer Association (SCBA) election 2014-15 is underway for second and last day at Supreme Court Lawyers Association from Thursday morning.Election Sub-Committee convener Noor Hossain said that the two-day long voting started at 10:00am Wednesday and will

DHAKA: National Democratic Institute Senior Country Representative Rishi Datta met BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday morning.The one and half an hour long meeting started at 10:45am at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan Political office in the capital.BNP

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia expressed concern and condemned the arrest of its standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain.Expressing the condemnation, BNP issued a written statement signed by BNP Joint Secretary General and Office Secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed on

DHAKA: The Anti Corruption commission (ACC) is interrogating BNP standing Committee Member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on charges of money laundering on Thursday morning.A team of the ACC led by its Deputy Director Ahsan Ali started quizzing Mosharraf at the commission’s Segun

DHAKA: Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a five-day remand plea at Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate`s Court against BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain. The ACC Deputy Director Ahsan Ali came up with the disclosure while talking to banglanews on Thursday