BARISAL: The Vice-President of Barisal City BNP, Advocate Akhtar Hossain Mebul was held by law enforcers Thursday afternoon.Police sources said that acting on a tip-off, police held him while he along with others was planning to create violence in city’s Kathpatti area around

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad is set to take oath as a member of parliament (MP) within Saturday.The newly elected MP and JP Presidium member Anisul Islam Mahmud came up with the declaration while answering the queries of the journalists after taking oath at the

DHAKA: Awami League Presidium Member Mohammad Nasim on Thursday categorically said protecting democracy and constitutional continuity are big challenge for new the government.The senior leader of the party came up with the observation while talking to banglanews before taking oath in the

DHAKA: Rawshan Ershad, leader of the Jatiya Party parliamentary party (JPPP), urged BNP to stop enforcing hartal and blockade in the country.She came up with the plea after taking oath as a member of parliament along with 31 elected JP leaders on Thursday noon. Later, she was elected as

DHAKA: A Dhaka court rejected the remand plea for seven top BNP leaders including of standing committee member barrister Moudud Ahmed in cases for killing a sub-inspector of police during May 5 violence in last year.The court on Thursday also rejected the bail plea of the BNP leaders and

DHAKA: Jatiya Party (Manzu) Chairman Anwar Hossain Manju said that extremism is prevailing around the world and new government would pull out all the stops to face the militancy.He made the comment while talking to banglanews before taking oath at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Thursday

GAZIPUR: Police in 24-hour drive nabbed 13 men from different areas of the district between Wednesday and Thursday for their alleged involvement in subversive acts.   District Police Control Room confirmed the matter to banglanews.Amid indefinite blockade, called by BNP-led 18-party

DHAKA: British High Commissioner Robert Gibson met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and had a discussion for more than an hour at her Gulshan residence Wednesday night.During the meeting, the chairperson’s advisors Sabih Uddin Ahmed and Riaz Rahman were present there.Sources confirmed that

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Senior presidium member Rawshan Ershad claimed that she was asked her to the opposition leader of the 10th parliamentary elections.She came up with the assertion while talking to journalists at media centre of the Prliament Bhaban on Wednesday evening.She said,

JESSORE: Joint forces held 61 people, including 39 BNP-Jamaat leaders and activists, from various areas of the district and recovered a one-shooter gun and bullets on Wednesday.Assistant police super of the district Reshma Sharmin, also spokesperson of district police, told banglanews

DHAKA: Dhaka city Awami League general secretary Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya on Wednesday said the newly elected lawmakers will take oath on Thursday.The AL leader came up with the disclosure after a meeting of 14-party at the Awami League central office in the afternoon.Meanwhile,

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Wednesday granted separate two-day remand for BNP’s central leaders Khandaker Mahbub Hossain and Fazlul Haque Milon in a bomb blast case.On the other hand, court sent another BNP vice-president Selima Rahman to jail denying her bail petition. Besides, it allowed law

BOGRA: District Jamaat-e-Islami has called dawn-to-dusk hartal for Thursday protesting the arrest of district unit Ameer Principal Shahbuddin and many other party activists.District Nayeb-e-Ameer Moulana Alamgir Hussain declared the hartal on Wednesday noon.Earlier in the day, law

DHAKA: Additional security forces, which were deployed surrounding the residence of opposition leader Khaleda Zia, have been withdrawn.The additional police and RAB personnel were withdrawn on Wednesday noon.At present, one platoon of police and members of Chairperson Security Forces

RANGPUR: Joint forces, in separate drives, nabbed 21 activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami from different upazilas of the district between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.Officer-in-Charge of Rangpur Kotwali Thana Shabuddin Khalifa told banglanews that police are looking into whether

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday categorically said Jamaat-e-Islami is a terrorist organization as they attacked his residence.The minister came up with the assertion while talking to journalists at his secretariat office.He said, “I earlier termed that Jamaat is a

BOGRA: Police, in a 24-hour drive, held 77 leader of Jamaat-e-Islami including its district unit Ameer from various spots of the district between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.Sources said that the detainees were allegedly involved in different subversive acts including vandalism,

DHAKA: The 60-hour countrywide hartal, called by BNP-led 18-party alliance observed amid stray incidents of killing, picketing, chase and counter chase and blasts.The opposition alliance extended 48-hour hartal demanding cancellation of the result of tenth parliamentary elections by

DHAKA: A woman, who sustained burn injuries as miscreants hurled petrol bomb at a passenger bus in capital’s Paribagh area, succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Shahina Akhter, 45, wife of Fakhru Zaman hailed from

DHAKA: British High Commissioner Robert Gibson is set to meet BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday evening.The meeting will be held at Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan residence around 7:00pm.A competent source of BNP said ongoing political crisis of the country will be discussed in the