DHAKA: Jatiya Party presidium member and elected lawmaker from Dhaka-6 constituency Kazi Firoz Rashid said Party’s senior presidium member Rawsan Ershad would be the opposition leader of 10th parliamentary government.He came up with the observation while talking to journalists at Rawsan

DHAKA: After a day of 10th parliamentary elections, now Awami League wants to make consensus with BNP before completion of new government’s tenure.Forest and Environment Minister Hasan Mahmud hinted about this quoting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a human chain at in front of Awami

DHAKA: Pro-BNP-Jamaat lawyers brought out a procession Monday in Supreme Court premises supporting 18-party’s hartal and rejecting Sunday’s polls.Sources said the procession started from Supreme Court Bar Association Bhaban around 12:00pm and ended in front of the Bar Bhaban after

DINAJPUR: An activist of Chhatra Shibir, who sustained injuries during poll violence in Birganj of the district on Sunday noon, died at hospital early Monday.   The deceased was identified as Asaduzzaman, 15, activist of Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami.Earlier, at

NOAKHALI: An activist of Juba League, who sustained injuries during an attack by BNP men in Sonaimuri upazila of the district on Sunday night, died at Upazila heath complex early Monday.The deceased was identified as Mahfuz, 23, son Hazi Joynal Mia of Gozaria village of the

DHAKA: Members of Rapid Action Battalion in separate drives nabbed two people with 65-petrol bombs and huge explosives from Monsurabad and Rayerbazar areas under Hazaribagh Thana in the city between Sunday night and early Monday.The detainees were Murad and Shahid hailed from Barishal and

JOYPURHAT: Pouring petrol, miscreants set fire to district office of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in station road of the district town early Monday.Police sources said that the incident took place at around 2:30am and after setting fire miscreants blasted 10/12 cocktails, leaving

DHAKA: According to unofficial result of the Sunday’s 10th national election, Bangladesh Awami League secured top position winning 232 constituencies while Jatiya Party holds second position winning 33 constituencies out of result declared in 292 ones.Out of the result, Jatiya Party

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) has postponed voting in 436 polling centers across the country as BNP-Jamaat activists’ attack destroyed election equipments.Polling in these centres would be held again by January

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, also leader of 18-party alliance, will give her post-election views at the end of the week through a press conference.A competent source of the party confirmed the matter to banglanews.Another source of the party said the press meet might be arranged on

FARIDPUR: Awami League presidium member Kazi Jafrullah was defeated by independent candidate Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury Nixon in Faridpur-4 constituency in the 10th parliamentary elections held on Sunday.Nixon bagged 98,593 votes while Jafrullah, also an Awami League presidium member,

RANGPUR: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad lost in Lalmonirhat-1 constituency while won in Rangpur-3 constituency.In Lalmonirhat-1 constituency, Awami League candidate Md Motahar Hosssain has won the polls with 179,273 votes, while HM Ershad has bagged 7,827 votes.On the other hand, in

DHAKA: Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will meet the press, both the local and foreign ones, at her official residence Ganobhaban on Monday.Sheikh Hasina, also the Prime Minister, will address the press conference at 4:00pm.Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad made the disclosure to

CHITTAGONG: Opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Adviser Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury claimed that the people of the country rejected the 10th parliamentary polls.The city BNP president made the immediate reaction after 10th national polls on Sunday afternoon.  He said the

DHAKA: Opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance has called 48-hour nonstop hartal across the country from Monday morning alongside the indefinite blockade programme demanding the cancellation of the 10th parliamentary polls.Dr Osman Faruk, Adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, made the

CHITTAGONG: A Chhatra Shibir activist was shot dead in Bhobanipur area under Lohagora upazila of the district on Sunday afternoon.The details identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Police sources said that law enforcers shot the Shibir activist while he was snatching a

DHAKA: Opposition BNP claimed that the people of the country rejected the 10th parliamentary elections amid boycotting by 18-prty alliance.Acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the assertion in a statement on Sunday.In the statement, he congratulated and thanked the

FENI: A Jubo Dal activist was killed in a clash with Juba League men in Sonagazi of the district at 10:30am Sunday as voting for 10th parliament is underway.The deceased was identified as Shahid Ullah Musa, 28.Sources said that BNP activists tried to loot polling center while Awami League

LALMONIRHAT: A Juba Dal activist, who sustained injuries in a clash between Awami League-BNP on Saturday, died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Faruk Hossain, 35, son of Khairul Islam in Rasulpur village of Baurar Union of the

GAZIPUR: Police, in 24-hour drive, held nine Jamaat men including Kaliakoir Upazila unit Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami from several Thanas of the district between Saturday night and Sunday morning in a case for killing a truck driver by petrol bomb.The detainees are---- Kaliakoir Upazila