DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to leave from Saudi Arabia on Thursday night to perform Umrah hajj.A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier left Shahjalal International Airport for Jeddah at around 11:40pm.She will stay Mecca and Medina on Friday and Saturday.

DHAKA: Two separate Dhaka courts on Wednesday placed former president of Chhatra Dal Sultan Salahuddin Tuku on a two-day fresh remand and Habibur Rashid Habib, general secretary of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, on a four-day remand.Tuku is accused in a case filed with Paltan Thana under

CHITTAGONG: Sitakunda of Dhaka-Chittagong highway turned into a battlefield again in the afternoon as Jamaat-e-Islami men clashed with police and vandalized and torched several vehicles following the recovery of a union-level leader’s body. The leader, Aminul Islam, general secretary of

DHAKA: Opposition BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday categorically said they would not take part polls under the new cabinet as it is not polls-time government rather the reformation of the previous cabinet.The spokesperson for the party came up with the

DHAKA:  Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Wednesday urged opposition BNP to provide the list the names for all-party interim government as all preparations would be completed soon.The information minister came up with the plea while addressing a press conference at

DHAKA: Opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia warned lawmakers of 18-party alliance to be alert about government’s trap to allure MPs with ministerial posts.She came up with the assertion while addressing a meeting with top leaders of 18-party alliance at Gulshan Office on Tuesday

DHAKA: Cutting two cakes, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia celebrated the 49th birthday of her elder son Tarique Rahman, also Senior Vice-Chairman of the party, early Wednesday.The celebration party was held at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan political office at the very first hour of November 20.

DHAKA: Opposition BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday categorically said the people of the country would prevent the one-party polls.The spokesperson for the party came up with the forewarning while talking to journalists after an emergency meeting at

DHAKA: Opposition BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said the 18-prty alliance asked President to solve the existing political crisis through dialogue. The spokesperson for the party came up with the disclosure while talking to journalists after a meeting

DHAKA: The 18-party alliance delegation reached at Bangabhaban to meet President M Abdul Hamid on Tuesday evening for requesting him to take steps for formation of non-party government to oversee the next polls.The 20-member delegation led by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia arrived at the

PATUAKHALI: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the country’s third seaport, Payra Seaport, in the district on Tuesday afternoon. The premier inaugurated the much-awaited seaport around 1.00pm in Itbaria area at Tiakhali union under Kolapara upazila. The prime minister also

DHAKA: The opposition BNP demanded resignation of Election Commissioners as they provided registration to Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) as a political party.BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed came up with the claim in a press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan

DHAKA: The advisory council of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to be reconstructed on Tuesday with new faces on board. Sources said, four advisors from the existing advisory council would be excluded and three or four new advisors likely to be join as Prime Minister’s

DHAKA: BNP led 18-party alliance is mulling to enforce a weeklong hartal from next Sunday to press home their one-point demand—non-party polls time government.Policymakers of the opposition alliance have already taken the decision and preparation to make the hartal a success, said party

DHAKA: Opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is scheduled to meet President M Abdul Hamid on Tuesday evening to urge him to take steps for resolving the ongoing political stalemate ahead of the next general elections.The leader of the opposition will lead an 18/20-member delegation at

DHAKA: Opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will meet President M Abdul Hamid on Tuesday to request him to take steps for formation of non-party government to oversee the next polls.The Leader of the Opposition will meet the President at 6:30pm on the day as per the schedule given by

DHAKA: The sale of nomination form of Jatiya Party (JP-Ersahd) will begin from November 20 and it will continue till November 25.Aspirants can buy nomination form from party’s Banani office. Price of every form has fixed Tk 20,000.The nomination aspirants have to submit form within

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday placed one-day remand to central committee general secretary of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Habibur Rashid Habib for police interrogation in a case with Ramna Thana. Metropolitan Magistrate Keshab Chandra Roy passed the order when police produced him

DHAKA: Opposition BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday categorically said the government is going to hold polls under all-party government for implementing blueprint forcibly.He also alleged that the government is creating situation for unilateral election bypassing the

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) upheld the death sentence of Saiful Islam Mamun for killing the 45-year-old Saudi embassy official Khalaf Al Ali.An HC bench comprising Justice Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Kazi M Ejarul Haque Akond also acquitted one of the five condemned convicts and