AL council creates leadership: Ashraf

The ruling Awami League forms a 67-member council preparation committee headed by party president Sheikh Hasina.
11 April 2016, 13:52 PM

Fakhrul hopes for stronger anti-govt demo this time

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir hopes for a stronger anti-government movement this time with new leadership at the party’s helm.
10 April 2016, 15:48 PM

Graft case: 13-yr jail term for Maya remains

The Supreme Court upholds 13 years’ jail for Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya.
10 April 2016, 07:42 AM

Khaleda greets Hasina on Pahela Baishakh

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia greets Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh.
10 April 2016, 07:35 AM

Rahmatullah, Hasnat made AL’s Dhaka north, south presidents

AKM Rahmatullah and Abul Hasnat have been made presidents of Awami League’s Dhaka north and south city units.
10 April 2016, 06:48 AM

Manju, Shahidul made chairman, secretary of JP (Manju)

Anwar Hossain Manju and Sheikh Shahidul Islam are reelected as Jatiya Party (Manju) chairman and general secretary.
9 April 2016, 16:02 PM

People’s money being looted: Ershad

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad says the money of the general people of the country is being looted indiscriminately.
9 April 2016, 12:44 PM

Minister 'helpless’ about evicting illegal religious structures

Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan expresses helplessness in evicting illegal religious structures on encroached lands.
9 April 2016, 11:53 AM

Power, gas price hike: BNP warns of tough agitation

BNP will announce tougher programmes if the government increases prices of gas and electricity, the party’s Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed says.
8 April 2016, 10:32 AM

Zia charitable graft: HC clears way for Khaleda’s trial

The High Court clears the way for a lower court to continue the trial proceedings against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
7 April 2016, 06:03 AM

Khaleda ‘won’t appear’ for graft hearing tomorrow

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is unlikely to appear before court tomorrow in connection with Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases.
6 April 2016, 05:07 AM

Dire consequences if Zia’s grave relocated: BNP

BNP warns the government of “dire consequences” if the grave of the party's founder Ziaur Rahman is relocated anywhere from Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.
5 April 2016, 11:41 AM

Moudud flown to Singapore for treatment

Senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed has been flown to Singapore for treatment as his state worsened after he fell ill due to cold-related problems.
5 April 2016, 09:55 AM

Khaleda gets bail in sedition, 4 other cases

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia secures bail in five cases including a sedition one after she surrendered before five separate courts in Dhaka.
5 April 2016, 04:15 AM

JP terms UP polls ‘farcical’

Jatiya Party, the main opposition in parliament, terms the ongoing Union Parishad election as “farcical” and urged the Election Commission to hold a re-election in the “controversial” UPs.
4 April 2016, 13:22 PM

Khaleda to sit with alliance chiefs to decide on UP polls

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will sit with the top leaders of 20-party alliance to decide whether it will participate in the Union Parishad elections.
4 April 2016, 06:10 AM

BNP to ‘decide tonight’ on boycotting UP polls

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to sit with top policymakers tonight to decide whether BNP will remain contesting at the union parishad elections.
3 April 2016, 11:12 AM

BNP demands re-election in all unions

BNP claims the public boycotted the “farcical” union parishad elections and demanded a re-election in all those unions.
3 April 2016, 10:56 AM

Vuvuzela banned at Mongol Shovajatra

Vuvuzela, matches and lighters have been banned at Mongol Shovajatra brought out from the Institute of Fine Arts in Dhaka every year to celebrate the Bangla new year, the home minister said today.
3 April 2016, 08:23 AM

Khaleda to surrender before court Apr 5, lawyer says

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will surrender before a Dhaka court and seek bail in a case filed for an arson attack on a passenger bus in the capital's Jatrabari in January last year.
3 April 2016, 07:01 AM