'Raushan and I are perfectly alright'

Jatiya Party chief HM Ershad yesterday claimed that his and his wife Raushan Ershad's relationship was perfectly alright, even though the duo's dispute over appointing GM Quader as the party's co-chairman made the news recently.
4 February 2016, 18:00 PM

HC asks EC to go ahead with Tangail by-polls

The High Court yesterday upheld the Election Commission's decision that had cancelled the candidacy of Krishak Sramik Janata League President Abdul Kader Siddique for Tangail-4 by-polls.
4 February 2016, 18:00 PM

BCL leader hacked at Barisal college

A Bangladesh Chhatra League leader of the dissolved committee of Government BM College, Barisal unit was hacked
3 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Rony admitted to DMCH

Charge-sheeted accused Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of ruling party lawmaker Pinu Khan, and accused of killing two people, was admitted to
31 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Ershad, Raushan in Ctg

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad and party's presidium member and also Leader of the Opposition Raushan Ershad yesterday came to
29 January 2016, 18:00 PM

AL leaders' criticism of CJ is shameful

BNP Vice-Chairman Hafizuddin Ahmed yesterday said it is shameful for the nation that the ruling party leaders are criticising Chief Justice SK Sinha for his comments on writing judgment after retirement.
27 January 2016, 21:21 PM

Goyeshwar demands list of martyrs

BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy has demanded that the government publish names of all 30 lakh martyrs of the Liberation War.
27 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Khaleda will launch legal fight against sedition case

BNP leader and Supreme Court Bar Association President Khandker Mahbub Hossain yesterday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia would take all necessary legal steps to face the sedition case filed against her.
27 January 2016, 18:00 PM

GM Quader says people consider JP part of govt

People consider the Jatiya Party a part of the government, not an opposition party (in parliament), and that's why they have voted for 'boat' not for 'plough' in the recent municipal polls, senior JP leader GM Quader has said.
26 January 2016, 18:00 PM

US ambassador meets Khaleda

US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat yesterday called upon all political parties to make their voices heard in a peaceful manner.
25 January 2016, 18:00 PM

JP MP, son seeks bail

Jatiya Party lawmaker MA Hannan and his son Rafique Sajjad yesterday sought bail in a case accusing them and six other Mymensingh men of committing crimes during the Liberation War in 1971.
25 January 2016, 18:00 PM

AL front leader hacked in capital

Unidentified miscreants hacked a Swechchhasebak League leader in the capital's Adabor yesterday.
24 January 2016, 18:00 PM

AL suspends municipal poll rebels

The ruling Awami League yesterday suspended party rebels who took part in the last municipality elections, and sent them show cause notices, asking why they should not be expelled.
24 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Gayeshwar complains about fund raising in his name on Facebook

BNP Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy yesterday said an “organised group” was creating confusion and trying to extort
23 January 2016, 18:00 PM

BNP to bring changes in party charter

The BNP last night decided to hold its sixth national council in late March.
23 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Vote for 'boat' in future polls

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said there was no need to raise any demand before her as she knew people's problems and also how to deal with them.
21 January 2016, 18:00 PM

MPs to have no role this time

The ruling Awami League has decided to drop its lawmakers from the selection boards tasked with picking candidates for the forthcoming union parishad (UP) polls.
19 January 2016, 18:00 PM

JS goes into session today

The 10th Jatiya Sangsad goes into its ninth session at 4:30pm today.
19 January 2016, 18:00 PM

BNP chalks out programmes marking Zia's birth anniversary

BNP will hold a discussion at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh today afternoon, marking party founder Ziaur Rahman's 80th birth anniversary, said a party press release yesterday.
17 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Former pro-JP student leader found dead

Bearing a bullet in the head and strangulation marks on the neck, the body of a former president of Jatiya Chhatra Samaj, a pro-Jatiya Party student organisation, was recovered by police from an Eastern Housing plot in Dhaka's Rupnagar yesterday.
17 January 2016, 18:00 PM