Tabith BNP's final choice for DNCC

The BNP last night endorsed mayoral aspirant Tabith Awal in Dhaka North City Corporation polls, as the Supreme Court upheld the High Court order rejecting his father Abdul Awal Mintoo's writ petition against the cancellation of nomination.
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Goal a modern Ctg

Plagued by perennial problems, Dhaka and Chittagong -- our two major cities -- go to polls on April 28. What will a mayoral hopeful do to solve those problems if elected? How all the modern amenities will be ensured? What is his vision for the future of the city?
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Two held with 31,000 Yaba pills

Police arrested two people from Oliabad area near the Naf River in Teknaf upazila under the district and seized 31,000 pieces of Yaba
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM

SC upholds Mintoo’s nomination scrap order

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court order that rejected a writ petition filed by BNP-backed mayoral aspirant Abdul Awal Mintoo challenging cancellation of his nomination for DNCC polls.
9 April 2015, 05:05 AM

One man set to become Ctg city councillor uncontested

An Awami League-backed councillor candidate in the April 28 Chittagong City Corporation election is going to win uncontested, as his
8 April 2015, 18:00 PM

UK envoy hails BNP's backing city polls candidates

After meeting BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan residence yesterday, British High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert Gibson hoped
8 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Moudud claims Salahuddin still alive

Moudud Ahmed, a lawyer for missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed's wife, yesterday told the High Court that they believed and had
8 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Shops gutted in Habiganj

At least six shops were gutted when a fire broke out in Bahubol upazila of Habiganj district on Monday night.
8 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Campaign for Abbas starts

Afroza Abbas, wife of BNP-backed mayoral candidate Mirza Abbas in the Dhaka South City Corporation elections, yesterday started
8 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Dhaka civil society forms two camps for mayoral favourites

Two platforms of civil society members affiliated with Awami League and BNP were created yesterday to support the campaigns of the
8 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Dhaka civil society forms two camps for mayoral favourites

Two platforms of civil society members affiliated with Awami League and BNP were created yesterday to support the campaigns of the
8 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Nasir vows to end Ctg waterlogging permanently

Awami League-backed mayor candidate AZM Nasir Uddin started meeting the voters yesterday, promising to end Chittagong city's
8 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Manjur meets BNP grassroots, new female voters

BNP-blessed mayoral hopeful M Manjur Alam, who will start his field-level campaign tomorrow, met party grassroots leaders and new
8 April 2015, 18:00 PM

AL candidates for each Dhaka ward

Ruling Awami League has finalised lone councilor hopefuls for most units for the upcoming city corporation elections to the two halves of Dhaka city, to be held on April 28.
8 April 2015, 15:56 PM

AL, BNP leaders pass busy day wooing voters

Though the two leading mayor candidates in the April 28 Chittagong City Corporation election did not join the official campaign
7 April 2015, 18:00 PM

59 Ctg councillor candidates 'literate, self-educated'

Fifty-nine councillor aspirants for Chittagong city have declared themselves "literate and self-educated" in the affidavits submitted to
7 April 2015, 18:00 PM

9 BNP, Jamaat-Shibir activists arrested in Ctg

Police in an overnight drive arrested nine activists of BNP and Jamaat-Shibir from Sitakunda and Lohagara upazilas of Chittagong
7 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Tabith now a valid mayor candidate

With loan default allegation no longer standing in the way, Tabith Awal, son of BNP’s Abdul Awal Mintoo, is now a legal candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation polls.
7 April 2015, 15:12 PM

Two killed in nor'wester

Nor'wester lashed Kushtia and Jhenidah districts yesterday, leaving two people killed and 20 others injured.
6 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Top Quote!

“Is it our dress? This is the attire of the British. And you are still bearing that servile attitude.”
6 April 2015, 18:00 PM