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

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad Monday urged opposition BNP to join the general election for the sake of the country and the democracy.The former President also announced that his party quitted the Awami League-led grand alliance and would join the polls-time cabinet. “We are no

DHAKA: Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad held a meeting with the secretary general of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh Major (retd) Mannan and joint secretary general Mahi B Chowdhury on Sunday night.After the meeting, Major Mannan said the journalists that they discussed about the meeting of

DHAKA: Acting secretary general of the opposition BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir categorically said the oath of all-party interim government for the polls-time is a farce.He also clarified that BNP won’t join in the all-party government.BNP leader came up with the assertions to

GAIBANDHA: District Chhatra Dal called a half-day hartal for Monday in protest against the arrest of general secretary of the central committee Habibur Rashid Habib.Convener of district Chhatra Dal Atik Hasan Rony confirmed the matter to banglanews.Meanwhile, district Chhatra Dal brought

DHAKA: India believes in peaceful co-existence and does not interfere in the internal matters of its neighbouring countries, Indian Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said on Sunday."We believe in peaceful co-existence with our neighbours. We do not interfere in any internal matter of our

LAXMIPUR: The daylong hartal, called by the opposition BNP, observed in Ramgati and Kamalnagar upazilas of the district on Sunday demanding the release of the organizing secretary of Jatiyatabadi Swechhasebak Dal Shafiul Bari Babu.Because of Junior School Certificate and Junior Dakhil

DHAKA: Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad is going to leave the 14-party grand alliance on Monday.A press conference has been called at Ershad’s office at 11:30 on that day.Spokesperson of JP Kazi Firoz Rashid, also presidium member, confirmed the matter to banglanews.Earlier on

SAVAR, DHAKA: Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon, also chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on education ministry categorically said the next election would be held in due time even if opposition BNP doesn’t participate in it.The Lawmaker made the assertion while

DHAKA: Miscreants torched a passenger bus in front of T&T colony of Motijheel in the capital on Sunday afternoon.The incident took place around 3:15pm.Witness said some miscreants torched a bus of Unique Group at T&T colony and fled the scene instantly.Officer-in-Charge of Motijheel Thana