AL Dhaka city units get new leadership

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday finally approved committees for Dhaka city north and south AL units.
10 April 2016

New leaders to bring success

Strengthened with new leadership, BNP's “democracy restoration” movement will now achieve success, its secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, told journalists yesterday after visiting an ailing former footballer at the latter's Jigatola residence in the capital.
10 April 2016

BNP injecting fresh blood

The BNP yesterday announced the names of seven joint secretaries general and eight organising secretaries,
9 April 2016

No contestant against 25 AL candidates

Twenty-five ruling Awami League chairman candidates are set to be elected unopposed in the third phase of union parishad polls scheduled to be held on April 23.
7 April 2016

Politics not for killing, burning people: PM

Recalling the horrible days of the BNP-Jamaat's indefinite blockade and hartal in 2015, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said
6 April 2016

Khaleda gets bail in 5 cases

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday secured bail in five cases, including a sedition case.
5 April 2016

BNP to stay in the race

After facing a dilemma over contesting the union parishad elections, the BNP last night decided to stay in the polls race.
4 April 2016

BNP likely to stay in race

The BNP is most likely to stay in the Union Parishad polls, as senior party leaders are against quitting the race.
3 April 2016

Jubo League activist dies

A Jubo League activist, who was injured in a post-poll clash, succumbed to his injuries early yesterday at a hospital in Bogra, raising the
3 April 2016

Police foil programme of pro-BNP professionals

Police yesterday foiled a discussion of pro-BNP agriculturists in the capital as the organisers did not take prior permission from the law enforcers.
2 April 2016

Solve 'political crisis' thru' talks

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday once again called upon the government to resolve "the ongoing political crisis" in the country
31 March 2016

Independents win twice as many as BNP

Independent candidates have won more than double the chairman posts grabbed by BNP-nominated candidates in
24 March 2016

MasterChef judge Matt arrives

Popular cooking reality show MasterChef Australia's judge, famous food critic and food journalist Matt Preston is now
24 March 2016

BNP won't quit

The BNP will stay in the union parishad elections so that it can expose “the real face of the Awami League and the Election Commission”.
23 March 2016

AL candidate quits race

A ruling Awami League union parishad chairman candidate in Barisal's Mehendiganj upazila yesterday boycotted the election, bringing allegations against the AL rebel candidate of capturing polling stations, stuffing ballots and driving away his agents.
22 March 2016

Discussion on Bangabandhu at Bubt

On the occasion of 97th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children's Day,
22 March 2016

Fakhrul, 32 others charged with arson

Paltan police yesterday pressed charges against BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 32 others in a case filed in connection with torching a vehicle in January last year.
21 March 2016

'Khaleda out to stage another Aug 21 carnage'

Blasting Khaleda Zia for her "ill motive" to hold "Hasina-free" polls in future, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday alleged that the BNP leader was hatching conspiracies to stage another August 21 carnage in the country.
20 March 2016

Tarique spoke via video; court ban exists

BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman, now in London, spoke at the party council through video conference yesterday afternoon.
19 March 2016

Atiur made scapegoat

National Human Rights Commission Chairman Mizanur Rahman yesterday said former Bangladesh Bank governor, Atiur Rahman, who
18 March 2016