Protests continued in the city on Friday over the killing of Jatiyatabadi Swecchasebak Dal leader Azizur Rahman Musabbir. People from all walks of life staged protests at Farmgate and Karwan Bazar areas in the city, demanding immediate justice for the slain leader. Supporters of Musabbir organise
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Saturday paid a courtesy call on BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman and discussed matters of bilateral interest between the two countries. The Indian envoy came to BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman’s Gulshan office around 5:00 pm and held a nearly ho
The National Citizen Party (NCP) will announce within a day or two how many constituencies its candidates will contest in as part of the Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance for the parliamentary election, according to Convenor Nahid Islam. Although the final distribution of seats among partners in the 11
Activists identifying themselves as “July fighters” have seized the Bogura district Jatiya Party office and hung banners there, while shouting slogans demanding the party’s ban. The incident took place around 11am on Saturday at Kazi Nazrul Islam Road in the town, bdnews24.com re
Jatiya Party Secretary General Shameem Haider Patwary has said there is "no possibility" of the 13th parliamentary election being held fairly unless “mobs" are brought under control. Speaking during a media briefing at the Election Commission (EC) on Saturday following appeal hearings on par
The Election Commission on Saturday declared the candidature of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islam’s aspirant for Cox’s Bazar-2 AHM Hamidur Rahman Azad valid after hearing his appeal petition. Earlier, the returning officer concerned declared his nomination paper invalid during the scrutiny, UN
BNP leader Tarique Rahman has said there is “no reason” for the country to return to the political conditions that existed before the toppling of the Awami League regime on August 5, 2024. “We don’t want to go back to pre-August 5 days. There’s no reason for us to do
Tasnim Jara, a former National Citizen Party (NCP) leader, regained her candidacy status on Saturday, the first day of the appeal hearing. The Election Commission has upheld the candidacies of Tasnim Jara and Jamaat-e-Islami's AHM Hamidur Rahman Azad for the upcoming national election. The decisi
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said a new scope has opened before the nation to build a liberal democratic Bangladesh. “People are now hopeful as a scope has been created for building a liberal democratic Bangladesh,” he said. Fakhrul made the remarks wh
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has exchanged greetings with journalists at a party-organised event in Dhaka, marking his first public engagement since formally taking charge of the party. The programme began at 11:00 am on Saturday at a hotel in Dhaka’s Banani. Editors of national dailies, chi
The Election Commission (EC) has started the hearing of appeals filed against the decisions of returning officers on the acceptance and rejection of nomination papers for the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad election. The appeal hearings are being held from 10 am to 5 pm at the Election Commission aud
The Election Commission (EC) is scheduled to begin hearing and resolving appeals today (Saturday) from candidates whose nomination papers were rejected by the returning officers. At least 640 appeals were filed with EC over the five days from Monday to Friday. Among these, as of 8:00 pm on Friday,
The Dhaka University (DU) administration has decided to frame charges against four professors of the Department of Sociology and form a probe committee over their alleged roles during the July 2024 mass uprising. The accused teachers are Prof Jinat Huda, Prof AKM Jamal Uddin, Prof Sadeka Halim, an
