Local Government and Rural Development Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said the Election Commission (EC) has already started preparations to hold the local government elections in a free and neutral manner. “In order to arrange the next local government polls in a free, fair
Despite winning the vote for the Chattogram-4 parliamentary seat, BNP candidate Aslam Chowdhury has been barred from taking office due to defaulting on a loan. The four-member bench of the Supreme Court’s Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury scrapped Aslam’s
Opposition lawmaker Shahjahan Chowdhury on Saturday said the finance minister had presented a business-friendly budget instead of one reflecting the interests of the country's 180 million (18 crore) people. "You are from a business family. So, you gave a business-friendly budget," he told Parliame
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested three activists of Awami League( now facing ban on its activities) and its affiliated organisations from different parts of the capital in 24 hours till Saturday morning. According to a DMP press release on Saturday, one was arrested from Mohammadpur Police
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Wednesday alleged that some "wrong and shortsighted" decisions of the government have put the country's economy at risk of collapse. Speaking at a meeting of the party's Central Working Committee, he
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has described the simultaneous resignation of 18 Jamaat-e-Islami-backed law officers from the Attorney General's Office as a “political stunt”. It also called on the attorney general to examine whether the officials carried out any acts of sabotag
A Jubo League leader has “fallen ill” and died at Chattogram Central Jail, a day after he was arrested by the Detective Branch (DB) of police from Satkania Upazila. Senior Jail Superintendent Iqbal Hossain said that Nurul Alam was brought to the jail on Tuesday evening after his arrest
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) says it has arrested 118 people in a single day, including 26 members of the Awami League and its associate organisations, whose activities are banned. Two separate media statements issued by the DMP on Tuesday confirmed that police rounded up the suspects during da
Jamaat-e-Islami activists have allegedly attacked and beaten a journalist following a protest in Dhanmondi Road No. 32 in Dhaka. The victim, Mahfuzur Rahman Shishir, is a multimedia reporter for the Dainik Sokal. The News multimedia reporter Maruf Hossain has also been injured. At least 10 report
A Cumilla court on Sunday placed Jisan Ahmed Pradhan, expelled assistant secretary for international affairs of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir, on a two-day remand in a case filed over allegations of rape, forced abortion and criminal intimidation. Judge Tayyab Uddin of Cumilla Chief Judicial Ma
Former lawmaker from Lakshmipur-4 and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSaD-Inu) vice president Mosharraf Hossain has died. He was 78. He passed away at a private hospital in Dhaka around 1:30 am on Sunday while undergoing treatment, said Mahbube Elahi Sani, a relative of Mosharraf and a professor at La
Dr Syed Abdullah Mohammed Taher, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, said on Saturday that Jamaat leaders and activists must dedicate themselves to the welfare of society.“Everyone must remain steadfast in fulfilling their responsibilities with courage, trustworthiness, sacrifice a
BNP Secretary General and Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today (Saturday) said that the BNP has restored multi-party democracy and does not believe in one-party system of governance. "We are the only party that has been fighting
