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Miscreants hurl crude bomb at Rajshahi BNP rally, five hurt

-- 2018-07-17 13:40:00

At least five people including a journalist were injured in a crude bomb attack at an election rally of BNP candidate of Rajshahi City Corporation election in Sagorpara area on Tuesday morning. The i...

BNP fears that govt planning to disqualify their leaders

-- 2018-07-15 16:21:25

BNP on Sunday feared that the government is trying to amend the Representation of the People Order (RPO) to remove Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman from their party's leadership and make them disqualifi...

Shahriar Alam hopes for fair, neutral election

-- 2018-07-15 11:55:11

State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam has hoped that the Election Commission, with the support of all political parties, administration and other stakeholders, will be able to hold an "in...

Relatives fail to meet Khaleda

-- 2018-07-14 21:04:46

Relatives of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia failed to meet her on Saturday due to her illness. After getting permission from the jail authorities five relatives of Khaleda entered the jail around 4pm....

Quader urges FFs to work for AL’s win in polls

-- 2018-07-14 18:37:57

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday urged all freedom fighters (FFs) to work in unison to ensure his party’s win against anti-libera...

More and more females involving in RCC electioneering

-- 2018-07-14 13:32:49

Working parallel with male workers, the presence of female workers in campaign for the upcoming Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) is significant this time. More than 20,000 women are taking part in the...

RCC adds 31,221 new voters

-- 2018-07-13 12:53:32

Some 31,221 new voters are likely to exercise their right of franchise in the upcoming Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) election scheduled to be held on July 30. Talking to reporters, many of them sai...

No more 2001-like election, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2018-07-12 17:49:14

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the dream for a ‘2001-like blueprint election’ will never be fulfilled. The Road Transport and Bridges Minister, came up with the re...

Oli Ahmed’s car comes under attack

-- 2018-07-12 16:53:34

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president Colonel (rtd) Oli Ahmed's car was vandalised on Wednesday at Chandina of Cumilla on Thursday. Unidentified people hurled brickbats at Oli Ahmed's car, breakin...

Khaleda’s bail in graft case extended until July 19

-- 2018-07-12 15:02:18

The High Court has extended the bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia until July 19 in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. The HC bench of Justice M. Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman passed...

Apex court asks HC to hear Khaleda’s review plea

-- 2018-07-12 12:47:33

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has asked the High Court to start the hearing on the review petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia against a lower court verdict sentencing five year...

Khaleda, Goyeshwar face arrest warrant

-- 2018-07-11 23:15:41

A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrant against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and her party’s standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy in a defamation case. The case was filed over m...

No political motive behind Khaleda's imprisonment: PM

-- 2018-07-11 18:20:27

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is now in jail for her corruption and there is no political motive behind her imprisonment. "She is in jail after being convicted by...

Khaleda files two more bail pleas

-- 2018-07-11 14:20:03

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's lawyers have gone to a judge’s court after failing to secure bail from a magistrate’s court in two cases involving the appointment of anti-liberation men as m...

Candidates storm RCC electioneering through campaigns

-- 2018-07-11 11:29:29

Soon after getting their respective election symbols on Tuesday noon, the candidates for both mayoral and general councillor posts in the upcoming Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) polls have launched h...

Candidates get symbols, campaign begins in SCC polls

-- 2018-07-10 16:50:43

The mayoral and councillor candidates in Sylhet City Corporation elections, scheduled for July 30 officially launched campaigns after being allocated symbols by the returning officer on Tuesday. Ele...

Five in race to win RCC mayoral post

-- 2018-07-10 12:01:27

A total of 217 candidates have remained in race of the upcoming election to Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) scheduled to be held on July 30. Of them, five for mayor, 160 for general councillors and 5...

'BNP hatching conspiracy over quota movement'

-- 2018-07-09 20:47:47

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that the BNP is hatching conspiracy centring the quota reform movement as they failed to wage any anti-government agitation. “BNP wants...

'No election keeping Khaleda in jail'

-- 2018-07-09 20:40:15

BNP leaders have said that their party will not join the next general election keeping BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail. They made the remarks while addressing a hunger strike programme at Mohanag...

BNP's 7-hour hunger strike underway

-- 2018-07-09 12:50:57

BNP has started a seven-hour token hunger strike at Mohanagar Natya Mancha in Dhaka city on Monday protesting the Supreme Court order upholding its stay on bail granted by the High Court to Khaleda Zi...

Lord Carlile unlikely to get entry into India

-- 2018-07-07 20:08:51

BNP Chairperson's legal consultant Lord Alex Carlile is unlikely to get entry into India as the country 'does not want to see any harm' in its ongoing friendly relations with Bangladesh. Indian High...

PM tells AL leaders to resolve conflict ahead of polls

-- 2018-07-07 18:53:35

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday directed Awami League grassroots leaders and activists to resolve their internal conflicts as the next general election will be very tough for the party. "Still,...

Inclusive polls not possible without BNP: Moudud

-- 2018-07-07 17:46:33

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Saturday said the government must reach an understating with their party for holding a participatory general election. "An inclusive election is not possible without...

RCC polls: JP candidate Dolon withdraws nomination paper

-- 2018-07-07 16:36:20

Jatiya Party (JP) nominated candidate Washiur Rahman Dolon on Saturday withdrawn his nomination paper from the upcoming mayoral election in Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC). Dolon flanked by his party...

EC to take three-tier security measure in RCC election

-- 2018-07-06 11:37:12

Three-tier security measures will be ensured to make the upcoming election to Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) free, fair and credible. All the agencies concerned, including the law-enforcing agencies...

Sujan terms GCC polls as ‘controlled’ one

FE Online Report 2018-07-05 15:55:24

Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan), a civil society platform, has termed the Gazipur city corporation (GCC) election as ‘controlled’ one. The platform said the Election Commission played a...

Mirza Fakhrul gets admitted to hospital

-- 2018-07-05 15:38:27

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was hospitalised on Thursday morning as he fell sick. He was taken to United Hospital around 8 am, BNP vice-chairman AZM Zahid Hossain told the media...

AL central working committee joint meeting Sunday

-- 2018-07-04 17:08:17

The Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) will hold a joint meeting with presidents and general secretaries of AL associate bodies, AL Dhaka city North and South units, Dhaka district and oth...

Five mayoral candidate nominations get validity in RCC polls

-- 2018-07-03 12:52:46

A total of 223 nomination papers, including five for mayoral post, were declared valid in the two-day long scrutinizing of the papers for the upcoming election in Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC). In...

Apex court upholds stay order on Khaleda’s bail

-- 2018-07-02 11:18:54

The Appellate Division of Supreme Court has upheld its previous order staying the High Court order that had granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a murder case filed over the 2015 Cumilla ars...