Politics

A Dhaka court has sent three people, including BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Foreign Affairs Advisory Committee member Ishraque Hossain, to jail in a case filed for involvement in provocative activities with Paltan Thana on October 2023. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad As-Shams Jaglul Hossain passed the order on Sunday afternoon. Ishraque’s lawyer Taherul Islam Tauhid…

BNP leaders are making absurd comments, as they are suffering from mental trauma, said Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader. He made the comment while replying to a question after joining a programme in a city hotel on Sunday. When asked about claim made by BNP leaders that AL…

Unidentified suspected Indian hackers allegedly took to digital means and ferreted out a few billion dollars from Bangladesh Bank, the country’s central bank, about a week ago, at least three officials familiar with the heist revealed to the Northeast News. While the sources were chary to disclose the amount sucked out of Bangladesh Bank, they confirmed…

A mobile court on Wednesday sentenced a candidate’s polling agent Emdadul Haque, a former UP member, to one year in prison in connection with casting fake votes in during upazila polls in Gabtali upazila of Bogra. A presiding officer Shahjahan Hossain was also detained on charges of facilitating fake votes. At that time, Tk50,000 was…

The results of the first phase of the Upazila Parishad election in the chairman posts were announced by the returning officers and district election officers of various districts unofficially Wednesday night.According to the reports, in Joypurhat district, Minfuzur Rahman Milon in Kalai upazila, Dulal Mia Sardar in Khetlal and Mokshed Ali Mandal in Akkelpur upazila…

In the first phase of the sixth Upazila Parishad election, an average of 36.1% votes were cast in 139 upazilas .Election Commissioner Md Alamgir made the announcement at the Nirbachan Bhaban on Thursday. He said 36.1% of voters cast their votes in Wednesday’s first phase of the election, with a voting rate of 31.31% on…

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said the voters did not pay heed to BNP’s call for boycotting the first phase of the upazila parishad polls and the elections were held peacefully with a satisfactory level of voters’ turnout. “I would say voters’ turnout was very satisfactory,” he told reporters while responding to a question…

BNP Joint Secretary General Khairul Kabir Khokon was freed from jail after granting bail on Wednesday after more than six and a half months of his arrest. He walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj around 12:30pm, said BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. After the release, some leaders and activists received…

Waseqa Ayesha Khan, state minister for finance, has said that the country is losing a lot of foreign currency and the economy is suffering due to increasing money laundering, online gambling, hundi, etc. She made the remark at a Parliament session on behalf of the finance minister while responding to a written question from Awami…

Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina on Thursday slammed her critics, saying as long as the people of the country are by her side she does not care. The premier said this while delivering the closing speech at the second session of the 12th parliament yesterday. Speaker of the House Dr Shirin…