Businessman and politician Tabith Awal has been elected as the new president of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) beating AFM Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, a grassroot level organiser cum coach from Dinajpur District, by 23-5 votes in the BFF Election 2024 The election was held at a hotel in Dhaka on Saturday. Tabith Awal, also a former footballer, who was elected BFF vice president in 2012…

Police have arrested former lawmaker Barrister Sayedul Haque Sumon from Mirpur. Officials said Sumon was arrested late Monday night by members from Mirpur Model Police Station. He has been taken to Pallabi Police Station as there was no proper facility to keep an accused in Mirpur Police Station which was damaged in an arson attack during the recent mass upsurge. Nazrul Islam, Officer-in-Charge (OC)…

Senior BNP leader Hafizuddin Ahmed on Monday said the discussions surrounding Sheikh Hasina's resignation represent a new dimension of conspiracy, asserting that her fleeing the country in the face of public anger is clear proof of her resignation from the post of Prime Minister. "There have been numerous false campaigns day after day and now it has started again. Disturbing and concerning news…

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has expressed grave concerns over the government's failure to arrest the 'cadres' of the Awami League and its associate bodies, who were involved in shooting students during protests against Sheikh Hasina's regime. "Why have the Chhatra League and Jubo League cadres and activists, who shot at students, still not been arrested?" he questioned…

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed has warned the administration, the business community and the media houses about the opportunists posing as BNP leaders and activists. "Some people used to live abroad and enjoy their lives. Now they are returning home and trying to influence the administration, the business community and the media houses in their interest. I want to request…

Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has said Awami League is not dead. Indicating a return to politics, in a video message released on Wednesday, Wazed said that “democracy and election are not possible without the Awami League.” He also condemned the ongoing attacks on ordinary citizens and grassroots leaders and activists of the Awami League, as well as the…

Separate Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Courts on Tuesday has granted bail to around 2,200 men including leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami in cases lodged over recent turmoil across the country marking quota reform movement. The accused that have been granted bail include BNP standing committee members Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Nazrul Islam Khan, Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul…

Businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun, a friend and business associate of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, has been granted bail. A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted bail to Mamun in a loan default case, said his lawyer Jahedul Islam Koel. He will be freed from Kashimpur jail shortly, he said. Mamum was arrested on January 31, 2007 during the military-backed caretaker government's term, and was in jail since…

Former state minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak has been detained at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. Airport officials and employees apprehended him after he went to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with his two personal officials on Tuesday afternoon. Instead of allowing him boarding the aircraft, he was taken to the immigration…

BNP will hold a mass rally in front of his central office in the capital’s Naya Paltan area at 2pm Wednesday, the party said in a press release on Tuesday. Acting Chairman Tareque Rahman to address the mass rally as its chief guest via videoconference, said the release. General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, and other senior leaders of the party would also deliver speeches. Leaders and…

The ninth death anniversary of Arafat Rahman Koko, the younger son of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, was observed on Wednesday. BNP and its associate bodies observed the day with due respect and remembrance amid various programmes, reports UNB. On January 24, 2015, Koko died of cardiac arrest at the age of 45 at a rented house in Malaysia. His body was brought back…

Nazmul Hassan was made the youth and sports minister as part of the new cabinet of the government formed on Thursday. The Cabinet Division issued a gazette notification to this end. Nazmul took oath on Thursday as a member of the newly formed cabinet. Nazmul Hassan is a Bangladeshi politician and cricket administrator. He is the president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board and a member of parliament…

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned home from Evercare Hospital on Thursday after receiving treatment for her various health complications for over five months. The BNP chief left the hospital at 5pm and reached her Gulshan residence around an hour later, said BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan. Party standing committee members Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, Nazrul Islam Khan, and Selima Rahman received…