Two murder cases were filed against Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif and more than a hundred others in connection with two deaths in Kushtia during the recent student movement. A total of 119 people were accused in two cases. In one of these cases, Hanif has

A team of the Detective Branch (DB) of police took Ramesh Chandra Sen, a former minister and MP of Thakurgaon-1 constituency, into their custody after detaining him from his residence on Friday night. The DB police detained him from his residence in Ruhia area in the district around

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Vice Chairmen Major (Retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed and Prof. Dr A.Z.M. Zahid Hossain have been made as the party's Standing Committee members. BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced their names through a press conference at the

BNP Vice Chairmen Major (Retired) Hafizuddin Ahmed and Dr AZM Zahid Hossain have been appointed as members of the party's Standing Committee, the highest policymaking body within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The announcement was made by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General

More four advisers were sworn in on Friday as members of the advisers’ council of the interim government, led by Nobel Laureate Dr. Mohammad Yunus. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath of office at the Durbar Hall of the Bangabhaban around 4 pm The news

A murder case has been filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, and 99 others in connection with the death of teacher Selim Hossain, 35, during an anti-discrimination student protest in Bogura.  The case was lodged on Friday

Pointing to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said history is very cruel as the Great Almighty Allah showed power isn't permanent rather temporary. He said this while addressing as the chief

The number of advisers in the interim government is set to increase as five more advisers will be sworn in tomorrow (Aug 16). President Mohammed Shahabuddin will administer the oath of office at Durbar Hall of the Bangabhaban around 4pm, said an official of the Bangabhaban. However,

Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) observed a sit-in program at the Central Shaheed Minar today (August 15), demanding exemplary punishment of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the killings that occurred during quota reform movement. Students from various organisations,

A Dhaka court on Thursday placed former deputy speaker Shamsul Haque Tuku, former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak and Dhaka University Chhatra League General Secretary Tanvir Hasan Saikat on 10-day remand each. Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka Rashidul Alam passed the order

The Investigation Agency of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today started probing into the genocide and crimes against humanity case lodged against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and others, after recording the allegations as a case. M. Ataur Rahman, Deputy Director

Former Deputy Speaker Shamsul Haque Tuku, former State Minister for Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak, and the General Secretary of Dhaka University unit Chattra League Tanvir Hasan Saikat were arrested in Dhaka. They were arrested from the Nikunja

Salman F Rahman, former adviser to the recently ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former law minister Anisul Huq were placed on a ten-day remand each on Wednesday in a murder case filed with New Market Police Station.  Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mamunur Rashid passed

Gono Odhikar Parishad demanded the ban of the Awami League, Chhatra League and Jubo League, terming them as a 'terrorist organisation'. The party made this demand in a meeting with Home Affairs Advisor Brigadier General (Retd.) M Sakhawat Hossain at the secretariat on

Another case has been filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on charge of kidnapping a lawyer from the capital's Uttara in 2015. Victim Supreme Court lawyer Sohel Rana filed the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farzana Shakila Shumu Chowdhury today

Former Law Minister Anisul Huq and former Private Industry and Investment Affairs Adviser to the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Salman F Rahman, have been taken into custody by the Detective Branch (DB) of the police in Dhaka. The two were brought to the Minto Road DB office

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced a three-day programme from August 14 to 16 for various recent incidents. BNP took the programme for demanding trial of Sheikh Hasina, who fled the country after resigning from the post of prime minister amid mass-upsurge of

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has directed all banks to freeze the accounts of Zunaid Ahmed Palak, former state minister for posts, telecommunications and information technology, and his wife Arifa Jesmin Konika. The anti-money laundering unit of the Bangladesh Bank

A Dhaka court today (August 13) accepted a murder case against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six others in connection with the murder of a grocery shop owner named Abu Said in the Mohammadpur area of the capital during the quota reform protest. The court ordered the police to

A murder case has been filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six others over the death of grocery shop owner Abu Sayeed in police firing in Mohammadpur area in the capital on 19 July. A Mohammadpur resident named Amir Hamza Shatil filed the case with the court of Dhaka