DHAKA: Members of Rapid action battalion (Rab) detained a member of banned militant outfit Hizb ut Tahrir from Dhaka on Wednesday night (May 2). The detained was identified as M Tomal Uddin. Rab-2 Operations officer Feroz Kawsar told Banglanews that Tomal Uddin, a warrant accused,

CHITTAGONG: A pre-scheduled rally of the Chittagong north district unit of BNP has been foiled because of infighting between two groups of the party.   The incident took place at about 3:00 pm on Tuesday (May 02) at the BNP’s city unit office at Nasimon Bhaban in Chittagong.

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that his party is ready to go for the next polls if government paves the way to make that fair. He made the comment to reporters after placing floral wreath at the tomb of BNP founder and former president Ziaur Rahman in

KHULNA: Police in separate raids detained 18 people including 13 activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in Khulna. The raids were carried out in eight upazilas of the districts and a student dormitory of Khulna University of Engineering and

NARAIL: Thirty-six female activists of Jamaat-e-islami including district female ameer Hosneara Banu, arrested from Vowakhali area of the town in Narail yesterday, were sent to jail on Monday noon (May 1). Narail Police Super (SP) Sardar Rakibul Islam told Banglanews that, acting on

LAKSHMIPUR: Four leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of ruling Awami League, were expelled for allegedly breaching party regulations in Lakshmipur.  A press release signed by Rakib Hossain Lotus, general secretary of Lakshmipur Chhatra League and Chowdhury

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir commented that there is no alternative of a government by the people to protect the rights of the working class. Fakhrul was addressing a gathering in the capital’s Nayapaltan, organized by BNP's labor wing Jatiyatabadi

COX’S BAZAR: Police recovered the hanging body of an Awami League leader from a hotel room in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday afternoon (April 30). The deceased Mohammad Ismail, 50, son of Golam Rasul Molla, hailed from Naikhyangchari upazila in Bandarban. He was the vice-president of Awami

THAKURGAON: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that any autocratic ruler could not survive in the country. The incumbent government can’t also survive in the power for long, he added. The BNP’s spokesperson said these while speaking at a view exchange

FARIDPUR: An activist of ruling Awami League was killed in a factional clash between two groups of the ruling party in Saltha upazila of Faridpur on Sunday (April 30). The deceased was identified as Ziaur Rahman, 22. The incident took place in Goalpara village of Atghor union under

DHAKA: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has commented that a particular party is hatching conspiracy to identify the country as militant-state in a bid to achieve their ill-motive.   He made the comment at an anti-militancy and drug rally arranged on the premises of Govt Titumir College

CHUADANGA: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained the military wing chief of Jhenaidah district unit of banned militant outfit-- Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh (HuJi) on Saturday (April 29).  The detainee Abdul Alim, 50 hails Abhoytola village under Patkelghata upazila of

DHAKA: BNP vice-chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu has accused the government of maltreating the flood-hit people of haor areas. Addressing a human chain on Saturday (April 29), he said that the naked history of government’s failure has been reflected in the troubles and miseries of the haor

NOAKHALI: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader opined that the possible militant attacks in the country will be reduced considerably if BNP participates in the polls of next parliamentary election. He made the comment while talking to reporters after inaugurating a mosque at

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has thrown challenge to the ruling Awami League (AL) for ensuring a free and fair election without police influence. He made the remark to reporters after placing floral wreath at BNP founder Ziaur Rahman’s tomb in city’s

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday has fixed May 8 for holding hearing on BNP Chief Khaleda Zia's self defence statement in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). The judge of Senior Special Judges Court-3, Kamrul Hossain Mollah, passed the

NATORE: Police arrested Advocate Azizar Rahman Khan Chowdhury alias Amel Khan Chowdhury, president of Natore district unit of Bangladesh Islamic Shashontontro Andolon, in a sedition case early Thursday (April 27). Natore sadar police station officer-in-charge (OC) Shikder Md Moshiur

NATORE: Police arrested Advocate Azizar Rahman Khan Chowdhury alias Amel Khan Chowdhury, president of Natore district unit of Bangladesh Islamic Shashontontro Andolon, in a sedition case early Thursday (April 27). Natore sadar police station officer-in-charge (OC) Shikder Md Moshiur

SIRAJGANJ: A group of local women snatched away an arrested leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from police in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj on Wednesday (April 26). Ullapara Police station officer-in-charge (OC) Dewan Kowshik Ahmed told Banglanews that police conducted a drive in

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has filed another petition with the High Court for transferring the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case by stating ‘no confidence’ on the judge.  Khaleda’s lawyer Barrister Zakir Hossain Bhuiyan said on Wednesday (April 26) that in the