DHAKA: Supreme Court Appellate Division has upheld a High Court order that acquitted 11 accused in AL lawmaker Ahsanullah Master murder case. A four-member full bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed the order on Sunday (July 17, 2016) settling the appeal of state.

DHAKA: A delegation of BNP leaders led by its general secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir left Dhaka for United Kingdom (UK) in response to an invitation of British House of Lords. The team left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in city around 11:10am Saturday (July 16) with a

GAIBANDHA: Police arrested eight people including a Jamaat activist conducting special drive at seven upazilas of the district. The drive was conducted from last night to this morning (July 15). District Police Control Room Operator Asaduzzaman Asad informed banglanews that the

DHAKA: BNP leaders met its senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at city’s Square Hospital where he is taking treatment for stomach decease. BNP chairperson’s advisor AZM Zahid Hossain, joint secretary general Mohammad Shajahan, Shamimur Rahman Shamim, Munir Hossain, Mir

RAJSHAHI: Police arrested two members of Islami Chhatra Shibir and a member of outlaw militant outfit Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) by conducting separate drives in Bagmara upazila of the district on Thursday (July 14). Bagmara Thana police informed the media on the day. The

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) will deliver its verdict any day on the trial of eight war crimes accused including former Jessore-6 MP of Jatiya Party Shakhawat Hossain. A three-member ICT kept the judgment waiting (CAV- Curia advisari vult) after final hearing on

GAIBANDHA: Police detained four people including a Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and two activists of Jamaat conducting drives in the district. The drive was conducted from Wednesday night to Thursday (July 14) morning. Assaduzzaman Asad from district police control room

RAJSHAHI: Police arrested 46 people including seven activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir by conducting drives from Tuesday morning (July 12) to Wednesday morning (July 13) in the district. Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) spokesman and Rajpara zone

DHAKA: BNP led 20-party alliance leaders will meet on Wednesday (July 13) at BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s political office in city’s Gulshan area. BNP chairperson’s Press Wing member Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to media on Tuesday night (July 12). Khaleda Zia will

RAJSHAHI: The second-in-command of Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, senior leader of outlaw militant outfit Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), was arrested from his residence in Bagmara upazila of the district on Tuesday (July 12). Bagmara Thana police inspector (Investigation)

RAJSHAHI: Police arrested nine members of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhartra Shibir among 42 people from several thanas of the district on Tuesday (July 12). Rajshahi Metropolitan Police spokesperson and senior assistant commissioner of Rajpara Zone Ifte Khayer Alam

CHITTAGONG: A district court on Tuesday (July 12) remanded four Ansarullah Bangla Team men for five days in a case under Anti-terrorism Act. The court of Additional Chief Judge ASM Shahidullah Kaisar passed the order around 2:00pm, in response to a 10-day remand appeal by police.

SATKHIRA: Police recovered the hanging body of a Jubo League leader from a house in Binerpota area under Sadar upazila of the district on Tuesday morning (July 12). The deceased was identified as Abul Hossain Milon, 32, general secretary of Labsa Union Binerpota No 1 Ward Jubo League,

CAPAINAWABGANJ: District Detective Branch (DB) of Police detained two Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) members from Sundarpur Baghdanga village of the district on Monday (July 11). The detainees were identified as Abul Kashem alias Tariqul and Saifuddin alias Saiful Islam or Jamal

DHAKA: Leaders and activists of ruling 14-party alliance on Monday (July 11) vowed to keep the country free from militancy. Several hundreds of people made the vow after attending an anti-militancy rally called by Awami League (AL)-led alliance on the premises of Central Shaheed Minar

JHENAIDAH: Police detained a Shibir cadre along with arms, ammunitions and books at Kotchandpur upazila of the district on Monday (July 11). The detainee, identified as Akram Hossain (25), was caught from Dayarampur Kamil Madrasa. Police said that some 10 people had held a meeting

DHAKA: The 14-party alliance led by ruling Awami League (AL) is set to organize an anti-militancy program across the country on Monday (July 11). The program will begin at 3:00pm at Central Shaheed Minar in city. However, AL party leaders met leaders from several professional bodies

SYLHET: An Awami Secha Sebok League activist was killed over a dispute regarding house rent at Goabari Mehar Manjil near Tarapur Tea Garden in Sadar upazila of the district on Sunday (July 10). The victim Abdullah Antar, 22, was a tenant of the house. Jalalabad Thana

DHAKA: The hearing of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s ‘leave to appeal’ on Niko case will be held on July 31. The Court of Appellate Division’s Vacation Chamber Judge Hasan Foez Siddique fixed the date on Sunday (July 10). Senior lawyer AJ Mohammad Ali and Barrister Ragib Rauf

DHAKA: A local Awami League (AL) leader, named Rajib Hasan, 38, was shot dead by unidentified miscreants at Rokanpur area of Dholaikhal in the capital on Friday (July 8) night. Sutrapur Thana Officer-in-Charge (OC) Tapan Chandra Saha confirmed the matter to banglanews. Rajib was