DHAKA: The sixth national council of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is set to begin at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) and at north-eastern part of Suhrawardy Udyan in city in the morning on Saturday (March 19).BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is expected to inaugurate the

JHENAIDAH: Police detained Jhenaidah district Jamaat Ameer Nur Mohammad, 65, from Satkhira early Friday.With the information from him, police recovered 15 bombs, 40kg explosives and jihadi books from a school in Jhenaidah.Sadar Thana OC Hasan Hafizur Rahman confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy has got bail over his controversial comment over the martyred intellectuals in the country’s war of independence.Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court of Mohammad Zakir Hossain Tip granted the bail after hearing on

DHAKA: BNP has called a meeting for its standing committee members on Thursday (March 17).Party chief Khaleda Zia will chair the meeting, scheduled to be held at her political office in city’s Gulshan area at 8:30pm on the day.Chairperson’s media wing member Shayrul Kabir Khan

DHAKA: The prison authorities read out the death warrant along with the full verdict to condemned war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami on Wednesday (March 16) morning.“The full verdict was read out to Nizami around 10:05am after it had reached the jail at 9am

DHAKA: The Supreme Court (SC) has published the full verdict of death row convict war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami on Tuesday (March 15).Earlier in the day, four justices of the Appellate Division, including chief justice SK Sinha, who delivered the judgment, signed

DHAKA: Supreme Court (SC) again stayed Tangail-4 (Kalihati) by-polls.  Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice SK Sinha passed the order on Tuesday.The court also fixed May 3 for main hearing on appeal of Kader Siddique.Earlier, Election Commission fixed March 20 for holding the

BOGRA: A man was killed and two others were injured in a clash between supporters of chairmen candidates of Awami League (AL) and BNP for Buriganj Union Parisad under Shibganj upazila of Bogra district.The deceased was identified as Mahatab Ali, director of Shibganj upazila Palli Bidyut

DHAKA: The Supreme Court appellate division stayed the High court order that granted bail to BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas for a week in a graft case. The five-member appeal bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Monday (March 14) passed the order after hearing a

CHANDIND (COMILLA): A chairman runner, chosen by ruling Awami League (AL), in the impending Union Parisad elections has died of cardiac arrest in Borokamta area under Debidwar upazila of the district Sunday morning (March 13).The deceased was identified as Joynal Abedin, hailed from the

KHULNA: Police arrested vice president of BNP Khulna district unit Kowser Ali Jomadder, 75, in a sabotage case of Friday night.He, also convener of Phultola upazila BNP, was arrested from Phultola bazaar around 8:00pm.Phultola Thana Officer-in-Charge (OC) M Rafiqul Islam said Kowser Ali

DHAKA: BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed has been admitted to Medanta Hospital in India with Kidney complications and pain in the spinal cord.He was admitted to the hospital in Haryana around 10:00am on Friday (March 11), said BNP chairperson’s press wing officer Shairul

DHAKA: A speedy tribunal in Dhaka sentenced four members of Jamaa’tul Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB) to life imprisonment in a case for blasting bomb in TSC area of Bangladesh Agriculture University (BAU) in Mymensingh during series bomb attack on August 17 in 2005.Judge of Dhaka second

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh observed countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal on Wednesday (March 9) protesting the Supreme Court verdict that upheld death penalty to war criminal Mir Quasem Ali.From different spots of the city, Banglanews correspondents reported that the number of private

SAVAR (DHAKA): Police filed a case against 50, including Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Savar unit president Atiqur Rahman Atique, on charge of attacking detective branch (DB) of police in the area.Dhaka district (north) DB sub-inspector (SI) Zillu filed the lawsuit with Savar Model

DHUNAT (BOGRA): Police detained Dhunat municipality unit secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami on suspicion of creating violence in the area on Wednesday (March 9).The detainee, identified as Habibur Rahman (52), was detained from Dhunat Central Jame Mosque around 10:00am.Dhunat Thana

PIROJPUR: A supporter of BNP chairman candidate in the upcoming Union Parisad elections was killed in an attack of rival in Nazirpur upazila of Pirojpur district.The deceased was identified as Shamsul Haque Chhotto (27), joint convener of Nazirpur upazila Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD)

SAVAR, DHAKA: Miscreants set fire to two passenger buses of Shyamali Paribahan in Savar, on outskirts of Dhaka city, at the beginning of daylong hartal, called by Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday.The incident took place in front to NR CNG Filling station at Boliapur on Dhaka-Aricha highway at

DHAKA: The nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal, called by Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh protesting the Supreme Court verdict that upheld death penalty to war criminal Mir Quasem Ali, is underway on Wednesday without any untoward incident.From different spots of the city, Banglanews correspondents

DHAKA: Activists of Jamaat-e-Islam Bangladesh and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir locked into clashes with police in between Moghbazar and Mouchak in city on Tuesday noon (March 8).Ramna Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Moshiur Rahman confirmed the matter to banglanews.The OC said,