GAZIPUR: Police arrested a councilor candidate of Sreepur municipality poll and also Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mobarak Hossain Shyamal on Saturday morning.He was arrested from Channapara area around 9:30am while conducting a poll campaign.Sreepur Thana sub-inspector Mujibur Rahman said that

DAHKA: Prime Minister’s Information and Communication Technology affairs adviser Sajeed Wazed Joy outraged to hearing remarks of Khaleda Zia and the BNP who are campaigning against our War of Liberation during this Victory month. In his status on facebook, the popular social media, Joy

DHAKA: Miscreants shot a leader of Juba League, youth wing of ruling Awami League (AL), in Matikata area under Cantonment Thana of the city.The injured was identified as Ibrahim Hossain, 28, organizing secretary of ward-15 unit Juba League in the city. His friend Rony told banglanews that

DHAKA: A city court on Friday remanded six Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) members for six days. They were arrested along with explosives from city’s Mirpur area Thursday.The court of metropolitan magistrate Muhammad Mazharul Islam passed the order in response to a 10-day remand

DHAKA: Metropolitan additional deputy commissioner (ADC) Sanowar Hossain said that the arrested JMB members of city’s Mirpur area used to supply bombs across the country.He made this assertion at a press briefing at Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) media center in city Friday afternoon

SATKHIRA: Police arrested 28 people including 11 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP conducting drives in different parts of Satkhira district on Friday.Among the arrestees, 10 were from Jamaat and one from BNP. The others were accused in several cases.Satkhira police sub-inspector (SI)

MEHERPUR: Police detained 21 activists and supporters of BNP and its major ally Jamaat-e-Islami conducting overnight drives in Meherpur district on Thursday.Meherpur assistant police super Mostafizur Rahman said that they conducted the drive to keep the law and order situation under

DHAKA: Chamber Judge of Supreme Court (SC) Appellate Division has put a stay order on High Court (HC) verdict over arranging municipal polls in Gafargaon of Mymensingh and Ranisankail of Thakurgaon.Court of Justice Mohammad Iman Ali on Thursday (December 24) passed the six-month stay

NARAIL: A case has been filed against BNP chairperson with a Narail district court on Thursday for casting doubts over the figure of death toll during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.Raihan Faruqui Imam, son of one Yusuf Ali, hailed from Chanpail village under Naragati Thana filed

DHAKA: Police have recovered a den of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), a banned extremist outfit, during conducting a drive at Shah Ali Thana of Mirpur in city on Thursday morning.The law enforcers also detained two alleged members of JMB during the drive.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) has identified 1,184 polling centres risky out of 3,403 across the country ahead of Municipal polls.EC made the list on the basis of a report from Home Ministry, said a source wishing anonymity.There 348 risky polling centres in Dhaka division, 118 in

JESSORE: Police arrested a upazila unit Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal president from Bagharpara of the district Wednesday night.The arrestee was identified as Nazmul Al Mamun, president of Bagharpara Upazila unit JCD.Confirming the matter officer-in-charge (OC) of Bagharpara Thana Choiruddin

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Dr Abdul Moin Khan said that they have expressed their doubt to the visiting foreign envoys regarding the upcoming municipality polls in the country.He told the media after the meeting Wednesday afternoon.‘We have also talked about the current

DHAKA: A legal notice has been sent to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia asking her to apologize for her controversial remark on the number of martyrs in country’s war of independence in 1971.Awami League (AL) executive committee member Momtaz Uddin Ahmed Mehedi and also former secretary of

DHAKA: A meeting between BNP leaders and ambassadors of several countries was held at party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan political office in city on Wednesday.Sources said that this one-hour meeting started around 11:00am.They talked about the role of the foreign envoys to keep the

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday postponed the elections in Ranisankail municipality of Thakurgaon district.EC office sources told banglanews that a letter, signed by EC assistant secretary M Rajib Ahsan, was sent to the returning officer concerned on Wednesday.Earlier on

DHAKA: The meeting of BNP with ambassadors of several countries got underway at party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan political office in city.Sources said top leaders of the party started the meeting around 11:00am.Ambassadors of Singapore, Pakistan and Turkey, acting ambassador of

DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad categorically said that there will be no army deployment in upcoming municipal polls.He made this assertion while talking to the media at his Election Commission (EC) secretariat in city Tuesday evening.Earlier, a six-member

DHAKA: BNP formally placed the demand of army deployment during the upcoming municipal polls to the Election Commission (EC) in city on Tuesday.A six-member BNP delegation, led by its standing committee member Dr Abdul Moin Khan, placed the demand to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi

BOGRA: A district court has granted 3-day remand for four members of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) members each.District senior judicial magistrate court magistrate Qamruzzaman passed the order on Tuesday afternoon responding to the 10-day remand plea by police.Earlier in the day,