HABIGANJ: Police arrested Sylhet metropolitan city unit general secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami from Bahubal of the district.The arrestee was identified as Shahjahan Ali.He was arrested around 12:00pm Saturday.Model Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Mosharraf Hossain told banglanews that on a

GAIBANDHA: Police have arrested 17 activists of BNP and its major ally Jamaat-e-Islami conducting drives at Gaibandha district.The drives were conducted from Friday night and Saturday morning.District police control room operator Tabibor Rahman told banglanews that the arrestees are

KUSHTIA (Islamic University): A person was reportedly injured as two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) traded bullets on Islamic University (IU) campus in Kushtia district.The incident took place around 12:45pm on Saturday.BDST: 1352 HRS, DEC 19, 2015RS/SMS

JAMALPUR: Miscreants shot dead the president of Doail Union Awami League under Sarishabari Upazila of the district on Friday evening.The deceased was identified as Hanif Uddin.Confirming the matter, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sarishabari Thana Billal Hossain told banglanews that miscreants

DHAKA: Dhaka University (DU) vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique on Friday said that initiatives have to be taken to ban Pakistan from South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and United Nations (UN).He came up with the observation while speaking at a discussion meeting,

DHAKA: Around one-fourth candidates in the forthcoming Municipal Election did not cross the bar of secondary school, according to affidavits submitted to the Election Commission (EC).The educational qualification of a large number of the ‘would be’ representatives of citizen got stuck

DHAKA: BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia will hold meeting with professionals on Saturday (December 19).The meeting will be held at party chairperson’s political office in Gulshan of the city around 8:30am on the day.Chairperson’s press wing officer Shairul Kabir

JESSORE: Joint forces have arrested 54 accused, including three activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, from different places under eight upazilas of Jessore district. The special drives conducted between Thursday night and Friday dawn to nab wanted accused, said Jessore district police

DHAKA: BNP will organize a discussion on the occasion of country’s Victory Day at Engineers’ Institution auditorium in city on Friday.The program is scheduled to begin around 3:00pm on the day, said a press release on Thursday.According to the release, besides BNP leaders,

JOYPURHAT: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained two top leaders of Joypurhat district unit Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student front of Jamaat-e-Islami, with two foreign made revolvers, 21 cocktails and six locally made bombs.The detainees are Abujar Gifari, 28, president of district unit

NOAKHALI: A mayor runner, also ruling Awami League leader, from Hatia Municipality in the upcoming municipal polls was hacked by miscreants at Char Kailash area of the district Wednesday night.The injured was identified as AKM Yusuf Ali, Jubo League leader from Ward No. 3 of Hatia

DHAKA: BNP organized a Victory Day procession in city on Wednesday.Acting BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir inaugurated the procession at party’s Nayapaltan central office in the afternoon.The procession crossed Kakrail, Shantinagar, Mouchak and Malibagh areas.BNP joint

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL) organized a Victory Day procession in city on Wednesday.Agriculture minister Matia Chowdhury inaugurated the procession at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) around 4:00pm.The procession ended at Dhanmondi-32 around 5:20pm.Matia Chowdhury urged

CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Islami Chhatra Shibir locked into clash in phases on the Chittagong College campus over celebrating the Victory Day on Wednesday (December 16).Kotwali Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Jasim Uddin told banglanews that Chittagong college unit BCL

FROM SAVAR: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia cancelled her programmes to pay tribute to the martyrs of Liberation War at the National Mausoleum on the occasion of Victory Day.She, accompanied by senior leaders of the party, placed floral wreaths at the National Mausoleum in Savar, on outskirts

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia urged people for national unity being inspired with the spirit of country’s Victory Day to save its sovereignty and democracy.She also alleged that Bangladesh citizens have no freedom and the current situation is in a grave anarchy.The BNP chief made

RANGPUR: A total of 18 members of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were detained from four districts of the country.They were arrested for their alleged involvements with the murder of Japan citizen Hoshi Kunio, shooting Italian citizen and priest Piero Parolari and two Bangladeshi

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday gave BNP permission to organize a procession in celebration of country’s Victory Day on December 16.Party’s assistant office-secretary Abdul Latif Jony informed banglanews about the permission.They were permitted to organize the

DHAKA: BNP will not withdraw its candidates from upcoming municipal polls halfway. Party’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, also polls coordination committee convener, made the announcement to the media after the first committee meeting at party chairperson’s

DHAKA: Liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Huq on Tuesday categorically said the government would take steps to confiscate moveable and immoveable properties of war criminals.The minister further said Jamaat-e-Islami would be banned soon for its involvement in war crimes in