DHAKA: Police detained three activists of Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) from Topkhana road area of the city on Saturday.The detainees were identified as Tariqul Aslam, 35, Progoti Barman Proma, 25, and Saima Afroza, 25. Shahbagh Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Abu Bakar Siddique

CHITTAGONG: Police in special drives arrested 82 people, including three activists of Jamaat-Shibir, from different parts of Chittagong district.The drives were conducted from Friday night to Saturday morning.Police also seized 117 liters of liquor and 110 pieces of yaba tablet during the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina phoned India’s West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday night on arrival at the Shahjalal International Airport VIP lounge. In addition to welcome Mamata in the soil of Bangladesh, the premier requested her, "You must stay here at least

DHAKA: A Shillong court in the Indian Meghalaya state granted conditional bail to BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed in an intrusion case filed under the foreigners act on Friday afternoon.BNP chairperson’s media wing member Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to banglanews.According to

DHAKA: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson MJ Akbar remarked that connectivity between Bangladesh and North-Eastern parts of India will bring economic renaissance.The spokesperson of BJP came up with this assertion while speaking at a roundtable in city’s National Press Club on

CHITTAGONG: Police, in overnight drives, arrested 88 people, including three activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, from different places of the port city on Friday. However, the law enforcers recovered 110 pieces of Yaba tablets and 20 liters foreign

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will call on Indian Prime Minister Narandra Modi who arrives in Dhaka on Saturday morning on a two-day visit.Indian Foreign Secretary Dr S Jaishankar revealed the matter in a press briefing on Modi’s visit to Bangladesh in New Delhi on Friday.BNP chief

DHAKA: BNP joint secretary general Mohammad Shahjahan has been admitted at United Hospital in city due to his high blood pressure.Family members and relatives admitted him at the hospital as he fell ill on Wednesday night.BNP chairperson’s press wing official Shayrul Kabir Khan informed

CHITTAGONG: Police, in overnight drives, arrested 79 persons including two activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from different places of the district early Thursday.Of the arrestees, 8 are accused in regular case and 69 are wanted in different other

DHAKA: BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed has been charged in intrusion case with Shillong police in India state of Meghalaya state on Wednesday.Media reports said that investigators have submitted charge-sheet with Chief Judicial Magistrate KML Nongbri this afternoon.Earlier, the case was

DHAKA: A seminar on the relations between two neighboring countries Bangladesh and India will be held in city on Friday, ahead of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh.The seminar, to be organized by Bangladesh Political Science Association, will begin at 10:00am at

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday afternoon visited the graves of her husband Ziaur Rahman and younger son Arafat Rahman Koko, on the occasion of holy Shab-e-Barat.She prayed for the salvation of their departed souls.The BNP chief reached Koko’s grave at Banani Graveyard in

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three cases filed with Paltan Thana in city on charge of vandalism, arson attack and sabotage.The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Sesion Judge M Quamrul Hossain Molla gave the

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will visit the graves of her husband Ziaur Rahman and son Arafat Rahman Koko Tuesday afternoon, on the occasion of holy Shab-e-Barat.Chairperson’s media wing member Shayrul Kabir Khan informed the media on Tuesday morning.He said the BNP chief is set

DHAKA: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs minister Anisul Huq on Monday said that the government does not have any plan now to make law banning hartal and blockade in the country.He made the assertion while answering two questions of M Tajul Islam MP and Selina Begum MP during the

DHAKA: Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Syeed Khokon asked to resume vehicular movement on CR Dutta road of city’s Panthapatha area within Monday afternoon.The mayor also ordered to complete the earth filling work at the collapsed part of under-construction site of National

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia sought happiness, peace and welfare of Muslim people of the world, including the country, on the occasion of holy Shab-e-Barat.Khaleda Zia, in her message issued for Shab-e-Barat, wishes the Muslims on Monday.In the message, signed by party’s

CHITTAGONG: Police, in overnight separate drives, arrested 96 people, including two members Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Chhatra Shibir, from different upazilas of the district.Chittagong Additional Superintendent of Police (special branch) Muhammad Naimul Hasan, on Monday

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Monday rejected the remand plea for BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi in a case on charge of hurling petrol bomb, arson attack on vehicles and vandalism.The court also rejected the BNP leader’s bail plea and ordered the police to inquire him at the jail

DHAKA: Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) central committee announced new Gazipur BCL committees on Sunday for one year’s tenure. BCL president HM Badiuzzaman Sohag and general secretary Siddiqui Nazmul Alam approved the committee.M Delwar Hossain has been made president, M Zahidul Alam