NARAYANGANJ: Matropolitan city unit amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Mainuddin Ahmed was arrested on Monday morning.Sources said that police arrested the Jamaat city chief from his residence in Hajiganj of Narayanganj city at 11:00am in the day.Narayanganj Sadar Model Thana officer-in-charge (OC)

DHAKA:  Voting for councilor posts in the Dhaka South City Corporation is underway at three suspended polling centers from Monday morning amid heavy rainfall.The voting began at 8:00am and will continue till 4:00pm without any break.The centers are Ward No 8 Kamalapur Railway High

DHAKA: New committee for Dhaka City Awami League, which remains pending for a long time, will be announced soon. After the city corporation election, the issue was discussed in the meeting of party's policy making forum, said party sources.After the city election, the party high-ups are

DHAKA: Police foiled the progressive student front organized gherao program of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) office on Sunday.However, the besiege program was organized protesting the sexual assault on women in city’s TSC area during the Bangla New Year celebration on Pahela

DINAJPUR: Police arrested a member of Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebok Dal central committee, also Dinajpur city Swechchhasebok Dal unit convener, Bakhtiar Ahmed Kochi, 35, on Saturday night. Police picked up him from his residence in Baluadanga of the city around 9:30pm.Dinajpur Kowtali Thana

DHAKA: Newly elected mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Sayeed Khokon on Saturday categorically said he would not tolerate any corruption in the city corporation’s development activities.Sayeed Khokon made the assertions while addressing a reception program, organized by DSCC,

NARAYANGANJ: At least 10 people were injured as two groups of ruling Awami League’s (AL) Araihajar upazila unit in Narayanganj locked into clashes on Saturday.Moreover, the infighting groups also set fire to shops and vandalized several establishments in the area.Sources said the

COMILLA: BNP boycotted upazila election partway through voting in Daudkandi in accusation of vote rigging and other irregularities on Saturday.The BNP-supported candidates made the announcement of vote boycott at a press conference held in upazila unit of BNP office at 12:30pm.However,

CHITTAGONG: At least 167 people including four activists of Islami Chhattra Shibir were arrested in Chittagong and Satkhira districts.Police in special drives arrested 112 people from different areas of Chittagong district.The drives were conducted in Satkania, Lohagara and Banshkhali

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulated her British counterpart David Cameron on his reelection in the UK parliamentary polls, held on Thursday, inviting him to visit Bangladesh.The premier’s press wing disclosed the matter to media Friday night.In a congratulatory message to

DHAKA: Food minister Advocate Quamrul Islam on Friday alleged Jamaat-e-Islami was the patroniser of all fundamentalist parties, including Hefajat-e-Islam and Ansarullah Bangla Team, of the country while BNP was their adviser.Quamrul was addressing a discussion meeting, organized by

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League’s student front Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) will hold council on July 25 and 26 to form its central committee.The BCL also announced the date to hold council to form its committees for Dhaka north and south city, Dhaka University (DU) units and other units

DHAKA: Police will start the process to arrest BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia after issuance of warrant by the court for her arrest in a case of arson attack on a bus in city’s Jatrabari area.Joint Commissioner of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police M Monirul Islam confirmed

DHAKA: Pro-BNP fugitive mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation  (RCC) Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul has been suspended for bring accused in several criminal cases including sabotage and arms and explosives.Local Government Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Thursday

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Police on Wednesday submitted charge-sheet against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in the case of petrol bomb attack on a passenger bus in city’s Jartabari area.The charge-sheet also included 37 other accused in the case.Earlier on January 23, a group of

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) on Wednesday granted bail to imprisoned BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in a case filed with Turag Thana.The HC bench comprising Justice M Rezaul Haque and Justice Khasruzzaman passed the verdict.Lawyer Nitai Roy Chowdhury moved for Gayeshwar

DHAKA: At least 152 people, including nine activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, were arrested in overnight drives in Satkhira, Jessore and Jhenaidah districts on Wednesday.In Satkhira, police arrested 71 people, including nine Jamaat men, in drives conducted from Tuesday night to Wednesday

DHAKA:  Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) approved charge-sheets against ruling Awami League MP Abdur Rahman Badi and former state minister for house and public works Abdul Mannan Khan and his wife Hasina Sultana on allegation of amassing wealth illegally. The anti-graft watchdog, on

DHAKA: The court on Tuesday fixed May 25 as the date of Anti Corruption Commission’s (ACC) deputy director Harun-or-Rashid’s deposition day after he partly presented his deposition against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft

JESSORE: Police arrested at least 61 people including two activists of BNP in overnight drives conducted across Jessore district on Tuesday.District police control room sources said that the arrestees are accused in different cases including of creating violence.Among the arrestees, two