KUSHTIA: Police on a tip-off conducted drives in a madrassa and nabbed 16 activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir as they were in a secrete meeting there on Saturday.Moreover, explosives were also seized during the drives.Kushtia additional police super (SP) Sohel Reza told banglanews that on

DHAKA: Law enforcers in overnight drives arrested at least 130 people including 28 activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-Shibir in Chittagong and Jessore on Saturday.Police arrested 57 people including 25 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from

DINAJPUR: Authorities of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) lodged a lawsuit over Thursday’s Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) infighting that left its two activists killed and 10 others injured.Dr ATM Safiqul Islam, protector of HSTU, filed the case with

FARIDPUR: Officer-in-Charge of Bhanga Thana and six others were injured in alleged misfires from the shotgun of bodyguard of Faridpur Awami League member Dipok Mozumder.The accident took place during a rally of AL presidium member Kazi Jafarullah at 9:00am Saturday.OC Nazmul Islam

DHAKA: A five-member delegation of Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh met Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan residence in the city Friday night.Led by Hefajat’s Dhaka city unit convener Maulana Nur Hossain Kashemi, the delegation held an hour-long meeting

DHAKA: BNP joint secretary general M Shahjahan was released on bail from the Dhaka Central Jail Part-1 (Kashimpur) on Friday afternoon.Jailer of Kashimpur Faridur Rahman Rubel confirmed the matter to banglanews.He further said they scrutinized the papers sent from the court regarding the

DAHKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party-backed mayor candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation Tabith Mohammad Awal made a long list of 83 pledges to build Dhaka as an ‘ideal’ city.Sorting out the city's problems into 12 main points, Tabith disclosed an 83-point manifesto at a press

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) fixed April 21 for hearing the bail plea of Mirza Abbas, BNP-endorsed mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation polls, in a corruption case.The HC bench of Justice M Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice JBM Hassan passed the order on Thursday.On April 15,

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) will take action only against the specific allegations of electoral code of conduct violation.Election Commissioner M Shahnewaz made the remark on Thursday in reply to different allegations against candidates of bifurcated Dhaka city corporations.The

DHAKA: Out of four arson attack cases, the High Court on Thursday granted six months’ interim bail release to imprisoned acting BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Almagir in a case.An HC bench comprising Justice Mohammad Nuruzzaman and Justice Jafar Ahmed passed the order.The

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL)-backed Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral candidate Anisul Huq promised to buildup more green spaces in city if he wins the election.The former business leader made the promise while conducting a poll campaign under the title of ‘Healthy Dhaka’

DHAKA: BNP-backed mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mirza Abbas’ wife Afroza Abbas demanded impartiality in upcoming city polls.She made the demand while visiting makeshift poll campaign office in city’s Jatrabari area on Thursday morning.Afroza, on behalf of

DHAKA: Recalling the Ramna Batamul blasts, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged people to be careful in resisting the repetition of such tragic incidents.“In 2001, bombings occurred during ‘Pahela Baishakh’ celebration. So, all of us should be careful in resisting the

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) will cancel the candidacy of the contenders for bringing out procession violating the commission’s instruction in the upcoming city polls.Election Commissioner M Shahnewaj came up with this assertion at his office in city Wednesday noon.He said, “We

DHAKA: The BNP-endorsed mayor candidate in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) elections Tabith Awal is scheduled to publish his election manifesto on Thursday.He is expected to address a press conference at 11:30am on that day at Regnum Tower at Gulshan-Tejgaon link road in city.A news

DHAKA: The news about issuing a ‘Red Notice’ by The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) against BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman was propaganda.BNP’s international affairs secretary Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon came up with the claim in a press conference at

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) on Wednesday deferred till April 20 the verdict on a petition filed seeking its order on the government to trace and produce BNP’s missing joint secretary general Salauddin Ahmed.The HC bench of Justice Quamrul Islam Siddique and Justice Govinda Chandra Thakur

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 fixed April 20 to pass an order as the hearing on contempt charge brought against advocate Tajul Islam and five leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami and Chhatra Shibir for making adverse comment over its judgment ended.The accused leaders are

DHAKA: The Cyber Tribunal fixed June 10 for hearing on charge framing in the case filed for leaking out the draft verdict against convicted war criminal BNP leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury.Tribunal Judge KM Shamsul Alam passed the deferment order Wednesday in response to a time

NARAIL: Police, in overnight drives, arrested 28 accused of different cases, including a local leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, from four upazilas of the district.The detained leader was identified as M Sohel Mollah, 18, president of ward unit Shibir of