DHAKA: At least 264 people including 52 leaders and activists of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir were detained in eight districts.The drives were conducted in Dinajpur, Manikganj, Noakhali, Lalmonirhat, Panba, Jessore, Rangpur and Satkhira districts from Monday night to

DHAKA: BNP-backed Abdul Awal Mintoo on Tuesday filed a writ petition with the Supreme Court challenging the rejection of his appeal plea against cancellation of his nomination paper for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral polls.Mintoo’s lawyer BNP joint secretary general

DHAKA: At least 157 people including 16 leaders and activists of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir were detained in Dinajpur, Manikganj, Noakhali, Lalmonirhat, Panba and Jessore districts.The drives were conducted from Monday night to Tuesday morning to avoid untoward

DHAKA:  Law enforcers detained 36 people including 11 leaders and activists of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir from Dinajpur, Manikganj and Noakhali districts in drives conducted from Monday night to Tuesday morning to avoid sabotage activities.Police detained 28,

DHAKA: The appeal hearing of death row convicted war criminals Jamaat-e-Islam secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and BNP standing committee member Salauddin Quader Chowdhury will start Tuesday.The appeal pleas were placed in the Appellate Division’s cause list for Tuesday,

GAZIPUR: A Gazipur court on Monday placed Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) mayor Professor MA Mannan on a one-day remand in a case filed over killing a bus helper by setting fire to the bus at Kaliakoir Thana area.Senior Judicial Magistrate Rehena Akhtar passed the remand order when police

DHAKA: The High Court on Monday rejected the writ petition filed by Abdul Awal Mintoo, BNP-supported mayoral candidate in the forthcoming Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) election, challenging the cancelation of his nomination paper.The HC bench comprising Justice Farah Mahbub and

DHAKA: Police in separate drives arrested 56 people including 13 from BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from Jessore and Chittagong districts early Monday.Banglanews Jessore Correspondent said at least 47 men including three BNP men and a Jamaat activist were

DHAKA: Hasan Iqbal Warsi, elder son of death row convict war criminal Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, Monday said his father will be buried at their family graveyard in Sherpur if he is executed.The top war criminal hails from Mudipara village of Bajitkhola union under Sherpur sadar upazila. His

DHAKA: Death row convict war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman has been kept in Dhaka Central Jail from February 18 after the rejection of his appeal in the Supreme Court.After the announcement of Jamaat assistant secretary general Kamaruzzaman’s verdict on May 9

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami announced to enforce a two-day countrywide hartal from Tuesday protesting the Supreme Court order that upheld death penalty of its leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman rejecting his review petition.According to the press statement sent from Jamaat’s publicity wing around

DHAKA: The defence lawyers are set to meet war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman Monday morning as the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court upheld the death penalty of him.They will meet their client within two hours at Dhaka Central Jail to discuss about next

DHAKA: The prosecution expressed satisfaction over Supreme Court Appellate Division verdict that upheld death penalty for war crimes convict Muhammad Kamaruzzaman.Chief prosecutor Advocate Golam Arif Tipu said, “This is our expected verdict and we are too pleased.”He made the remark

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will offer prayers at the grave of Arafat Rahman Koko, younger son of her, on Monday afternoon.She is scheduled to reach the Banani graveyard around 4:30pm, said BNP office sources.Earlier on January 24, Arafat Rahman Koko, younger son of the BNP Chief,

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League’s (AL) advisory council meeting is set to be held at Prime Minister’s official residence Ganabhaban in city on April 10.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will chair the meeting, to start at 7:00pm on the day.AL general secretary and also local government, rural

DHAKA: The Election Commission has decided to hold separate dialogues with candidates on April 11, 12 and 13 ahead of the elections in three city corporations.Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad will also attend in the dialogue.EC director (Public Relations) SM Asaduzzaman

DHAKA: The High Court on Sunday sent the Niko, GATCO and Barapukuria coalmine graft cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and others to the Chief Justice (CJ) for next order on the trial procedures of the cases.The CJ will constitute benches to dissolve the rules on stay order

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will informally hold a discussion with her party leaders on Sunday evening.Party sources said that the BNP chief does not want to waste time regarding the upcoming city corporation elections.She will talk to the leaders about the party’s strategy on

DHAKA: BNP-backed Abdul Awal Mintoo filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the cancelation of his nomination paper for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) polls.Mintoo’s lawyer BNP joint secretary general Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon filed the petition in the department

DHAKA: Pointing finger at Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami, state minister for foreign affairs M Shahriar Alam said foreign diplomats have understood now who nourish terrorism and violence.He opined that Bangladesh has presently been maintaining better