CHITTAGONG: Police, in over night drives, detained seven BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Shibir men from Sitakunda, Satkania and Lohagara upazilas of the district.District Additional Superintendent of Police (SP) Muhammad Naimul Hasan confirmed the matter to banglanews on

DHAKA: A 24-hour hartal, sponsored by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led 20-party alliance, is underway across the country on Thursday.Began at 6:00am, the shutdown will continue till 6:00am on Friday, coupled with ongoing nationwide blockade for indefinite period.No acts of sabotages were

BRAHMANBARIA: Police seized 36 cocktails and six petrol bombs from a school premises in Bancharampur upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Wednesday noon.Nobody was reportedly held in this incident.Bancharampur Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Abul Kalam Azad said that on a tip-off, police

DHAKA: The Election Commission declared a total of 41 candidates eligible for contesting mayoral posts in the bifurcated Dhaka City Corporations (DCCs) elections scheduled to be held on April 28.DSCC retuning officer (RO) Mihir Sarwar Morshed and DNCC Returning Officer Shah Alam

DHAKA: BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) demanded to Election Commission for deploying Army in upcoming city corporations’ elections.A BNP delegation, led by party’s standing committee member ASM Hannan Shah and Barrister Jamir Uddin Sircar, placed the demand in a meeting with Chief

DHAKA: Law enforcers detained at least 99 people including 36 BNP-Jamaat men in Meherpur, Chittagong, Jessore and Manikganj districts on Wednesday.In Meherpur, police detained 17 activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami in different areas of the district.Among the detainees, 16

DHAKA: A delegation of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is set to meet Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Wednesday afternoon, party sources said.ASM Hannan Shah, Standing Committee Member of BNP, will lead the delegation.CEC’s personal secretary Mazharul Islam

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) Wednesday cancelled the nomination paper of BNP leaders Abdul Awal Mintoo and Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu for upcoming Dhaka City Corporations polls. Returning officers cancelled Pintu’s nomination as he was convicted in much-talked BDR carnage case.On

DHAKA: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has fixed April 5 to hear the review petition filed challenging the death penalty for war crimes convict Muhammad Kamaruzzaman.A 4-member full bench of Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha on Wednesday fixed the date for

MEHERPUR:  Miscreants chopped a former leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) to death at Goal Gram under Gangni Upazila of the district early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Heser Ali, 35, son of BNP leader Sadiman Hossain and former member of Gangni Upazila JCD.The deceased

CHITTAGONG: Ruling 14-party alliance lended support to Awami League (AL) mayor candidate AJM Nasir Uddin in upcoming Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) election.The alliance leaders informed this in a meeting with AL leaders in Hotel Peninsula in the port city on Tuesday.Central leader of

GAIBANGHA: Police held four people with 4 petrol bombs in Ulyabazar area in Saghata upazila of Ganbandha on Tuesday noon.The detainees were identified as Abdul Jalil (45) and Shahin Mia (38), Sharif Mia (28) and Babu Mia (25), three sons of Akbar Ali of the area.Confirming the matter to

DHAKA: Health Minister Mohammed Nasim said ruling Awami League-backed candidates will get the support of 14-party alliance in the upcoming three city corporation elections.Nasim, also the spokesperson of the alliance came up with this assertion after the meeting at AL president Sheikh

DHAKA: BNP-led 20-party alliance has called countrywide hartal from 6:00am Thursday to 6:00am Friday keeping Dhaka and Chittagong cities out of purview.BNP joint secretary general Barkat Ullah Bulu made the hartal announcement through a press release on Tuesday afternoon.The alliance also

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on three-day remand in a vandalism and arson case filed with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station on city.Metropolitan magistrate Mostafizur Rahman passed the remand order when the investigation officer

CHITTAGONG: Police detained eight leaders and activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami in accusation of creating violence in Chittagong.The detainees include five from Jamaat and 3 from BNP.District additional police super (Special Branch) Mohammad Naimul Hasan told banglnews

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Law enforcers recovered 22 fresh cocktails from a graveyard area in Char Ghorapakhia in Sadar Upazila on Tuesday morning.Shibganj Thana Officer-in-Charge Mainul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews.Quoting locals, he told banglanews that on information, police

DHAKA: The 48-hour, called by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led 20-party alliance, is underway across the country on Tuesday – second day of the shutdown – in a relax mood.Began at 6:00am Monday, the shutdown is set to continue till 6:00am on Wednesday, coupled with ongoing

DHAKA: A meeting of ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance has been convened at Sheikh Hasina’s political office in city’s Dhanmondi area.The meeting is scheduled to be held at 12:00pm on Tuesday.AL presidium member, also 14-party alliance spokesperson and also health minister

DHAKA: Candidates from BNP in the upcoming Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) elections are waiting for the party’s green signal in commencing their campaigns.Competent party sources told banglanews that the candidates are waiting for the signal