DHAKA: Ruling Awami League secretary of publicity and publication Affairs Hasan Mahmood on Friday termed BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman as a precocious boy and coward.Hasan Mahmood made the assertion in a press conference arranged at AL office at Dhanmondi protesting

RANGPUR: Law enforcers, in ongoing drives, arrested 1,200 people from the eights districts of the division sometimes between Monday evening and Thursday to prevent anarchy.Of the arrestees, around three hundred people are leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has chalked out 10-day long programs marking ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day’ that falls on November 7.BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Ahmed Rizvi announced the program schedule at party headquarters in city’s Nayapaltan

DHAKA: BNP joint general secretary Ruhul Kabir Ahmed Rizvi on Thursday claimed that Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student wing of Awami League, killed at least 26 people in the last four years.The BNP senior leader came up with the allegation while declaring his party’s programs

DHAKA: The second-day hartal, enforced by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, protesting its two leaders’ death sentence, is underway across the country on Thursday amid sporadic violence. Sources told banglanews that the members of Chhatra Shibir, student affiliate of Jamaat, brought out

DHAKA: The 48-hour hartal, enforced by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami protesting Supreme Court verdict upholding death penalty to its leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, entered the second day. The fresh shutdown began at 6:00am Wednesday and will end at 6:00am Friday. Security measures have been

DHAKA: The activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, a student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, allegedly blasted eight cocktails in Nayabazar area of old Dhaka and Shahzadpur area on Wednesday evening in support of hartal enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami.Witnesses said some 15-20 Shibir activists

PABNA: At least 25 people were injured in a factional clash between two groups of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) in Paikpara and Dephalchara villages of Chatmohar upazila of the district on Wednesday.Chatmohar Thana Officer-in-charge (OC) Subrata Kumar Sarkar said to banglanews that

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed operation wing chief of banned Harkat-ul-Jihad (HUJI) Khairul Bashar alias Ibrahim on a six-day remand.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court Judge Mollah Saiful Alam placed the remand order after Sub-inspector (SI) SM Raisul of Detective

RANGPUR: Law enforcers, in separate drives, arrested 255 people, including 31 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhattra Shibir across Rangpur division to prevent possible violence during hartal.Police nabbed them from different areas of the division

DHAKA: Two former Muslim League leaders Obaidul Haque Taher and Ataur Rahman Nani were accused of four charges for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the country’s war of independence in 1971.The four charges were mentioned against them after an

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred the charge hearing till December 8 against 26 BNP leaders including Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Barrister Moudud Ahmed in two different cases with Paltan Thana.Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court Judge Tareq Moinul Islam

MOULVIBAZAR: Police arrested here a Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chatra Dal (JCD) district leader on Wednesday.The detainee is identified as Alim Hossain Miru, son of a late Mofiz Miah, residing in Tailakbijoy village of Akhailkura union under sadar Upazila of the district.Sources told

DHAKA: The third-day hartal, enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the death sentence of its assistant secretary general Kamaruzzaman, is underway across the country on Wednesday amid sporadic violence.  The leaders and activists of Chhatra Shibir and Jamaat-e-Islami, brought out

BARISAL: Law enforcers on Tuesday night detained four local Jamaat leaders and activists including Babuganj upazila Ameer on allegation of planning sabotage during the third day of countrywide hartal.The detainees are- Babuganj upazila Ameer Maulana Ruhul Amin, acting Ameer of Agarpur

LAXMIPUR: An activist of Juba League, affiliate of the ruling Bangladesh Awami League, was hacked to death in Sadar upazila on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Mohan Patwari, 28, son of Hasan Ahmed Patwari, living in Gopinathpur village of the upazila.Sources told banglanews that

MAGURA: A leader of ruling Bangladesh Awami League was murdered in Sreepur on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Pratap Saha, 55, president of Awami League's Kadirparha Union Unit of the upazila.Pratap’s brother, also the party's central-committee assistant secretary Pankaj Saha

DHAKA: A 48-hour hartal, called by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami protesting its two leaders’ death penalty, has begun from Wednesday morning.However, the fresh shutdown, beginning from 6:00am, will end on 6:00am Friday.Sources told banglanews that Jamaat declared the hartal on

RANGPUR: Law enforcers, in separate drives, arrested 508 people, including 32 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhattra Shibir across Rangpur division to prevent possible atrocities.Police nabbed them from different upazilas of the eights districts

SATKHIRA: Law enforcers, in special drives early Tuesday, arrested 22 leaders and activists of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and Chhatra Shibir in cases of sabotage and violence in the district.Of the arrested, Akhtaruzzaman, Jamaat secretary of Bhurulia union unit in Shyamnagar upazila,