DHAKA: Doctor Manabendra was nominated as Assistant Secretary of central sub-committee of ruling Awami League. In a letter signed by Awami League Office Secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap confirmed the information on Tuesday night.The letter said Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has

KUSHTIA: District Swechhasebak Dal and Jatyatabadi Chhatra Dal called a half-day shutdown in the district for Thursday demanding release of Swechhasebak Dal central leaders.The shutdown will be observed from 6.00am to 12:00 noon.The front organizations of opposition BNP convener Advocate

DHAKA: Two Dhaka courts on Wednesday rejected the 20-day remand prayers for interrogating BNP Vice-Chairman Sadek Hossain Khoka in two cases filed with Sutrapur and Paltan Thanas.Metropolitan magistrates Maruf Hossain and  Tarek Moinul Islam Bhuiyan in two Metropolitan courts passed the

JESSORE: BNP is observing half-day hartal in the district on Wednesday amid bringing out protest procession and staging rally at key points of the town. Besides, the 72-hour roads-rail-waterways blockade, called by 18-party alliance, is underway simultaneously.Kotwali Model Thana

NARAYANGANJ: BNP leader and activists locked into clash with law enforcers in Araihazar upazila of the district on Wednesday morning, the second day of 72-hour nationwide blockade, called by 18-party alliance. Sources said BNP activists brought out a procession and tried to do subversive

DHAKA: The 72-hr rail-roads-waterways blockade, called by BNP-led 18-party alliance, is underway for second straight day in the country on Wednesday amid clash with police, arson.In Narayanganj, BNP leaders and activists locked into clash with law enforcers at around 7:00am, in Pachrukhi

DINAJPUR: Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, is observing daylong hartal Wednesday in the district amid setting fire on highway. The activists of Shibir brought out a procession in front of Sadar Upazila Parishad on Dinajpur-Dhaka highway at around 7:45am. Later,

RANGPUR: The dawn-to-dusk hartal, called by a faction of Jatiya Party (JP), is underway in eight districts of the division on Wednesday.The party is observing the lockdown demanding the release of its chairman HM Ershad.Mostafa group took position in south side of divisional city from

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted two cocktails in front of foreign ministry in Segunbagicha area of the city on Tuesday evening.The incident took placed around 7:30pm.Officer-in-Charge of Shahbagh Thana Sirajul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews. BDST: 2103 HRS, DEC 17, 2013Edited by: AM

KHULNA: Jatiya Party (JP) called daylong hartal in the division for Saturday protesting arrest of party Chairman HM Ershad.The announcement of the shutdown came after a JP protest rally in city’s Dakbangla intersection on Tuesday evening.JP Khulna city unit President Abdul Gaffar

DHAKA: Blockaders and law enforcers locked into a clash at the first day of blockade enforced by BNP-led 18-party alliance called from 6:00am Tuesday in city’s Paltan area.Witnesses said blockaders brought out a procession and vandalized vehicles in the area at 7:00pm. They also hurled

RANGPUR: Jatiya Party called 48-hour hratal for Wednesday and Thursday in Rangpur district demanding release of party chairman HM Ershad and protesting false cases charged against JP activists.JP district convener committee Secretary Member, Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa announced the

DHAKA: A legal notice has been issued to the government on Tuesday against “illegal arrest” of Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad.Bakhtiar Uddin Khan Iqbal, JP organizing secretary and personal advocate of Ershad issued the legal notice by senior advocate Barrister Rafique-ul Haque

DHAKA: State Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Advocate Quamrul Islam on Tuesday said Awami League does not care any foreign threats.The ruling Awami League lawmaker came up with the assertion while addressing a programme at the National Press Club in the noon. He said,

DHAKA: The National Assembly on Monday passed a resolution against hanging of Jamaat-i-Islami Bangladesh leader Abdul Quader Mollah for his ‘loyalty’ with Pakistan during the events of 1971.The resolution moved by JI’s Sher Akbar Khan on the anniversary of the fall of Dhaka also

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Tuesday granted bail to three top leaders of BNP and Swechhasebak Dal, in one case field against them.The leaders are ASM Hannan Shah, BNP standing committee member, Swechhasebak Dal general secretary Mir Sharafat Ali Sapu, and its organizing secretary Shafiul Bari

NOAKHALI: Some 10,000 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Chhatra Shibir of the district were sued for their alleged involvement in obstructing police from discharging their duties.Assistant Sub-Inspector of Companiganj Thana Shishir Kumar Biswas filed two lawsuits with

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami alleged the government has been oppressing their leaders and activists across the country and threatened to avenge every drop of blood.Acting secretary general of the party Dr Shafikur Rahman, in a statement on Monday night, issued the threat to the government.The

MEHERPUR: Police held at least five women activists of Jamaat-e-Islami from a house in bus stand Para area of the district on Monday night. The detainees were Rozina Khatun,40, wife of Janbar Ali ,Monwara Khatun ,40, wife of Abdus Mannan, Salina Khatun,32, wife of Solayman Hossain,

JOYPURHAT: An activist of Jamaat-e-Islami, who sustained bullet injuries during clash with police in Haltri area under Sadar upazila, succumbed to his injuries early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahman, 45.He breathed his last at a private clinic in the capital around