DHAKA: BNP’s senior leaders and some of civil society members at a roundtable discussion have said that setting up a so-called ‘safe zone’ is not solution to Rohingya crisis. But such ‘safe zone’ will be more terrible for the Rohingyas. The party arranged the roundtable

GAZIPUR: Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Sunday (September 24) said that Myanmar is trying to damage the economy of Bangladesh by sending their people here.  “Bangladesh is going through a tough time right now. More than four lakhs of refugees have come from Myanmar and

DHAKA: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-11 detained two fugitives of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Abdullahpur and Shanir Akhra areas of the capital on Sunday (September 24). The detainees were identified as Ruhullah Atik alias Nurullah and

DHAKA: Police detained seven activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, on charge of planning sabotage activities at a hospital in Lalmatia area of Dhaka’s Mohammadpur. Mohammadpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Jamal Uddin Mir told Banglanews that on secret information they

NOAKHALI: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said the Bangladesh government will not respond to any kind of provocation of Myanmar on the Rohingya issue. Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made the remark to reporters while distributing donation among sick and

BOGRA: Police arrested 10 leaders and activists of BNP in different places of Bogra city, in a drive conducted on Friday night (September 22). Shah Md Mehedi Hasan Himu, President for Bogra district unit Swechha Sebak Dal, Shahabul Alam Piplu, Secretary General for district Chhatra Dal

DHAKA: BNP vice chairman Abdullah-al-Noman has alleged that the incumbent government fails to govern the country. It did not control the price hike of rice and other commodities due to its incapacity, he said.     The BNP leader made the allegation at a discussion meeting and

SYLHET: The Sylhet-Teknaf road march called for protesting genocide of Rohingyas and demanding atrocities by Myanmar in Rakhine State was foiled by police on Thursday (September 21). ‘Humanity for Rohingya Bangladesh’, a platform floated for raising voice for repressed Rohingyas,

DHAKA: Gonojagoron Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarker and activist Sanaton Malo Ullash were granted bail in a case filed over commenting offensive on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Earlier, they surrendered before the court of Dhaka Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sheikh Samidul,

SYLHET: The Sylhet-Teknaf road march protesting atrocities on Rohingyas in Rakhine State of Myanmar will begin on Thursday (September 21). ‘Humanity for Rohingya Bangladesh’, a platform floated for raising voice for repressed Rohingyas, called the road-march program. Chairman of

SYLHET: Ashraf Babul, acting chairman of the Ghilachhara Union Parishad of Fenchuganj upazila in Sylhet, has been suspended on charge of embezzling fund. He was suspended in line with an order given by the Local Government Division (LGD). The chairman was accused for embezzlement of

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday (September 20) issued arrest warrant for Gonojagoron Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarker, in a case filed over commenting offensive on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Dhaka Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sheikh Samidul Islam issued the warrant

DHAKA: The BNP has again blamed the government for the price hike of rice and other essential commodities across the country. The party’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed made the allegation at a press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan central office in the

DHAKA: Several thousands activists of the Hefazat-e-Islam, the platform of Qwami Madrasah’s teachers and students, staged demonstration in the city on Monday (September 18) protesting the persecution of Rohingya Muslims who are fleeing Myanmar to Bangladesh.   The leaders, activists

KHAGRACHHARI: The dawn-to-dusk hartal was observed peacefully in Khagrachhari district on Monday (September 18). Parbatya Bangali Chhatra Parishad and Khagrachari Hill District Sustainable Development and Corruption Prevention Committee jointly called the hartal protesting the killing

DHAKA: The BNP has blamed the government’s mismanagement for the price hike of rice. The people are facing miseries for the price hike, the party said.    The party’s standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan raised the allegation at a human chain in front of the National Press

MYMENSINGH: Jatiya Party leader Rowshan Ershad, also the leader of the opposition in parliament, will visit Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia upazila on Monday (Sep 18). Mohammad Mamun Hasan, public relations officer of the Jatiya Party office, said it in a press

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday (September 17) asked BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to surrender before it on October 5 in a case filed over undermining the country’s map and the national flag. The BNP chief will face arrest warrant if she fails to appear before the court on that day.

DHAKA: BNP demanded army deployment at the refugee camp areas in Cox’s Bazar of Bangladesh for Rohingyas who fled Myanmar to avoid persecution upon them especially in turbulent Rakhine state following an upsurge last month. BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas raised the demand

DHAKA: The BNP-led 20-party alliance has demanded whereabouts of one of its leaders and secretary general of Bangladesh Kalyan Party MM Aminur Rahman who went missing on August 27. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Kalyan Party chairman Maj Gen (retd) Syed Mohammad