RAJSHAHI: Police in an overnight drive detained four suspected members of banned extremist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Rajshahi’s Durgapur and Puthia upazilas on early Friday (July 7). The detainees are identified as Aslam, 37, Mohammad Ali, 30, Babu Huzur,

DHAKA: Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) Mayor MA Mannan has been suspended from his position again as Gazipur special judge's court takes the charge-sheet into cognizance in a case against him filed by ACC. Moreover, government also suspended an accounting officer of GCC, Golam

DHAKA: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has rejected the report of the international rights group-- Human Rights Watch (HRW). Talking to journalists at his office at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Thursday (July 06), the minister said that the HRW’s report about Bangladesh is not

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said that the conspiracy will be hatched before the next general elections.   “Please, don’t hatch any conspiracy against the country,” he said while talking to journalists after a meeting at Bridges Building at Banani in

JHENAIDAH: Police in a special drive detained 43 people, including activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, from several areas in Jhenaidah. The drive was conducted from Wednesday night (July 05) to Thursday morning (July 06) in six upazilas of the district.   Additional

DHAKA: Accusing the government for draining country’s food storage by looting, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said a famine like the great famine of 1974 is imminent as the ongoing food crisis of the country is becoming dreadful everyday. He made the remarks in

DHAKA: Hailing the government efforts to rescue noted columnist, poet and political commentator Farhad Mazhar, Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh congratulated the government in a message on Thursday (July 6). Hefazat conveyed thanks to the government, law enforcers including police, and Prime

DHAKA: Prime Minister also Awami League President Sheikh Hasina said that Awami Leauge doesn’t forget about the electoral manifesto issued during the election.  Moreover, her party-led government contemplates over to execute more development works beyond the promise made in the

GAZIPUR: A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-1) in a drive detained three active members of banned extremist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from a house in Nandail area under Joydebpur thana in Gazipur. The detainees are- Mohammad Azizul Hakim, 34, Mohammad Hasan Ali, 36

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has accused the government of staging drama over the kidnapping of poet and columnist Farhad Mazhar. Mirza Fakhrul on Wednesday (July 05) said that the government has created the Farhad Mazhar issue to hide its failure in the

FENI: Police detained Ameer of Jammat-e-Islami’s Sonagazi upazila unit on Wednesday noon (July 05).   Md. Mostafa, 45, son of Shofee Ullah of Chorkhuaj village of Sonagazi Sadar union in Feni and a teacher of Khadijatul Kubra Girl Madrasa, was arrested from in front of the madrasa.

NILPHAMARI: Police in a special drive have detained at least 32 people, including 13 Jamaat-Shibir leaders and activists, in Nilphamari district.   The drive was conducted from Tuesday night (July 04) to Wednesday morning (July 05) in various places the district. The detained

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the attack on party people and office in Munshiganj’s Lohajang upazila is a part of a bigger plot to destroy opposition parties including BNP.  Condemning Tuesday’s attack, Fakhrul said the ruling party Awami League has

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: 56 students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) appeared before the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) on Tuesday (July 04). General secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra Union of JU unit Nazir Amin Chowdhury Joy said that the students appeared before the

GAZIPUR: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expressed profound shock at the deaths in a blast in Multifabs Ltd in Gazipur that claimed 10 lives till Tuesday (July 4). The BNP leader, in a message, said, “I’m deeply afflicted and shocked like the relatives of the

DHAKA: Welcoming the Supreme Court verdict that declared the 16th amendment illegal, BNP spokesperson senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the decision is a victory of the people. He made the remarks to a press briefing at the party office in city’s Nayapaltan area

DHAKA: Law Minister Anisul Huq on Monday (July 03) in a comment favored the 16th amendment to the Constitution, saying that the amendment was modeled following other democratic nations. The minister, however, refrained from making formal reaction over the verdict of the Appellate

DHAKA: Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon has sharply reacted to the verdict of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court that upheld the decision of the High Court on 16th amendment to the Constitution. Menon in his reaction on Monday (July 03) commented that the

FENI: Ruti Sohel, a wanted terrorist in Feni who is accused in several cases including Fulgazi Upazila chairman Ekram murder case, was killed in a reported gunfight with RAB in the early hours on Monday (July 03). The incident of ‘gunfight’ took place at the home of Shamsul Haque

DHAKA: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is set to return home from Australia on Monday (July 3) after celebrating Eid al-Fitr with his family members in there.  He is likely to arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in a Singapore Airlines flight around