JESSORE: An Awami League (AL) activist was shot dead by party rivals at Mothbari village under Jhikargacha upazila of the district early Tuesday (July 5). Victim’s brother locals UP member and AL leader Rahazzan Sardar told banglanews that some people led by rival Mahiuddin attacked

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia greeted the Muslims of all the countries including Bangladesh on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. A greeting message has been sent to banglanews on Monday (July 4) in this regards. He said Eid-ul-Fitr is one of the biggest festivals for Muslim

DHAKA: BNP chairperson and also former prime minister Khaleda Zia, in her remark over the Friday’s terrorist attack in Dhaka, asked for unity in standing against terrorism. She made this urge while addressing a press conference after party standing committee meeting at her political

FARIDPUR: An Awami League leader was hacked to death by assailants at Saltha upazila of the district early Saturday (July 2). The deceased was identified as Teharuddin Matabbar (55), a resident of Lakkhandia village under Guti union in Saltha Upazila of the district. He died after

BANDARBAN: Miscreants hacked local Awami League president in Naikkhnchhari Upazila of the district on Thursday (June 30) night. The deceased was identified as Mongshoinu Marma, 56, president of Baishari union Awami League. Quoting locals, police said, unidentified assailants

CHITTAGONG: Port city metropolitan Chhatra League general secretary Nurul Azim Rony has been released on bail in a case, filed for carrying firearms near a polling centre during Upazila Parishad elections.  The central jail authorities freed him at 3.00pm on Thursday (June 30) after

DHAKA: Six members of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir have been detained from Bhola and Gaibadha districts on Thursday (June 30). Bhola Detective Branch (DB) police detained four Shibir men for militant activities and sabotage from Western Para of the town

RANGPUR: Police arrested 60 people including a Jamaat-e-Islami man from eight upazilas of the district on early Thursday (June 30). The Jamaat man is Tofazzal Hossain, 40, son of Ismail Hossain of Nutunpara Dangapara village of Kurigram district. Rangpur senior assistant

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) ordered to start the trial process against six people from Gaibandha district including former Jamaat-e-Islami MP Abdul Aziz for their alleged crimes against humanity. A three-member tribunal led by Justice Anwarul Haque passed the order on

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) on Monday announced that the elections in eight municipalities will be held on August 7. The municipalities are Dinajpur’s Ghoraghat, Nilphamary’s Domar, Rangpur’s Pirganj, Patuakhali’s Golachipa, Norail’s Lohagara, Tangail’s Ghatail,

JESSORE: Police arrested Jessore’s Manirampur upazila unit Jamaat-i-Islami ameer Liaquat Ali (40) on early Monday (June 27). Liaquat, son of late Bareq Moral and an assistant teacher of Biprakona Dakhil Madrasa, was arrested from Amrajhuta village of the upazila. Manirampur Thana

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of police detained two members of outlaw militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team from city’s Kamrangichar area. The detainees were identified as Nayeem alias Saiful alias Saad and Sohel alias Suvel. DB (south) informed the matter to the media by sending

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed alleged that the incidents of kidnapping, extrajudicial killing and militancy are taking place as the ruling government has no accountability to the nation. BNP senior leader came up with this assertion while speaking at a discussion at

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Lieutenant General (retd) Mahbubur Rahman and his wife were injured in a road accident while going to Syedpur Airport in Nilphamary from Thakurgaon district. They are currently admitted at Dinajpur Heart Foundation Hospital. Confirming the matter

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday (June 25) alleged incumbent government is now busy to suppress the voice of BNP instead uprooting extremism from the country. He further said the government is filing cases against everyone who entertains opposing

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday (June 25) alleged incumbent government is now busy to suppress the voice of BNP instead uprooting extremism from the country. He further said the government is filing cases against everyone who entertains opposing

DHAKA: The next deposition of Zia Orphanage Trust case will be held on July 14 while BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s defense hearing in Zia Charitable Trust graft case deferred to August 11. A makeshift court of 3rd special judge Abu Ahmed Zamadar, set up on the premises of jail

GAIBANDHA: Police arrested nine people including three BNP-Jamaat activists conducting a special drive at seven upazilas of the district. The drive was conducted from Wednesday (June 22) night to Thursday (June 23) morning. In the meantime, one BNP man and two Jamaat men were held

SYLHET: Miscreants chopped a union level leader of ruling Awami League (AL) and injured another at Charkhai union under Biyanibazar upazila of the district on Wednesday afternoon (June 22). The deceased was identified as Mahtab Uddin, 35, agriculture affairs secretary at Charkhai

HILI (DINAJPUR): Detective Branch (DB) of police members detained three members of outlaw militant outfit Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Hili land port area of the district on Wednesday (June 22). The detainees were identified as Galibur Rahim (23), son of one Harunur Rashid