DHAKA: A Dhaka court placed five Singapore-back Bangladeshis on 7-day remand each on allegation of their connection with extremists. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) additional judge Ali Masud Sheikh pronounced the order on Wednesday (May 4) after holding a hearing in the afternoon.

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) awarded death penalty to four Razakars of Kishreganj and jailed one other unto death for crimes against humanity during Liberation War. ICT panel comprised of three-member, led by Justice Anwarul Haque passed the verdict on Tuesday. The

DHAKA: Supreme Court (SC) Appellate Division has fixed May 5 for verdict on the plea of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami seeking review his death penalty. Four-member SC bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed the order after end of hearing on the plea on Tuesday.

DHAKA: A city court on Monday (May 2) re-fixed the date of submission of report in a case filed against four BNP leaders, including its chairperson Khaleda Zia, on charge of killing 42 during countrywide indefinite hartal and blockade earlier in 2015. This is the 10th time the report

RANGPUR: Police has arrested as many as 255 people including three activists of Jamaat-e-Islami in different cases in the district in Monday (May 2). The Jamaat men are Anwarul Islam (37), Rafiqul Islam (40) and Amirul Islam (40) of Durgapur village of Mithapukur upazila. Senior

TANGAIL: Police detained three BNP-Jamaat men including a municipal secretary, for quizzing on Sunday (MAY 1) over murder of Hindu tailor in Gopalpur.  The arrestees are-- Gopalpur Municipal Jamaat Secretary Badshah, Alamnagar Dakhil Madrasa Principal Aminul Islam and BNP man Jhantu.

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday (April 30) alleged as many as 14 people are being killed on an average in the country everyday and the government is trying to depict this as one-off incident. The BNP chief was addressing the national convention of Jatiya Ganatantrik

CHITTAGONG: police detained 17 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, while they were holding a secret meeting at Patenga of the port city on Saturday (April 30).   Patenga Police Station OC Alamgir Mahmud told banglanews that on

RANGPUR: Police detained some 76 people including two Jamaat men, accused in sabotage case, in Mithapukur and Pirgaccha Thanas of the district on Saturday (April 30). Mithapukur Thana Officer-in-Charge (OC) Humayun Kabir and Pirgachha Thana OC Aminul Islam informed banglanews that the

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has permitted Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to hold its rally at Sohrawardy Udyan on May Day. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed told this to reporters in a press conference on Friday (April 29). Jatiyotabadi Sramik

RANGPUR: Jatiya Party leader of the opposition Rowshan Ershad has been declared as senior co-chairman of the party by Chairman HM Ershad. JP Chief made the announcement from a rally at Gangachara upazila of the district on Wednesday (April 27). He also said that he would have no

DHAKA: A Dhaka court has accepted a 5-day remand for Bangla daily ‘Amar Desh’ editor Mahmudur Rahman. Court of Magistrate Golam Nabi passed the order after hearing on Monday (April 25). However, the accused was present during the hearing of the case over plot to abduct Prime

MAGURA: A ruling Awami League activist was killed and five others, including a councilor, injured in infighting over recently ended union parishad polls at Charjoka village under Sreepur upazila of the district on Monday (April 25). The name of the deceased was identified as Bablu

KUSHTIA: A leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was killed after a train hit him at Babar Ali level crossing in district town on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Meer Mosharraf Hossain Kishor, 27, organizing secretary of district BCL. Poradaho Railway Thana OC Sunil

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday (April 24) announced the unofficial results of 551 Union Parishads (UPs) out of 614 in the 3rd phase of election. According to unofficial results of 551 UPs, ruling Awami League (AL) candidates have been elected in 353 while Independent

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will address the May Day rally, to be organized by the party’s labor wing at Suhrawardi Udyan in city. BNP senior joint secretary general Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the announcement after a preparatory meeting on the May Day program at party

GAZIPUR: A person died in a clash between the supporters of two candidates of during Union Parishad (UP) election in Sreepur upazila of the district. The deceased was identified as Abul Khasru (50) of Bartapa area in the upazila. The clash occurred on Saturday night (April 23).

DHAKA: Journalist Shafik Rehman has disclosed three more names behind the plot to abduct and murder Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.   Monirul Islam, Additional DIG of Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Branch, made the disclosure at a press briefing on Sunday

DHAKA: The BNP alleged rigging of votes in the third phase of Union Parishad polls held on Saturday (April 23). Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed said, “Like the earlier phases ruling Awami League cadres rigged votes in the third phase.” He came up

CHITTAGONG: At least three people, including an assistant presiding officer, were injured in a clash ensued over snatching ballot boxes from a center at Sundarpur union under Fatikchhari upazila of the district on Saturday (April 23). Police opened fire when supporters of ruling Awami