DHAKA: Police detained two activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student front of Jamaat-e-Islami, with 55 cocktails from a house in city’s Mirpur area on Tuesday afternoon (February 23).Police also seized jihadist books from the arrestees’ possession.The detainees have been identified

DHAKA: Law enforcers have arrested four members of outlaw militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB) by conducting drives in city’s Hatirjheel area.Members of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) counter terrorism and transnational crime unit also seized a laptop, six cell phone

BHOLA: Police detained 35 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir from Lalmohan upazila of Bhola district on Tuesday morning.Lalmohan Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Akhtaruzzaman told banglanews that a group of Jamaat-Shibir men were conducting

DHAKA: BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed alleged leaders and activists of ruling Awami League and its front organizations were barring BNP candidates from submitting their nomination papers for the impending union parisad (UP) polls.Rizvi made the allegations in a press

DHAKA: A Court here on Tuesday asked BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and 12 others to surrender before it by April 13 in GATCO graft case, filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).Earlier in the day, ACC lawyer Mosharraf Hossain Kajal submitted full-verdict before Dhaka Special Judges

DHAKA: Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student-wing of ruling Awami League, announced a 301-member full-fledged central committee on Monday night.BCL president Saifur Rahman Sohag confirmed the matter to banglanews.The central conference of Chhatra League was held on July 25-26 last

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL)-led 14-party alliance has called off their countrywide human chain program scheduled for February 24.The program has been cancelled due to upcoming Union Parishad (UP) elections.A press release, signed by AL deputy office secretary Mrinal Kanti Das,

DHAKA: BNP chairperson and also former premier Khaleda Zia commented that authoritarian forces in the country have been trying to keep the nation subjugated.She made this remark in a message issued on the eve of Language Martyrs Day and also International Mother Language Day that falls on

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL) has finalized nomination of chairman aspirants for 739 union parisads in the upcoming elections, slated for March 22.The AL president’s political office at Dhanmondi has published the list of chaiman nominees for first phase election on Friday

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will pay her tribute to language movement martyrs at Central Shaheed Minar in city in wee hours of Sunday (February 21).Party leaders-activists will accompany her during the time, said a press release of BNP sent on Friday (February 19).BNP

DHAKA: At least 21 political parties out of 40 registered with the Election Commission are expected to participate in the first-ever partisan elections to the positions of union parishad (UP) chairmen.Among the registered parties, the 21 parties have sent letters to the EC about their

DHAKA: A city court on Thursday (February 18) summoned BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy for making defamatory remarks against country’s martyred intellectuals.Metropolitan Magistrate Nuru Mia passed the order after taking the investigation report in cognizance.The BNP

DHAKA: Police have arrested five activists of BNP’s youth wing Jubo Dal from the party’s central office in city’s Nayapaltan area on Thursday afternoon (February 18).They were arrested over a vandalism case.Paltan Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Morshed Alam confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) asked the Election Commission (EC) to provide annual financial reports submitted by political parties following the appeal of any citizen without taking consent of the party concerned.A High Court bench Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Kazi Izarul Huq Akand on

SATKHIRA: Police have arrested 51 accused, including six activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, in different cases from different places of Satkhira district.The drives conducted in eight thanas of the district between Wednesday night and Thursday dawn.The arrestees have been sent to court

DHAKA: A city court granted six-day remand for each six members of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI), including its regional commander Sajjadul Alalm.Court of additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Alamgir Kabir Raj passed this order on Wednesday (February

DHAKA: A court in Dhaka on Wednesday has deferred the indictment hearing in the Niko graft case filed against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and 10 others.Dhaka special judge-9 Amirul Islam set April 12 as next date in response to time petition filed by lawyer of seven accused, including

DHAKA: BNP has chalked out a two-day program to mark the Amar Ekushey National Mourning Day and International Mother Language Day that falls on February 21.Acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced this at a press conference after the party’s joint meeting at BNP

DHAKA: BNP’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been authorized to nominate the party candidates for upcoming Union Parishad elections.BNP joint secretary general Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made this announcement to the media after meeting Election Commission (EC)

LAKSHMIPUR: Police detained 13 leaders and activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami on suspicion of creating violence in Lakshmipur district.The law enforcers nabbed them from Mandari area of sadar upazila of the district early Tuesday (February 16). Confirming the matter,