DHAKA: A Dhaka court set November 12 for further hearing on Zia Orphanage and Charitable Trust graft cases against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and others.Judge Abu Ahmed Jomadar of the Special Judge's Court-3 setup on Alia Madrasa premises at Bakshibazar fixed the date on Thursday.During

DHAKA: Law minister Anisul Huq said that BNP-Jamaat top the suspicion list regarding the murders of bloggers and publishers.He made this disclosure at a discussion on trial of war criminals at VWA auditorium in city’s Dhanmondi area on Wednesday.The speeches of BNP-Jamaat and the

DHAKA: Pro-liberation youth platform Ganajagaran Mancha will organize a coffin-procession from Shahbagh intersection towards the home ministry Thursday morning protesting murder of a publisher and attempted murder of publisher-writer and bloggers and others.Mancha spokesperson Imran H

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will return home from London on November 10.She will land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the afternoon.Reliable sources from BNP said this.According to the sources, BNP chairperson, who is currently staying in the UK for medical treatment,

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy has been sent to jail after surrendered in a murder case filed with Rampura Thana.Court of Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Qamrul Hossain Molla passed the order on Wednesday rejecting his bail petition.Earlier on Tuesday, the

GAIBANDHA: A district court rejected bail petition of Gaibandha-1 constituency lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton for third times in shooting at a minor boy Sourav.Judge of district additional chief judicial magistrate court Moinul Hasan Yusuf passed the order around 11:45am on Wednesday after

DHAKA: A city court has issued an arrest warrant against 35 BNP leaders including its standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and vice-chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka.Court of Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Qamrul Hossain Molla issued the warrant after taking the chargesheet of a

GAZIPUR: Police arrested 35 people in accusation of creating violence and others criminal offences in Tongi Thana area of Gazipur district.Moreover, the law enforcers also seized illegal drugs from the possession of some of the detainees.Tongi Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Mohammad Aminul

DHAKA: A city court granted a one-day remand for Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) president Rajib Ahsan in an arson case filed with Rampura Thana in city.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Yusuf Hossain passed the order after hearing a 10-day remand plea on Tuesday.The case investigation

DHAKA: A city court has sent BNP acting general secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to jail in three violence cases filed with Paltan Thana in city.Court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Maruf Hossain passed the order following the BNP leader’s surrender before the court and a bail

DHAKA: Election Commissioner (EC) secretary Siranjul Islam said that municipality elections will be held in December across the country.He informed the media at his office in EC secretariat in city Tuesday afternoon.According to the EC secretary, they have received the gazette of the

DHAKA: Pro-liberation youth front Ganajagaran Mancha on Tuesday observed half-day hartal across the country protesting the murder of a publisher and attack on writers and publishers and demanding the arrest of the assailants.Mancha activists brought out a procession in Shahbagh

DHAKA: The appeal hearing of death row convict Jamaat Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami will not be held on Tuesday following the absence of a senior Justice of the Appellate Division of Supreme Court (SC).Earlier on September 9, a four-member bench of Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice

DHAKA: Half-day hartal, called by a pro-liberation youth front Ganajagaran Mancha protesting the murder of a publisher and attack on writer-publisher and demanding the arrest of those involved with the incident, is underway around the country.Mancha activists brought out a procession at

JESSORE: Police held 65 people, including 24 leaders and activists of BNP and its major ally Jamaat-e-Islami, from Jessore district.The drives were conducted from Sunday night to Monday noon in different parts of the district.Jessore district police control room on-duty police member

CHANDPUR: Police held eight activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir conducting drives in a student mess on Truck Road in Chandpur town of the district.The detainees have been identified as Shahkawat (21), Abu Bakar Siddique (18), Tareq Hossain (17), Sultan Mahmud (24) and Alauddin (22) of

PIROJPUR: Police detained 12 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami conducting drives in different parts of Pirojpur district on early Monday.The detainees include Jamaat’s Bhandaria Thana unit ameer Abdul Gani and Kawkhali Thana unit secretary Nazrul Islam.Bhandaria Thana sources

DHAKA: The Supreme Court deferred till November 17 the hearings of the petitions filed by condemned war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, seeking review of death penalty given against them. Four-member AD bench led-by chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha

DHAKA: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has postponed the by-election of Tangail-4 constituency till January 31 next year. The apex court also asked the High Court (HC) bench led by Justice Ashfaqul Hossain to settle the rule issued by the HC within the aforesaid time.On

DHAKA: The appellate division rejected a petition filed by BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir seeking further extension of deadline for his surrender.The four-member bench led by Chief Justice SK Sinha passed the order on Monday morning after hearing the petition.But