DHAKA: Democratic Left Alliance, a combine of the eight left leaning political parties, has started a five-day road march towards Sundarbans from Dhaka to press demands of scrapping the Rampal thermal power plant.Prior to the beginning of the march around 10:00am, the left parties staged

DHAKA: A Dhaka court set October 21 as next hearing date in the Zia Charitable and Orphanage Trust Graft cases filed against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and others.Third Special Judge Abu Ahmed Jamader of the Bakshibazar makeshift court setup on Alia Madrasa premises fixed the date on

PABNA: Convener of Santhia Upazila unit Chhatra League, front organization of ruling Awami League, was expelled from the party on allegation of breaching party discipline.He was identified as Ashrafuzzaman Sumon, 28.Regarding the expulsion, a news release, singed by district unit Chhatra

GAIBANDHA: A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police has taken ruling Awami League (AL) lawmaker from Gaibandha-1 constituency, Manjurul Islam Liton, to district DB office on Thursday morning.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of district DB police Shamim Hossain confirmed the matter to banglanews.He

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Wednesday permitted the prosecution to interrogate Jatiya Party (JP) lawmaker from Mymensingh-7 constituency (Trishal) MA Hannan and three others at its safe home.Three other arrestees are Hannan’s son Rafique Sajjad, Dr Khandaker Golam

DHAKA: Death row convict BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury has submitted a review petition of his verdict over crimes against humanity during the country’s war of independence in 1971.Confirming the matter to banglanes, the convict’s lawyer Hujjatul Islam Al

DHAKA: Supreme Court chamber judge stayed the High Court (HC) order that asked Gaibandha-1 constituency MP Manjurul Islam Liton to surrender before lower court by October 18 in a case for shooting a boy.After the stay order, there is no bar to arrest the ruling party lawmaker, said

DHAKA: Condemned war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid appealed before the Supreme Court seeking review of its previous verdict.The convict’s lawyer Shishir Monir informed the media after filing the review petition before the appellate division on

MOULVIBAZAR: Police have arrested two war crimes suspects from Sonataki village in Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar district on Tuesday night.The arrestees are Yunus Ahmad, 75, Ujayer Ahmad Chowdhury, 62. Rajnagar Thana sub-inspector (SI) Hillol Roy told banglanews that International

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami is not getting any chance to participate in the next local government polls to be held under the party banner.Authorities concerned said that the party’s registration was declared illegal by the court and it is not registered with Election Commission (EC).They

DHAKA: Election commissioner Mohammad Shah Newaz said that the municipality elections will be held in December.He made this disclosure to the media at his office in Election Commission (EC) secretariat in city on Tuesday.According to the commissioner, elections for 250 municipalities will

PABNA: A district court on Tuesday placed four members of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on five-day remand each in a case filed over the attempt to murder of a Baptist Mission pastor Luke Sarker in Ishwardi Upazila.Additional chief judicial magistrate of Pabna Rezaul Karim passed

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Brigadier (Retd) ASM Hannan Shah said that a referendum is needed to take the decision of arranging the local government elections under party banner.The BNP leader made this demand at a discussion on Dr Piash Karim’s first death anniversary at

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) asked Gaibandha-1 constituency lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton to surrender before lower court by October 18 in the case filed for shooting a boy Sourabh rejecting his bail petition.Earlier, the ruling Awami League (AL) lawmaker appeared before the HC on Monday in

MAGURA: Police detained Sreepur upazila chairman and also president of upazila unit BNP Badrul Alam Hiro for his alleged link with sabotage plan.Sreepur thana officer-in-charge (OC) M Monir told banglanews they have information that a vested quarter led by Badrul Alam is attempting to

KHULNA: A thana unit amir of Jamaat-e-Islami, who was imprisoned at Khulna district jail, has died at prison cell of Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) on Sunday night.The dead was identified as M Akramuzzaman Raja, 55, Amir of Labanchara Thana unit Jamaat, resided at Azad master road

DHAKA: Opposition Jatiya Party (JP) chairman and also Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s special envoy HM Ershad commented that people will run after his party.The former president also said that popularity of ruling Awami League (AL) is now at the lowest level.‘All are waiting to say AL

PABNA: Police have arrested secretary of Pabna town unit Islami Chhatra Shibir, student front of Jamaat-e-Islami, from his village home of Pabna Sadar Thana Saturday midnight.The arrestee was identified as Badiuzzaman, 23, son of late Yasin Ali Master  of Manoharpur village of Pabna

DHAKA: BNP spokesperson Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon put emphasis on working together for national interest.He made the call in a press release on Saturday.In the release, the BNP spokesperson said, ‘We are anxious about the current situation in the country as many of the countries have issued

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina commented that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is conspiring against the country staying abroad as she had failed at home.The PM made this comment while exchanging views with newly elected bar association leaders from Gazipur, Gopalganj, Chittagong, Barisal