BOGRA: A Jubo League, a front organization of ruling Awami League (AL), activist was stabbed to death at Hazradighi Bazar area of the Sadar upazila.The deceased was identified as Milon Hossain, 35, son of one Abdul Karim, hailed from Hazradighi Talukder Para of the upazila.Confirming the

NOAKHALI: Immediate after the issuance of arrest warrant, police arrested Amir Ahmed alias razakar Amir Ali for allegedly committing crimes against humanity during liberation war.He was picked up from his residence at South Fakirpur in Maizdi in the district town around 12:30pm Monday,

DHAKA: Opposition Jatiya Party (JP) chairman and also prime minister’s special envoy HM Ershad said country’s law and order situation has deteriorated to such an extent that even children in the wombs are not safe here.In a press conference at Jatiya Party’s Banani office, he also

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been granted bail in a case filed under explosive act after surrendering before a court.Dhaka-13 special tribunal judge Manjur Quader on Monday granted the bail to the BNP leader.Advocates Sanaullah Mia and Masud Ahmed

KISHOREGANJ: Police detained three top leaders of Kishorganj district unit BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami from different places of the district town early Monday.The leaders are Kishorganj district unit Jamaat secretary professor Ronjon Ali, district BNP organizing secretary Hazi Israil Mia and

HABIGANJ: Police detained 16 people, including six leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Chhatra Shibir from different places of the district.During the overnight drive, five cocktails, huge Jihadi books and anti-government leaflets have been seized from their possession.  Of

MOULVIBAZAR: Police arrested Barlekha upazila unit amir of Jamaat-e-Islami in Moulvibazaar district on Sunday early morning.The Jamaat leader Maulana Azir Uddin was arrested from Kutubnagar area of the upazila in a sabotage case.Barlekha Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Mohammad Moniruzzaman

FARIDPUR: At least 30 people were injured as two groups of Saltha Upazila unit of ruling Awami League (AL) locked into clash in Faridpur district on Saturday.The incident took place in Kagdi Bazar area of Majhardiya union of the upazila this morning.Locals said that the followers of

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Friday sent Jatiya Party (JP) lawmaker from Mymensingh-7 constituency (Trishal) MA Hannan and three others to jail in a case filed for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.The other three include, his son Rafique Sajjad, Dr Khandaker Golam

GAIBANDHA: A 9-year-old boy was injured by bullet when lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton opened firing in Sundarganj upazila of the district on Friday.The shooting incident took place in Gopalcharan area of Dahabandh union of the upazila around 5:45am.The injured was identified as Saurab, a

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered to quiz BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s advisory council member Shaukat Mahmood, also a journalist, at the jail gate within three working days.The court also turned down the bail plea by Shaukat Mahmood and remand plea by police in a case.The court

DHAKA: Some people in Malaysia are destroying the image of the country in the name of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) by their activities. Having no permission of Dhaka, they are carrying on their activities in the name of BNP. They are involved in dirty politics, quarrels, grouping

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina regretted murder of Italian national and termed ‘unfortunate’ the red alerts issued by a number of foreign countries for their nationals in Dhaka.She said not only in Bangladesh, vested quarters are trying to create a fearful atmosphere around the

COMILLA: A local unit leader of ruling Awami League (AL) was killed and eight more injured in a clash between the villagers of Salehpur and Tangirparh in Laksam upazila of Comilla district.The deceased Anwar Hossain (42) was Salehpur ward unit AL leader and died under medical treatment on

CHITTAGONG: Police arrested 73 people including three activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student organization Islami Chhatra Shibir conducting overnight drives in different upazilas of Chittagong district on Tuesday.Chittagong additional police super (special branch) Naimul Hasan

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir got bail in a defamation case filed by ruling Awami League’s (AL) front organization Awami Matsyajibi League vice-president Nur-e-Alam Siddiqui.Metropolitan magistrate Yunus Khan passed the order on Tuesday following the

GOPALGANJ: Local unit leaders and activists of ruling Awami League (AL) celebrated their party chief’s birthday by cutting a 69-foot cake weighing 240-pound in Tungipara upazila of Gopalganj district on Monday.It was cut on the premises of the mausoleum of Father of the Nation

DHAKA: The 69th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also Awami League president, is being observed on Monday.On this day in 1947, Sheikh Hasina, the eldest daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was born in Tungipara of Gopalganj.The ruling Awami League, its associated

DHAKA: Agriculture minister Matia Chowdhury commented that people of the country have come out of extreme poverty.She made this comment while talking to the media after returning from eid vacation on Sunday.According to the minister, people have enjoyed Eid-ul-Azha with a festive mood as

BHOLA: A group of miscreants beat Char Fashion upazila unit Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) president Abdur Razzak to death in Bhola district early Saturday.The deceased’s brother Alamin told banglanews that Razzak along with his friends was gossiping on an embankment in Hazariganj union