DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday appeared before a makeshift court in Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust cases. She started for court at 9:45am Thursday from her Gulshan residence and reached the court premises around 10:45am. Earlier at 10:35am, Special Judge Court-3 of

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is on her way to appear before court in Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust cases. She started for court at 9:45am Thursday from her Gulshan residence. Zia Orphanage CaseThe ACC filed the graft case on July 3, 2008 with Ramna Police Station accusing

RAJSHAHI: BNP joint secretary general, Rajshahi metropolitan unit BNP president and also Rajshahi former mayor Mizanur Rahman Minu fell sick in prison and got admitted at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH).He was admitted at Intensive Care Unit of the hospital around 11:30am on

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to appear before a Dhaka court on Thursday in both Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases.The BNP chief’s lawyers’ panel member Advocate Sanaullah Miah confirmed the matter to banglanews on Wednesday.Hearing of the Zia

DHAKA: Police detained Dhaka City (North) unit Swechchasebok Dal convener Yeasin Ali from Doaripara area in capital’s Pallabi Thana Tuesday midnight.BNP press wing member Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to banglanews.Regarding the detention of Yeasin, Pallabi Thana

DHAKA: Resident representative of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bangladesh Robert Watkins met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday night.The envoy, who is also a UN resident coordination, met the BNP chief around 8:00pm at Khaleda’s political office in city’s

DHAKA: Opposition chief whip and also commerce ministry standing committee chairman Tajul Islam Chowdhury fell sick. He is now admitted at BIRDEM hospital in city on Tuesday.The Jatiya Party (JP) lawmaker fell sick on Monday evening while distributing relief to the flood victims in his

DHAKA: A court here granted 3-day remand for two former lawmakers of Jamaat-e-Islami and 11 other leaders and activists of the party, who were nabbed from Mirpur-11.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Lutfar Rahman passed the order on Tuesday when police produced them before the court with

BENAPOLE (JESSORE): Police detained Jessore district unit former amir and also a central committee leader Maulana Azizur Rahman with five petrol bombs in Jhenaidah district on Tuesday morning.Police also nabbed Jhenaidah municipality ward unit amir Moazzem Hossain at that time.According

JESSORE: Police arrested 60 people including seven leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami conducting drives in different upazilas of Jessore district in early Tuesday.Jessore district police control room on-duty official Sabbir Hossain confirmed the matter to banglanews.The Jamaat men

DHAKA: Resident representative of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bangladesh Robert Watkins is set to meet BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday night.The envoy, who is also a UN resident coordination, will meet the BNP chief at 8:00pm at Khaleda’s political office in

DHAKA: A Dhaka court framed charges against Awami League lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi from Cox’s Bazar in a case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission over amassing wealth beyond their known source of income. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka-3 Special Judges Court, Tuesday fixed October 6

CHITTAGONG: Police detained 313 accused including two Jamaat activists from different upazilas on Monday night.Additional Police Super Naimul Hasan confirmed the matter to banglanews on Tuesday.Some 2730 pieces of Yaba tablets were also recovered from Banshkhali and Lohagora during the

DHAKA: Police detained two former Members of Parliament (MPs) of Jamaat-e-Islami among 13 from a house in Pallabi Thana of city’s Mirpur area on Monday afternoon.Moreover, 20 bombs were also seized from the possession of the detainees.On a tip-off, police conducted a drive at the house

DHAKA:  The Appellate Division on Monday canceled the High Court (HC) order that had acquitted Barrister Nazmul Huda of an illegal wealth attaining case.The four-member bench of the apex court led-by Chief Justice SK Sinha passed the order in response to an appeal filed by the Anti

DHAKA: BNP demanded the government to form a body for judicial investigation of all ‘force-hidings and killings’ in the country.Party spokesperson Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon made the demand at a press conference held at BNP central office in city’s Nayapaltan area around 12:30pm

CHITTAGONG: Police arrested 202 people including two activists of Jamaat-e-Islami in drives conducted in Satkania upazila of Chittagong district early Monday.Satkania Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Mohammad Farid Uddin Khandakar told banglanews that they arrested two Jamaat-men in

CHITTAGONG: A court here granted 3-day remand for four members of militant outfit Hamza Brigade in a case filed with Hathazari Thana.Senior Judicial Magistrate Mosaddek Minhaz passed the order on Monday.Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested them during raids in three areas of the port

SYLHET: The charge framing date of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria murder case was deferred for the ninth time due to absence of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) sacked mayor Ariful Haq Chowdhury, an accused of the case.Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Maqbul Ahsan on

JHENAIDAH: Unidentified assailants hacked a local leader of Jubo Dal, the youth wing of BNP, to death at Royra Bazar in Shailkupa Thana of the district on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as Abu Zafar , 47, son of Mahtab Uddin of Taminagar village and president of Umedpur UP