DHAKA: Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan police detained two members of Hizb ut-Tahrir with huge banned Jihadi books from capital’s Uttara area early Monday. Besides, four people, who allegedly cheat people identifying themselves as close relatives of IGP and other government

DHAKA: The 11th death anniversary of Ivy Rahman, former women affairs secretary of Awami League (AL), is being observed on Monday with befitting manners.Different political and socio-cultural organizations including Awami League (AL), its associate bodies have chalked out elaborate

DHAKA: Another leader of Juba League sucumed to his injurues at Dhaka Medical College Hospital(DMCH) Sunday night, raising the death toll from shooting incident in capital’s Badda area to four. The deceased was identified as Abdus Salam,40, senior vice president of Badda ward unit Juba

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) rejected two petitions filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking its order to bring all records and final report from the lower court and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in Barapukuria graft case.An HC bench comprising Justice Nuruzzaman and Justice

DHAKA: BNP spokesperson Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon commented that unity between the country’s major political parties is needed for the betterment of democracy.He made the comment at a press conference at BNP central office on Sunday.Mentioning Awami League and BNP’s struggle against

SATKHIRA: Police arrested former Union Parishad chairman and also union unit Jamaat-e-Islami amir Mosharaf Hossain from sadar upazila of Satkhira district.He was arrested from Chaygharia Madrassa at 11:30am on Sunday.Satkhira Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Emdad Sheikh confirmed the

DHAKA: Three members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) including Commanding Officer Lieutenant Masud Rana and a source were sued over death of Hazaribagh Chhatra League leader Arzu in gunfight.Arzu’s elder brother filed the case Sunday with Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM)

DHAKA: Appellate Division on Sunday stayed trial proceedings of illegal occupation case against BNP standing Committee member Moudud Ahmed till August 30. The four-member appeal bench, led by chief justice SK Sinha, also asked him to file ‘leave to appeal’ by this time against HC

CHITTAGONG:  Police detained 84 people, including three activists of Chhatra Shibir, during overnight drives in different upazilas of Chittagong. Chittagong Additional police super (special branch) Mohammad Naimul Hasan told banglanews that three Shibr men were arrested from Satkania

DHAKA: The hearing on the fate of Abdul Latif Siddique as parliamentarian is scheduled to be held at the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday.General Secretary of Ruling Awami League (AL), Syed Ashraful Islam, also public administration minister, is expected to attend the hearing at

LAXMIPUR: At least 10 people, including police and journalist, were injured in infighting between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Lakshmipur Government College on Saturday over establishing supremacy.Sources said an altercation between BCL college unit president

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Saturday placed Mujahid, the suspected attacker of Olama League president, on a four-day remand.Metropolitan magistrate M Tasruzzaman passed the order in reply to a 10-day remand plea filed by police.Earlier in the day inspector of Detective Branch (DB) of police Alam

DHAKA: A court on Saturday sent BNP chairperson’s adviser Shawkat Mahmud, also Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) president, to jail after completion of his 3-day remand.Metropolitan magistrate Waez Kuruni Khan Chowdhury made the order after the detective Branch (DB) of

DHAKA: Shipping minister Shahjahan Khan commented that the ruling Awami League has no intention to destroy BNP.He said: “We’ve no intention to ruin BNP. But people, who committed crimes, will be tried under special tribunal.”The minister made this assertion while speaking at a

FARIDPUR: A bus belonging to a motorcade of Kazi Keramat Ali MP of Rajbari-2 came under attack in sadar upazila of Faridpur district over assaulting driver of a human hauler.Following the attack, a clash ensued between attackers and leaders-activists of ruling Awami League, leaving at

GAZIPUR: Miscreants chopped a local Jubo League leader to death in the presence of Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque at Kaliakoir Upazila of the district Friday evening.The deceased was identified as Raqibul Islam, former president of Kaliakoir upazila unit Jubo

GAZIPUR: A top terror named Saidur Rahman died in a gunfight with police in South Salna area under Sadar upazila early Friday.He was also president of Ward 97 Juba League in the capital.District Detective Police OC Amir Hossain confirmed the matter to banglanews adding some arms and

BARISAL: Habibur Rahman Khan (60), chairman of Dudhal Union Parishad of Bakerganj upazila of Barisal district, electrocuted on Thursday.On-duty doctor of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital declared him dead this morning.Dudhal Union Parishad secretary Mohammad Yunus Khan told

DHAKA: Metropolitan detective branch (DB) of police did not get any important information from detained three alleged members of Ansarullah Bangla Team over the killings of bloggers Avijit Roy and Ananta Bijoy Das.DB police joint commissioner Monirul Islam made the disclosure to the media

CHANDPUR: District court on Thursday sent 34 leaders and activists of BNP and its major ally Jamaat-e-Islami to jail in the case of creating violence and obstacles in discharging government duty.Chandpur senior judicial magistrate court-2 judge Shayla Sharmin passed the order after