Friday, 17 Jan, 2025

Politics

AL leader killed in city

DHAKA: A leader of Sainik League, a front organization of ruling Awami League, was chopped to death in city at the wee hours of Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Rubel, 35, general secretary of Kafrul Thana Sainik League, and hailed from city’s East Kazipara Bank Colony.Victim’s

AL leader killed in city

DHAKA: A leader of Sainik League, a front organization of ruling Awami League, was chopped to death in city at the wee hours of Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Rubel, 35, general secretary of Kafrul Thana Sainik League, and hailed from city’s East Kazipara Bank Colony.Victim’s

BCL in-fight at Sylhet Govt College, 3 hurt

SYLHET: Two groups of ruling Awami League’s student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) locked into a clash over establishing supremacy on Sylhet Government College campus in Sylhet district.The incident that took place on Monday noon left three BCL activists injured.Witnesses said

Charge framing date shifted for 6th time

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

Outgoing Turkey envoy meets Khaleda in evening

DHAKA: Outgoing Turkey ambassador Huseyin Muftuoglu will pay call on BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday evening.The meeting will be held at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan political office around 7pm.Chairperson’s media wing member Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to

Mintoo gets bail in sabotage case

DHAKA: BNP chairperson’s advisor Abdul Awal Mintoo got bail in a sabotage case of Paltan Thana.Additional Judge of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court Ali Masud Sheikh granted the bail after he surrendered before the court on Sunday.His lawyer Joynul Abedin confirmed the matter to

31 BNP men sent to jail in Khulna

KHULNA: A district court on Sunday sent 31 leaders and activists of BNP in eight violence cases filed with Daulatpur Thana of Khulna metropolitan area.Metropolitan session court judge Mohammad Saidur Rahman made the order after the surrender of the defendants before the court this

Mohiuddin among 16 get bail in Ctg graft case

CHITTAGONG: Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) former mayor and also port city Awami League president ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury and sixteen defendants received bail after surrendered before the court.Chittagong divisional special judge Mohammad Ruhul Amin passed the order on Sunday.The court

Jubo League man held with firearms in Ishwardi

ISHWARDI (PABNA): Police arrested a local unit Jubo League activist with a foreign-made revolver and two rounds of bullets in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna district on Sunday.The arrestee was identified as Liton alias Bandar Liton (35), son of Abdul Majid of Gokulnagar area of the

Khaleda not to appear before court Monday

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will not appear before Bakshibazar makeshift court on Monday in Zia Orphanage and Charitable Trusts graft cases.Confirming the matter to banglanews on Sunday, her lawyer Advocate Sanaullah Mia said, “She will go abroad for treatment.”Earlier on

Jamaat leader held with firearms in Narail

NARAIL: Police arrested district unit Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary Alamgir Hossain along with a shooter gun at Rajupur village under Lohagara municipality area of Narail district Saturday afternoon.Lohagora Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Sheikh Lutfur Rahman confirmed the

AL man hacked dead in Noakhali

NOAKHALI: Unidentified miscreants chopped a Juba League leader to death in Deoti union under Sonaimuri upazila early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Milon Sarkar, 28, son of Naderuzzaman of Sareng bari in the area. He was office secretary of union Juba League.Confirming the matter

Shibir president, 26 sent to jail in Khulna

KHULNA: A district court on Friday sent Khulna metropolitan unit Chhatra Shibir president Mim Miraz Hussain and 26 others to jail on charge of planning to create sabotage.The accused were sent to jail after Sonadanga Thana police produced them before the court in the afternoon.On

10 JCD men held in city

DHAKA: Police detained 10 Jatiyabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists from National Press Club area on Friday morning.Shahbagh Thana Officer-in-Charge Abu baker Siddique confirmed the matter to banglanews.JCD organized a rally at Press Club protesting arrest of central president Razib

Shamsuzzaman Dudu freed on bail

DHAKA: BNP chairperson’s adviser Shamsuzzaman Dudu has been released on bail after spending about five months in jail. He walked out of Dhaka Central Jail Part-2 (Kashimpur) around 12:30pm Friday. Jailer of Dhaka Central Jail Part-2 Nasir Uddin confirmed the matter to banglanews.

Tariqul gets bail in 4 cases

JESSORE: A district court on Thursday granted bail to BNP standing committee member and also former minister Tariqul Islam in four cases filed for sabotages during this year’s blockade-hartals.Senior Judicial Magistrate Abu Ibrahim passed the order as the BNP leader sought bail this

119 Jamaat men held in Khulna

KHULNA: Police detained 119 Jamaat-Shibir leaders and activists including Khulna Metropolitan unit Shibir president Miraz Hossain raiding in a Madrasa at Sonadanga Thursday.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Sonadanga Model Thana Officer-in-Charge Maruf Ahmed said, “The detainees were

Falu gets bail in reconsideration

DHAKA: Changing the decision of sending BNP leader Mosaddek Ali Falu to jail, the court accepted the bail of him following the appeal of reconsideration.Earlier at 1:10pm on Thursday, the BNP leader surrendered to the court and pleaded for bail. Rejecting the bail plea, Metropolitan

Court sends Falu to jail

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered to send BNP chairperson’s adviser Mosaddek Ali Falu to jail in a sabotage case filed with Badda Thana in city.Metropolitan magistrate Shahriar Mahmud Adnan passed the order around 12:45pm after the BNP leader sought bail by surrendering to

Bangla Bhai adviser Lutfor held in Rajshahi

RAJSHAHI: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members detained a top leader of banned outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and also Bangla Bhai’s adviser Lutfor Rahman Thursday.He was picked up from his home in Shikdari area of Baghmara upazila around 11:30am.RAB-5 railway colony