DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred until August 5 the recording of the deposition in a vandalism case filed against 147 BNP leaders and activists, including its joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.Judge Tareq Mainul Islam Bhuiyan of the Speedy Trial Court-6 passed the

LONDON: Bangabandhu’s granddaughter and Sheikh Rehana’s daughter Tulip Siddiq has been elected a member of the Select Committee on Women and Equality Affairs of the House of Commons.Tulip Siddiq was elected on Tuesday morning (London local time).After being elected a member of the

PATUAKHALI: Two separate sedition cases have been filed against 36 BNP leaders including district BNP general secretary MA Rob Miah in the district.Sadar Thana sub-inspectors (SI) Shafiul and Pravah filed the cases on Tuesday.The Thana’s officer-in-charge (OC) M Ziaul Haque confirmed

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed Bokhtiar Alam Rony, son of Awami League MP Pinu Khan, on a two-day remand in a double murder case.The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Aminul Haque passed the order after holding a hearing in the morning after IO (investigation officer) of the

DHAKA: Law enforcers arrested president of Dhamrai Upazila unit Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal Ibadul Haque Zahid from Cosmos area of Dhaka-Aricha highway early Tuesday.He was arrested in arson and sabotage case filed with Dhamrai Thana.Officer-in-Charge of Dhamrai Thana Firoz Talukder

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia alleged that the government is harassing their party’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir regarding his bail plea.She made the allegation at an iftar program, organized by Jatiya Ganatantrik Party (JAGPA) at Ladies Club in city’s

DHAKA: Former telecommunications minister Abdul Latif Siddique was released on bail on Monday afternoon.He, who was arrested for anti-religious remarks, got the release from Dhaka Central Jail in city at 5:00pm.Dhaka Central Jail deputy jailer Nesar Alam confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) on Monday rejected BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s plea to cancel the deposition of first witness and plaintiff of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.An HC bench comprising Justice Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice JBM Hassan passed the order after holding hearing

DHAKA: The Supreme Court fixed Thursday for hearing the appeal filed seeking stay on the bail granted to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three Paltan Thana cases.The full Appellate bench, led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, has set the date in response

DHAKA: The government on Monday filed an appeal seeking a stay on the High Court order that granted bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three Paltan Thana cases.The appeal was filed with Supreme Court (SC) Appellate Division Chamber Judge Justice Hasan Foez

CHITTAGONG:  Police, in overnight drives, detained 97 people including four activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir from different areas of Chittagong district on Monday.The law enforcers also seized 400 grams of hemp and 60 liters of liquor during the drives.Chittagong additional police

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will join Iftar party to be hosted by Bangladesh Labor Party, an ally of BNP-led 20-party alliance, on Tuesday. The Iftar mahfil is scheduled to be held at Ladies Club convention hall in city’s Iskaton area, with Labor Party chairman Dr Mostafizur

RAJSHAHI: Police arrested Natore district Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer from Alaipur area of the district in a sabotage case on Sunday afternoon.The arrestee is Delwar Hossain, Principal of Alaipur College. Officer-in-charge (OC) of Puthia Thana Hafizur Rahman told banglanews that Delwar Hossain

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday observed a demonstration across the country protesting the proposed national budget.According to them, the proposed national budget for 2015-16 FY goes against the interest of common people.In city, Jamaat men brought out a possession from Kakrail

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia commented that a mass uprising will make the ‘oppressor’ government fallen.She made the remark while addressing an iftar mahfil, organized by Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB), at Ladies Club in city on Sunday.The BNP chief said a government by

KHULNA: Police detained 24 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami along with three bombs and bomb making materials from a leader’s house at Gobra village under Koira upazila Sunday noon.Koira Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Harendra Nath Sarkar told banglanews that, being tipped off

DHAKA: A Dhaka court fixed August 31 to deliver order on whether the charge sheet submitted against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 37 others in a case would be taken into cognizance.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahriar Mammud Adnan re-fixed the date on Sunday as review of charge sheet

DHAKA: BNP chairperson and also former prime minister Khaleda Zia expressed her greetings to Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus on his birthday.However, June 28 is being celebrated as 75th birth day of Dr Yunus.On behalf of the BNP chief, her advisor Sabih Uddin Ahmed went to Yunus Centre

DHAKA:  A Dhaka court fixed July 14 for indictment hearing against BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed in a case for hiding assets attaining from undisclosed sources.Sunday was scheduled date of charge hearing in the case. However, on behalf of Moudud Ahmed, advocate

DHAKA: Supreme Court (SC) Appellate Division upheld the High Court order that granted interim bail to BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam in three cases of sabotage.  SC bench led by Chief Justice SK Sinha passed the order on Sunday morning.On June 21, he got interim bail in