LALMONITHAT: Miscreants hacked an activist of Juba League to death on Saturday night at Mahendranagar bazaar under Sadar upazila over establishing supremacy.The deceased was identified as Fakhrul Islam Bullet, 32, son of Enamul Huq, and member of sadar upazila unit Juba League and also

JHENAIDAH: Police detained nine female activists of Jamaat-e-Islami in Jhenaidah sadar upazila of the district Saturday noon.Jhenaidah Sadar Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Biplab Kumar Nath told banglanews that the detainees were engaged in planning to carry out anti-state activities.On

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday will organize a demonstration across the country protesting the proposed national budget.Jamaat acting secretary general Dr Shafiqur Rahman informed the media sending a statement on Saturday.According to the statement, the proposed national budget for

DHAKA: Miscreants shot dead a former Awami League lawmaker’s nephew at Central Road in city’s Dhanmondi area early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Obaidul Haque, 35, nephew of former Awami League MP Nurul Islam BSc from Chittagong-9 constituency.    Obaidul worked as a

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will join an iftar party and dinner, to be hosted by Jatiya Party (faction) chairman Kazi Zafar Ahmed at International Convention City, Bashundhara, in city’s Joar Sahara area on Saturday.JP disclosed the matter through a press release sent by

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia joined an iftar program, hosted by its major ally Jamaat-e-Islami.The program was arranged at a city hotel on Thursday evening.Jamaat nayeb-e-amir Professor Mujibur Rahman chaired the event, also attended by other BNP-led 20-party alliance leader and

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) on Thursday fixed June 29 as the date to pass its order on 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

DHAKA: Appellate Division on Sunday will deliver its order on the plea of staying the bail of BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three violence cases.A four-member bench, led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha fixed the date after the hearing of both sides on

TANGAIL: Deprived leaders and activists of the district unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), a front organization of ruling Awami League (AL), on Wednesday called dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Thursday.The BCL men hold a meeting at district AL office after a protest

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday alleged that the incumbent government wanted to kill people by feeding them rotten wheat.She made the comment while addressing an iftar mahfil organized by National People’s Party (NPP) in a city hotel this evening.The former Prime

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia hosted an iftar program in honor of foreign diplomats in city on Tuesday.The program was held at The Westin hotel in the evening.BNP standing committee members Barrister Moudud Ahmed, Lieutenant General (retd) Mahbubur Rahman and Barrister Jamiruddin

CHITTAGONG: At least 79 people, including an activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir, were arrested in Chittagong district.Police conducted the special drives in different parts of the district from Monday night to Tuesday morning.Moreover, police also seized 125 liters of liquor and 1,500

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will host an iftar program in honor of foreign diplomats in city on Tuesday.The program will be held at The Westin hotel in the evening.Besides the BNP chief, party’s senior leaders will also attend the iftar.Earlier on Monday, Khaleda Zia hosted an

BOGRA: Law enforcers arrested four, including town unit Chhatra Shibir president Rezaul Karim, from Sabujbagh area of the town Monday evening.A special team of Sadar thana police and a team of Detective Branch (DB) conducted the drive around 6:30pm.District DB police Inspector Amirul

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia hosted an iftar party in honor of writers, journalists and other professionals on Monday.The program was held at Bashundhara Convention city of the city in the evening.The BNP chief exchanged greetings with them and enquired about their well-being.A

CHANDPUR: Twelve Jubo Dal leaders and activists, including its district unit president, have sent to jail in arson case in Chandpur.Senior judicial magistrate Mashrun Salehin on Monday passed the order after rejecting the bail plea.Earlier, all the accused appeared before the court and

DHAKA: The government’s appeal for a stay on the High Court order that granted bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was sent to the full bench of the appellate division.Court of Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Hasan Fayez Siddique sent the

DHAKA: BNP demanded the removal of food minister Advocate Qamrul Islam for importing rotten wheat apart from foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali for failing to bring back the BGB man from Myanmar.BNP spokesperson and also its international affairs secretary Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon made the

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.The appeal was filed with the Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Hasan Fayez Siddique. Earlier on Thursday, a

DHAKA: A Dhaka court issued arrest warrant against BNP leader Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia and Aman Ullah Aman among 33 in petrol bomb attack case with Mirpur Thana.Judge of Dhaka CMM court passed the order on Sunday showing the accused fugitive.BDST: 1352 HRS, June 22, 2015AKA