DHAKA: A Dhaka court Thursday declined the remand plea against BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and Shamsuzzaman Dudu in several cases.The court also rejected the BNP leaders bail pleas and ordered the police to inquire them at the jail gate within three days.The court of

DHAKA: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday ordered both the defence and prosecution to submit a summary on the appeal filed by convicted war criminal Mir Quasem Ali within next four weeks.A four-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice SK Sinha

DHAKA: Jatiya Nagarik Committee (National Citizens Committee) has completed its preparation to accord Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a citizen reception.The committee will arrange the reception for the premier at Suhrawardi Udyan at 3:30pm on Friday especially for her success in solving

DHAKA: A council to elect new leader for Dhaka North City (DNC) unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of ruling Awami League (AL), will be held on Thursday.The council is scheduled to begin at Kalabagan playground in city at 11:00am on the day.Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed and

DHAKA: A Shillong court Wednesday sent BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed to jail on charge of intruding into India.Shillong police took him to custody after he was released from Neigrihms hospital, where he was undergoing treatment from May 20.The BNP reappeared in Shillong on May 11 after

DHAKA: BNP on Wednesday welcomed the upcoming visit of India Prime Minster Narendra Modi to Bangladesh.BNP international affairs secretary and also spokesperson Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon made the assertion at a press conference at the party headquarters in city’s Nayapaltan area at noon.He

DHAKA: The Supreme Court fixed June 16 to deliver its verdict on the appeal of the convicted war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed seeking his acquittal of all the charges.The four-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice SK Sinha fixed the date as the arguments on

DHAKA: With the hope of assuming power in three years, ‘Aam-Janata Khilafat Party’ was introduced as a political party on Tuesday.The party’s founding chairman Syedana Haidar Ali Chowdhury announced the formation of the party at a press conference at National Press Club in city on

DHAKA: A discussion will be arranged at Engineers Institution Seminar Hall in city on Wednesday to mark the 34th death anniversary of former president also BNP founder Ziaur Rahman.The discussion, to be organized by BNP’s women wing Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal, will be held at 11:00am on

DHAKA:  The High Court granted anticipatory bail to BNP leader Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia in seven cases for sabotages filed with city’s Mirpur and Pallabi Thanas during the movement of BNP-led 14-party alliance.A HC bench comprising Justice M Rezaul Haque and Justice M Khasruzzaman

CHITTAGONG: Police, in overnight drives, detained 125 people including four activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from different areas of the district.The law enforcers also recovered 4 kilograms of hemp, 45 pieces of yaba and 94 litres of wine during the

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) on Monday declined the anticipatory bail of BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas in two sabotage cases.An HC bench comprising Justice Ruhul Quddus passed the order after holding a hearing.Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon moved for Mirza Abbas in the court

DHAKA: Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in overnight drives arrested two people on suspicion of Islamic State (IS) militant early Monday.The arrestees were identified as Aminul Islam Beg, 50, and Sakib Bin Kamal, 33.DMP Deputy Commissioner (DC) SM Jahangir Alam Sarkar

DHAKA: ‘Aam-Janata Khilafat Party’ is set to be introduced on Tuesday as a political party with a vow to protect democracy as well as basic rights of people.The party’s would be founding chairman Syedana Haidar Ali Chowdhury will announce the formation of the party at a press

DHAKA: The Supreme Court adjourned until Tuesday the hearing arguments over the convicted war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed’s appeal for his acquittal of all the charges.The four-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice SK Sinha heard the arguments on Monday,

DHAKA: Rejecting BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s plea for canceling the deposition of Harun-ar-Rashid, the first witness in the Zia Orphanage graft case, Special Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar recorded his deposition for second day.The court on Monday also fixed June 18 for testifying the

DHAKA: Law enforcers arrested at least 201 people, including three activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chharta Shibir, from Chiitagong, Jessore and Jhenaidah districts on Monday.Police in overnight special drives detained at least 111 persons, including three

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia filed a petition seeking cancelation of the deposition recorded on May 5 in the Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust cases.BNP chief’s lawyer Advocate Masud Ahmed Talukder made the plea for the cancellation around 10:35am. In the plea, Khaleda Zia

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia arrived in a Dhaka court on Monday morning to attend hearings in Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust cases.She started from her Gulshan residence around 9:55am and reached the court in Bakshibazar at 10:52am.Special Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar is expected

DHAKA: BNP Joint Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed, who is undergoing treatment at North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health And Medical Sciences (Neigrihms) after arrest for intrusion, is likely to be produced before Indian court on Monday.If doctors give release order,