JESSORE:  Police arrested 99 accused, including 25 leaders-activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami, for their alleged involvement in different cases.The drives were conducted between Tuesday night and Wednesday dawn at different places of eight upazila of Jessore

DHAKA: BNP fronts organizations Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), Jubo Dal and Sechchasebak Dal have separately announced nationwide programs protesting the charge-sheet against BNP senior vice-president Tarique Rahman.Earlier on Tuesday, police submitted charge-sheet to a Gazipur court

DHAKA: A court here issued arrest warrant against 14 BNP leaders including MK Anwar, Selima Rahman, Maruf Kamal Khan and Shawkat Mahmud in a sabotage case of Khilgaon Thana.Metropolitan Magistrate Emdadul Haque passed the order on Tuesday afternoon.Other accused are—Barkat Ullah Bulu,

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday deferred the date of charge hearing against BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed on October 5 in a case over accumulating wealth illegally and concealing information about it.Judge Israil Hossain of special judge court-6 re-fixed the hearing date.The

CHITTAGONG: Law enforcers, in special drives, arrested 95 accused, including three Jamaat-Shibir men, from various upazilas of Chittagong district early Tuesday.During the drive, police also seized 2,000 pieces of yaba tablets and 500 liters of locally produced liquor.Additional

GAZIPUR: Police submitted charge sheet against BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman and suspended city Mayor of Gazipur MA Mannan and 30 others in a sabotage case.The charge sheet was submitted on Tuesday. Police disclosed the matter in a press briefing at Gazipur Police Super’s

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday placed BNP chairperson’s adviser Shawkat Mahmud on four-day remand in four cases of sabotage.The court of metropolitan magistrate Shahriar Mahmud Adnan passed the remand order after holding a hearing as police plead for 80-day remand in eight cases.Of the

DHAKA: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday cancelled the verdict by High Court (HC) that released former BNP lawmaker Hafiz Ibrahim from 13 years’ jail in a case over accumulating illegal wealth.A four-member bench, led by Chief Justice (CJ) Surendra Kumar Sinha, came

DHAKA: BNP demanded the resignation of information minister and also Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal (JASOD) president Hasanul Haq Inu.BNP spokesperson Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon made the demand at a press conference held at the party’s central office in city’s Naya Paltan area on Monday.He said

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League (AL) and its associate bodies paid their rich tributes to former AL women affairs secretary Ivy Rahman marking her 11th death anniversary on Monday. Senior AL leaders led by presidium member Sahara Khatun placed floral wreaths at Banani Graveyard in city this

DHAKA: A court here indicted BNP leaders Khairul Kabir Khokan and Jubo Dal president Moazzem Hossain Alal among 30 in a vandalism and sabotage case.Metropolitan Magistrate Aminul Haque passed the order on Monday in presence of seven of the accused.And also issued arrest warrant against

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