RANGPUR:  A union-level leader of ruling Awami League (AL) was found murdered with his throat slit in Kawnia upazila of the district Tuesday midnight. The deceased was identified as Rahmat Ali, 50, leader of Tepa Madhupur union unit Awami League.Rangpur circle ASP Saifur Rahman Saif told

SYLHET: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return home on October 3 after attending the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.She will have a stopover at MAG Osmani International Airport in Sylhet en route to Dhaka.Local Awami League leaders will meet with

DHAKA: Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of ruling Awami Legaue, sought intervention of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for withdrawal   of value added tax (VAT) on tuition fees in private universities.Leaders of the organization formally came up with the plea on Monday

DHAKA: Bangladesh Students Union will organize its 37th national council on Sunday at Aparajeya Bangla on the campus of Dhaka University.Eminent naturalist Dwijen Sharma will inaugurate the three-day council at 11:00am on the day.A rally will also be organized after the inauguration.The

DHAKA: A court denied both the remand and bail pleas for 14 activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami.They were arrested during a secrete meeting at a hotel in city’s Farmgate area on Friday evening.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahabubur Rahman passed the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court placed Chhatra Dal president Rajib Ahsan on fresh 5-day remand in three cases filed with Shahbagh Thana of the capital.Metropolitan Magistrate Shahriar Mahmud Adnan passed the order when police produced him before the court with 30-day remand plea while he was on

DHAKA: Disaster management and relief minister Mofazzal Hossian Chowdhury Maya slammed that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia for celebrating her widely criticized birthday on August 15, the National Mourning Day.The BNP chief will loose everything if she does not return to the path of

DHAKA: Pallabi Thana police produced three members of banned militant outfit Hizbut Tahrir to the court on Saturday afternoon.Police also sought seven-day remand for each.The arrestees are Abdullah Al Mamun (33), Yousuf Nurani (28) and AKM Mustafizur Rahman alias Muhin (23).Pallabi Thana

DHAKA: Information minister Hasanul Haq Inu said the newly installed portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at National Press Club in city will inspire the journalists.The minister made the assertion when came to pay tribute to the Father of the Nation on the club premises Saturday

KUSHTIA: An alleged activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was killed during a clash with Awami League (AL) activists in Majompur area of Kushtia sadar.The clash took place at 12:15pm on Saturday.Kushtia Model Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Abdul Khaleque confirmed the death of BCL

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam categorically said that killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Hasina will be brought back in the country and also be produced before the court.He made the vow to the media after paying tribute to the graves of the martyrs of August

DHAKA: Amid widespread criticism, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has been celebrating her birthday on August 15 since 1996. Birthday cakes were cut in the wee hours of the day.But this year a new incident happened. Cake was not cut in the early hours to celebrate the birthday of Khaleda

DHAKA: A hacker group, Cyber 71, hacked Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal’s official website www.jcd-bnp.org urging the its leaders and activists not to create violence for celebrating BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s birthday on August 15, the national mourning day.The Cyber 71 group posted it

SYLHET: Police detained 10 leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami, including its Sylhet unit Ameer Ahsanul Mahbub Jubayer, while coming out of a mosque after holding a clandestine meeting on Thursday night.The detainees include—Jamaat leaders Abdus Sabur, Ahmad Al Masud, Mir Hossain, Jaynal Abedin,

MUNSHIGANJ: Mirkadim municipality mayor among over 1,000 people join ruling Awami League (AL) in Munshiganj district.They announced their joining AL after giving a boat-shaped (AL symbol) floral wreath to district administrator and also district AL president Mohammad Mohiuddin at his

DHAKA: BNP-led 20-party alliance alleged that government assistance and relief materials are not sufficient to meet the demands of country’s flood victims.The alliance leaders made the allegation at a press conference held at BNP chairperson’s political office in city’s Gulshan area

DHAKA: Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has been grilling the Jatiya Party (JP) presidium member and elected lawmaker from Dhaka-6 constituency Kazi Firoz Rashid on Thursday on allegations of misappropriating a house at Dhanmondi area in city through fraudulence.ACC deputy director

DHAKA: Daily Amar Desh acting Editor Mahmudur Rahman has been jailed for three years as found guilty in graft case for concealing wealth status to Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).Abu Ahmed Jamadar, Judge of the special judge court-3 of Dhaka, passed the order on Thursday at Baskhibazar

KHULNA: Miscreants shot dead Najrul Islam Naju, son of reserved female councilor from ward no. 2 of the city corporation Shahida Begum, at Natun Rasta intersection in town Wednesday night.Spokesperson of Khulna metropolitan police Moniruzzaman Mithu told banglanews Naju, son of Khulna

BOGRA: Law enforcers on Wednesday arrested Shibganj upazila unit secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami AKM Rezaul Karim.He was arrested from Abirampur Dakhil Madrasa on charge of creating sabotage.Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP-B Circle) Gaziur Rahman confirmed the matter to