DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, wife and two daughters of Arafat Rahman Koko were made accused in Dandy Dyeing loan default case as he died. Acting Judge of Dhaka Money Loan Court-1 Rokshana Aktar Happy passed the order on Monday following a plea of Sonali Bank lawyer Jahangir

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League’s (AL) advisory committee member Suranjit Sengupta termed the ‘missing’ of BNP joint-secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed for a week a ‘bad sign’ for politics. He came up with this assertion while addressing a discussion held at Institution of Diploma

CHITTAGONG: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized seven petrol bombs from Chotto Kumira area under Sitakunda upazila of the district early Monday.Major Tanvir Mahmood, deputy commander of BGB-28 Battalion, told banglanews that, on tip-off, they conducted a drive at a bush

DHAKA: A Court here asked BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and all other accused in the Barapukuria coal mine graft case to appear before it on April 13.Hosne Ara Begum, Judge of Dhaka-2 Special Judges Court, passed the order Monday.In 2008 during a state of emergency, the anti graft body

DHAKA: A fresh 72-hour hartal, sponsored by BNP-led 20-party alliance, is underway on Monday protesting the arrest of BNP joint secretary general Salauddin Ahmed.The hartal began o Sunday 6:00am and is set to continue till Wednesday6:00am, coupled with a nationwide road-rail-waterway

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday denied the bail pleas of BNP acting secretary general Mira Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s advisor Mosaddeq Ali Falu. Judge Imrul Kayes of Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court  passed

DHAKA: A group of miscreants blasted four cocktails consecutively in city’s Babu Bazar area on Sunday afternoon. Witnesses said that the blasts took place in front of Mahanagar General Hospital in the area at 3:30pm. The blasts created panic among the pedestrians, they added. But no

DHAKA: At least three persons were hurt in the consecutive blasts of two cocktails in front of National Press Club in city Sunday afternoon. The victims included two vendors and a truck-helper but details of their identities could not be known immediately. Confirming the matter to

DHAKA: BNP joint secretary general Barkatullah Bulu said the government will be held responsible if anything happened to the ‘missing’ BNP joint-secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed. He issued the warning through a press release on Sunday. The BNP leader claimed there is no trace of

DHAKA: None of the law enforcing forces detained BNP joint Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed and none of them knew his whereabouts. Attorney General Mahbube Alam placed a report to the High Court mentioning that information on Sunday. Earlier on the day, five law enforcing agencies

DHAKA: None of the law enforcing forces detained BNP joint Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed and none of them knew his whereabouts.Attorney General Mahbube Alam placed a report to the High Court mentioning that information on Sunday.Earlier on the day, five law enforcing agencies

DHAKA: Two persons including a police constable were injured as a group of alleged hartal and blockade supporters blasted four cocktails in city’s Paltan area on Sunday.Paltan Thana Sub-Inspector (SI) Rajib Sarkar confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said some miscreants blasted four

DHAKA: The High Court Sunday re-fixed April 5 to deliver the order on its long-pending rule asking the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to explain why the Barapukuria graft case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and others should not be quashed.An HC bench comprising Justice

JESSORE: Law enforcers detained 69 persons in drives conducted in the district on early Sunday.Jessore district police control room sources said that two BNP-Jamaat activists are among the detainees while the rest are accused of different cases.The detainees will be produced to Jessore

DHAKA: A fresh 72-hour hartal, sponsored by BNP-led 20-party alliance, has started across the country since Sunday morning protesting the arrest of BNP joint secretary general Salauddin Ahmed.The hartal began at 6:00am of the day and will continue till 6:00am Wednesday, coupled with a

DHAKA: A housewife Sazia Afrin was hurt critically as a group of miscreants blasted cocktail in city’s New Market area Saturday evening.The victim’s husband Tarique Aziz told banglanews that they were waiting for a vehicle to return their home in Nakhalpara after shopping.Suddenly

DHAKA: Prime Minister Hasina reiterated that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia should surrender before court as summon order had been issued asking her to appear before it. “Surrender before the court abiding by law, otherwise, the government will be forced to comply with the court

DHAKA: At least 96 persons including activists and supporters of BNP-Jamaat were detained in nightlong drives conducted in Jessore, Satkhira and Meherpur districts on Saturday.Law enforcers held 46 persons from different places of Jessore early Saturday.Jessore district police control

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League’s general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam commented that dialogue between the political parties will not be held if the violent situation continues in the country.No state on the planet allows talks with terrors, he added.‘They (BNP-led alliance) have

DHAKA: BNP-led 20-party alliance called another spell of 72-hour hartal from Sunday across the country protesting the arrest of BNP joint secretary general Salauddin Ahmed. Barkat Ullah Bulu, another joint secretary general of BNP, issued a press statement about the announcement of