DHAKA: The High Court (HC) Thursday deferred till March 12 the hearing on pleas of Khaleda Zia about changing Judge and stay order on arrest warrant in two graft cases. An HC bench comprising Justice M Reza Ul Haq and Justice M Khasruzzaman passed the order. On January 28, Khaleda Zia

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police detained eight leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) across the city on charge of carrying out sabotages amid BNP-led 20-party alliance sponsored hartal and blockade. Police rounded up them in separate drives conducted during the

DHAKA: The extended hartal, sponsored by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led (BNP) 20-party alliance, has entered the last day across the country on Thursday.Began on Sunday 6:00am, the shutdown was set to continue till Wednesday 6:00am, which was later extended to Friday 6:00am,

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted cocktails in front of Jhigatala residence of Awami League advisory council member Suranjit Sengupta in the city on Wednesday night.Hazaribagh Thana officer-in-charge Mainul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews.“Suranjit Sengupta was not at home during

DHAKA: At least four vehicles were torched in different areas of the city on Wednesday during continuous hartal and blockade enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance.In Jurain, some alleged hartal and blockade supporters torched a bus in Rail Gate area around 6:45pm.Confirming the matter to

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Miscreants hurled cocktails on ‘Aparajeyo Bangla’ on Dhaka University (DU) campus in city on Wednesday.The monument, a symbol of nation’s liberation war and independence, is situated in front of Arts Faculty of DU.Witnesses said some miscreants hurled two

DHAKA: A court here placed BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on a two-day fresh remand in a case filed with Mirpur Thana under Special Power Act.Metropolitan Magistrate Shamsul Arefin passed the order at Wednesday noon in response to 7-day remand plea of Sub-Inspector

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in several drives, nabbed nine BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and Chhatra Shibir men from different places of the city for their alleged involvement in ongoing sabotages.Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner of DMP’s Media and Public Relations

DHAKA: Jubo Dal declared a two-day protest programs across the country demanding withdrawal of arrest warrant and ‘fake’ cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and its Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman.Jubo Dal Senior vice-president Advocate Abdus Salam Azad made the announcement

DHAKA: At least four people including city Awami League organizing secretary Shahe Alam Murad injured after miscreants attacked and blasted cocktails in a rally of Swechchhasebok League at Hazaribagh in the capital Wednesday.The attack took place at 3:15pm when lawmaker Fazle Nur Taposh

DHAKA: A group of miscreants blasted two cocktails consecutively in front of Karnaphuli Garden City market in city’s Shantinagar area Wednesday evening.The blasts created panic among the pedestrians in the area.Ramna Thana Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mashiur Rahman told banglanews that the

DHAKA: A group of miscreants blasted three cocktails consecutively in front of Kanti Hotel adjacent to Alia Madrasa in city’s Bakshibazar area Wednesday noon.The blast took place during the hearing of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s corruption cases in a makeshift court on the madrassa

DHAKA: A Special Court on Wednesday upheld the arrest warrant issued against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia deferring deposition in Zia Charitable and Zia Orphanage Trust cases till April 5. Abu Ahmed Jomadar, Judge of Third Special Court at Bakshibazar Alia Madrasa ground, passed the

DHAKA: Expressing concern about her security, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will not surrender before the court on Wednesday amid arrest warrant issued against her in Zia Orphanage and Charitable Trust graft cases. Hearing of the petition for withdrawal of arrest warrant against the BNP

DHAKA: The fourth day of the latest round of week-long hartal and the 58th day of non-stop blockade called by BNP-led 20-party alliance are underway amid stray incidents across the country.Started at 6:00am Sunday, the shutdown was set to continue till Wednesday 6:00am, which was later

DHAKA: At least 10 foreign diplomats including US ambassador Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat visited BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at her political office in city’s Gulshan area Tuesday evening.Several sources confirmed the matter to banglanews.Amid the hartal and blockade announced by

DHAKA: BNP-led 20-party alliance has extended their ongoing 72-hour hartal till 6:00am Friday.A press release signed by BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed made the disclosure on Tuesday afternoon.BDST: 1722 HRS, MAR 03, 2015

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: At least one person was killed and another injured as masked miscreants blasted petrol bombs on three trucks and a cargo truck on Kansat and Shibganj upazilas of the district from Monday night to early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Shipon, 30, driver of the cargo

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will appear before court in grafts cases on condition of assurance to return safely to her Gulshan office after bail and adequate security.Her lawyer Khandekar Mahbub Hossain came up with the remark at Supreme Court Bar Association Tuesday.Earlier in

DHAKA: A city court on Tuesday placed Farabi Shafiur Rahman on a 10-day remand in blogger Abijit Roy killing case.The court of Metropolitan Magistrate Rezaul Karim passed the order in the afternoon in response to the remand plea of Detective Branch (DB) of Police Inspector Fazlur