DHAKA: Miscreants blasted two cocktails in front of Holly Cross School and College in city’s Tejgaon area on Wednesday evening.Tejgaon Thana Officer-in-Charge Mazhar Hossain said that they did not get any information yet on the matter.Police will take necessary steps regarding the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against 23 BNP leaders and activists, including joint secretary general Amanullah Aman and one of its top leaders Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, for vandalism and creating anarchy.Sources said that additional chief judicial magistrate

DHAKA: BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed on Wednesday claimed that the government has started a publicity war tagging people’s democratic movement as “terrorist and extremist activities”.The spokesperson for the party also alleged that AL’s hypocrisy about attracting

SUNAMGANJ: Law enforcers detained Sadar upazila unit Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islmai Maulana Anwar Hossain on charge of plotting for sabotage.He was detained from the Book-point intersection of the town around 4:00pm.Officer-in-Charge of Sunamganj Sadar Model Thana Maqbul Hossain Molla

DHAKA: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister  Advocate Anisul Haque said the draft of the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973 (amend) with necessary changes to try an organization for war crimes would be placed before the cabinet meeting on Monday. He came up with

CHITTAGONG: Law enforcers detained 14 leaders and activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami in nightlong drives conducted in different areas of the district.The detainees include three BNP men and 11 Jamaat men and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir.Chittagong district

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in several drives, nabbed 10 leaders-activists of BNP-Jamaat-e-Islami and Chhatra Shibir from different places of the capital for their alleged involvement in ongoing sabotages.Confirming the matter, Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner (Media) of

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan has been taken to the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) prison cell from Dhaka Central Jail at 8:50am on Wednesday. ICT-2 headed-by its chairman Justice Obaidul Hasan is set to pronounce its verdict this morning in war crimes case against

RAJSHAHI: Cadres of Islami Chhatra Shibir allegedly cut the tendons of the legs of a leader of Juba League (JL), youth front of Awami League, and an activist of Chhatra League in Binodpur Bazar of the city on Tuesday night.The victims are Mehedi Hasan Yamin, 35, president of Matihar

DHAKA: The extended hartal sponsored by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led (BNP) 20-party alliance has rolled into the fourth day on Wednesday. The shutdown began at 6:00am on Sunday, coupled with a nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade for indefinite period.  Later on Tuesday, the

DHAKA: A nine-member delegation of the European Union (EU) parliamentary sub-committee for human rights met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday evening.The meeting, started at 6:32pm, was held at Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan political office, where she has been staying since January 3.But,

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to stop the politics of killing general people.The premier also forwarded her question to Khaleda saying that if politics kills people, what kind of politics it is and being done for whom.She made the

DHAKA: BNP-led 20-party alliance has extended their ongoing hartal till 6:00am Friday.A press release signed by BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed made the declaration on Tuesday noon.Earlier on Saturday, he, on behalf of his party chairperson Khaleda Zia and the alliance,

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has been sued for instigating a bomb attack on a procession, led by Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan on Monday, on its way to besiege her Gulshan office.Gulshan Thana police filed the case on Monday night accusing 13 more 20-party leaders and

CHITTAGONG: Police detained 14 activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami in nightlong derives in different areas in the district on Tuesday.The detainees include four from BNP, and 10 from Jamaat and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir.Chittagong district additional police

DHAKA: A group of miscreants consecutively blasted six cocktails on Johnson Road in city’s older section on Tuesday morning.No one was reportedly injured in the incident.Witnesses said that the blasts took place in front of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court on Johnson Road

GAIBANDHA: A Chhatra Shibir activist was killed in a gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Polashbari on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Mostofa Monjil, 32.Confirming the matter to banglanews, assistant director of Rab-13 Ashraf Hossain Siddik said the gunfight

DHAKA: Law enforcers, in different drives in the last 24-hour, detained 16 leaders and activists of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and Chhatra Shibir from various areas of the city.They were detained over alleged sabotage charges during hartal and blockade enforced by BNP-led 20-party.Deputy

RAJSHAHI: Rajshahi city unit Chhatra Shibir claimed that law enforcers detained three of its leaders including city president from Paba College intersection area on Monday night.The detainees are city unit Chhatra Shibir president Dr Anwarul Islam, secretary Nafis Raiyan and social

DHAKA: A fresh 72-hour hartal sponsored by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led (BNP) 20-party alliance has entered the third day on Tuesday. The shutdown began at 6:00am on Sunday and will continue till 6:00pm on Wednesday, coupled with a nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade for