DHAKA: Bangladesh National Party (BNP) acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday urged the countrymen to observe Monday’s hartal peacefully.The spokesperson for the party came up with the plea in a statement in the evening.He also demanded to withdraw the false

DHAKA: Leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, staged demonstration in city’s Uttara area on Sunday noon.Sources told banglanews that Shibir activists brought out a brisk procession around 11:30am and later they held a short rally

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred till October 27 the deposition of Lufuzzaman Babar, the former state minister for home, in a tax evasion case.Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 Justice M Rezaul Islam passed the order in response to defendant’s plea for more time as accused and

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday sent Mahtabuddin Ahmed Chowdhury Minar, the prime accused in the case filed for the murder of Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque, to jail. Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubur Rahman passed the order after he was produced before the court. Minar did not

MAGURA: Police detained 24 leaders and activists of BNP and its major ally Jamaat-e-Islami from the district in between Saturday night and Sunday morning.The detainees include Sreepur upazila vice chairmen, also upazila Jamaat unit general secretary Moulana M Mizanur Rahman.District

SATKHIRA: Police detained 27 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its students’ wing Islami Chhattra Shibir from different places of the district between Saturday night and early Sunday.  Of the detainees, 16 were held from Sadar upazila, five at, Kaliganj upazila and one

DHAKA: Police detained two activists of Islami Chhattra Shibir, students’ wings of Jamaat-e-Islami, from Shwrapara of the city’s Mirpur area on Sunday.Details of the detainees could not be known yet.Mirpur Thana Officer-In-Charge Salah Udin Ahmed confirmed the matter to

RAJSHAHI: Police sued around 160 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its students’ wing Islami Chhttra Shibir over an incident of clash with the lawmen in the divisional city.Sub-Inspector Alamgir Hossain filed the lawsuit with Bolalia Thana at 11:00pm Saturday on charges of

JESSORE:  Police, in separate drives, detained Ameer of district unit Jamaat-e-Islami and general secretary of Chaughachha upazila Chhatra Dal early Sunday for alleged plotting to conduct subversive acts.The detainees are Maulana Abdur Rashid, Ameer of district unit Jamaat and

NEW YORK: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) New York unit staged a demonstration protesting the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit at United Nations. BNP Chairperson’s Advisor Mazibur Rahman said that “illegally elected” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will not be allowed to

DHAKA: Mahtabuddin Ahmed Chawdhury Minar, the prime accused in the case filed for the murder of Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque, was arrested again from BIRDEM Hospital in city Saturday midnight.Adabar Thana Sub-Inspector Nazrul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews. Earlier,

DHAKA: The final phase of 48-hour hartal, called by Jamaat-e-Islami, is underway across the country on Sunday amid stray incidents.The party is enforcing the strike, from 6:00am Sunday and till 6:00am Monday, protesting Supreme Court verdict of war crimes convict Jamaat leader

FENI: The by-elections at in Fulgazi upazila will be held on Sunday. The vote will be cast in 30 centers of the upazila. The Election Commission (EC) earlier declared 16 of them as risky. A total of 73,780 voters are expected to cast their vote in the polls. Of them, some 37,845 are

DHAKA: Supporters of Jamaat-Shibir torched a passenger bus in city on Saturday evening as a part of Jamaat’s 24-hour countrywide hartal starting from Sunday dawn. Witnesses told banglanews that the pro-hartal activists set fire to the bus around 7:30pm at Rayerbagh. However, no one

DHAKA: BNP-led 20-party alliance has called countrywide daylong hartal for Monday protesting restoring parliament authority to impeach judges. The declaration came from a meeting of the high ups of the alliance on Saturday evening. After the meeting, spokesperson for the alliance Mirza

DHAKA: The final phase of 48-hour hartal called by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the verdict of war crimes convict Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee will begin 6:00am Sunday and continue till 6:00am Monday. Acting Ameer of the party Moqbul Ahmed and acting secretary general Dr Shafiqur

NEW YORK: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will come to New York to attend the 69th General Assembly of the United Nations (UN). Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) New York unit will arrange demonstrations protesting the PM’s visit. Since there is no BNP committee in the USA,

RANGPUR: At least 25 people, including journalist, sustained injuries in multiple bomb explosions at a procession of Jatiya Party at Shapla Chhatar of the metropolitan city on Saturday noon. Earlier on Friday night, the district administration imposed the section 144 in Rangpur Public

RAJSHAHI: At least ten people, including two policemen, were injured in a clash between Jamaat-Shibir activists and law enforcers in front of Loknath School in the district on Saturday morning.Witness said that Jamaat-Shibir activists brought out a procession in the area, protesting

DHAKA: National Democratic Party (NDP), member of 20-party alliance, terminated its secretary general Alamgir Mozumder.NDP chairman Golam Mortoza confirmed the matter to banglanews on Saturday morning.Golam Mortoza said, Alamgir Mozumder was terminated for violating party discipline and