Ruling Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif has tested positive for coronavirus. His personal assistant Arifur Rahman Tutul confirmed the news to Banglanews on Wednesday.  Tutul said the Awami League leader's test result came out positive for the virus

An Awami League leader was hacked to death by miscreants in front of his daughter in Cumilla on Wednesday morning.  The incident took place in front of Funka brick kiln around 7:30 am. The deceased was identified as Zillur Rahman Chowdhury alias Zilani, vice-president of

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against Laxmipur-2 lawmaker Shahid Islam Papul and three of his family members on charges of money laundering and amassing illegal wealth. Other accused in the case are- Papul's wife Salina Islam, who is also an MP from a

India's governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies have won a close race in the key state of Bihar. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said "democracy has once again won in Bihar" in a vote many viewed as a test of his government's Covid-19 response. His

BNP on Sunday congratulated Joe Biden on his victory in the 2020 US presidential election. The party also hoped that Biden will play a strong role in establishing democracy and human rights in the world. According to the party statement, the people of Bangladesh together with the

A Dhaka court on Sunday sent former BNP state minister for civil aviation Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin to jail in a graft case.  Judge Ruhul Imran of Dhaka Special Judge Court-2 issued the order as Nasiruddin, also the former Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation, surrendered before the

A Dhaka court on Sunday put Haji Salim's son Erfan Salim and his bodyguard Zahidul Mollah on a five-day remand each in four separate cases. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaisarul Islam granted the remand against the accused for three days in the arms case and

BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas and his wife Afroza Abbas, president of Bangladesh Nationalist Party's women wing, tested positive for coronavirus. BNP chairperson's press wing member Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the information to Banglanews on Wednesday. He said

Amir Hossain Amu, member of Awami League Advisory Council, on Monday said the main objective of jail killing was to make Bangladesh leaderless. After killing Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, along with most of his family members, the assassinators killed four

Leaders and activists of Awami League have placed wreaths at the portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Dhanmondi in the capital, marking the Jail Killing Day. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader placed the wreath on Tuesday morning on behalf of

The nation observed the Jail Killing Day on Tuesday with due solemnity. On November 3, 1975, four national leaders, and heroes of the country’s Liberation War — Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmad, Captain Mansur Ali, and AHM Quamruzzaman were assassinated inside the Dhaka

The case against Irfan Salim, son of lawmaker Haji Salim and suspended ward councillor, was transferred to the Detective Branch (DB) of police on Wednesday. Inspector (Probe) Md Ashfak Rajib of Dhanmondi police station, also the investigation officer of the case, confirmed the news of

Habiganj-3 MP Abu Jahir, who was infected with Covid-19, has been airlifted to Dhaka for better treatment. A helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) brought the district Awami League president to Dhaka on Wednesday morning. Sudwip Das, personal assistant of the MP, confirmed the

A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed Irfan Salim, son of lawmaker Haji Salim, and his bodyguard Md Zahid on a three-day remand each in a case filed for assaulting a Navy official and attempted murder. Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Muhammad Asaduzzaman Nur passed the order after

Irfan Selim, son of MP Haji Selim, has been suspended as the councillor of Dhaka South's ward No 30 after a mobile court of RAB sentenced him to 18 months imprisonment for unlawful possession of liquor and walkie-talkie sets. The Local Government Division under the Ministry of

The government has decided to suspend councillor of Dhaka South's ward No 30 Irfan Salim from his post a day after a mobile court sentenced him to 18 months imprisonment for the unlawful possession of liquor and walkie-talkie sets. While talking to reporters at Secretariat on

Abui Jahir, lawmaker from Habiganj-3 constituency, has tested positive for coronavirus. Jahir, also president of district unit Awami League, himself confirmed the matter to Banglanews over phone on Tuesday morning. He said he submitted his sample for a COVID-19 test on Sunday and

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) sentenced Irfan Salim, a councilor of ward 30 of Dhaka South City Corporation and son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim, to 18 months imprisonment for possessing liquor and illegal electronic devices including walkie-talkie sets. 

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in a drive, recovered foreign liquor, beer, firearm and illegal wireless communication devises from the residence of Irfan Salim, who was taken into custody for beating up a Navy officer and his wife last night. RAB members, led by Executive Magistrate

A leader of Parbatya Chattagram Pahari Chhatra Parishad (PCP), a student front of Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS), was killed in a reported gunfight between two rival groups of the political party in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati. The gunfight took place between MN Larma (Reformists)