Friday, 29 Nov, 2024

Politics

B’baria Jamaat secretary held

BRAMHANBARIA: Police arrested District Jamaat-e-Islami secretary Yakub Ali, 50, Friday afternoon in sabotage case.Brahmanbaria Sadar Thana Officer-in-charge (OC) Akul Chandra Biswas said to banglanews that being tipped off police arrested him from his residence in West Medda of the

Ex-minister Sardar Amjad passes away

RAJSHAHI: Veteran politician and former minister Sardar Amjad Hossain died at Apollo Hospital in Dhaka on Friday afternoon due to old age complexity.He was 75. Sardar Amjad started his political career joining Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in 1964 and he was elected as publicity

Chhatra Dal’s nationwide protest Sunday

DHAKA: Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) will stage demonstration on Sunday across the country protesting the arrest warrant against Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman.JCD office secretary M Abdus Sattar Patwari, in this regard, issued a press release

Suranjit slams Khaleda for remarks on PM

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League advisory council member Suranjit Sengupta warned Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Khaleda Zia for her offensive speeches on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.He also said that Awami League will reply the ‘audacity’ of Khaleda on street.He came up with

Do not threat: Nasim to Khaleda

DHAKA: Health and family welfare minister Mohammad Nasim asked Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia not to issue threat of movements to the incumbent government. He made the statement Friday noon while addressing the national conference of Ganatantri Party as chief

Jubo Dal’s nationwide protest Saturday

DHAKA: Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal will stage demonstration across the country protesting issuance of arrest warrant against BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman.Giasuddin Mamun, central leader of Jubo Dal, confirmed the matter to banglanews.On Thursday, the court of metropolitan

Govt officials in panic

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia claimed that the government officials are panic-stricken regarding their jobs as it is now in vulnerable position.Khaleda made the remarks while speaking as chief guest on ‘90’s DUCSU (Dhaka University Central Students

Fakhrul terms Tarique’s speech ‘tit for tat’

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said the remarks of his party’s senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman were ‘tit for tat’ for ruling Awami League.He came up with the assertion at the auditorium of

Barrister Fakhrul contempt to court case defers Feb 18

DHAKA: International Crime Tribunal-(ICT)-1 deferred until February 18 the over on contempt of court case of Barrister Fakhrul Islam, lawyer of convicted war criminal BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury.A three-member team, led by ICT chairman Justice M Enayetur

Arrest warrant against Tarique

DHAKA: A court here issued arrest warrant against BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman for terming Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujubur Rahman a ‘Razakar’.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Yunus Khan passed the order after hearing in a case on Thursday noon.Earlier, several cases were

Submit probe report in Khaleda case by Jan 20: Court

DHAKA: A court on Thursday asked police to submit probe report in a case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia relating to demeaning religious sentiment by January 20.Magistrate Shamsul Arefin of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) deferred the date of report submission as the

Several cases against Tarique

DHAKA: Several cases have been filed against BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman for terming Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujubur Rahman a ‘Razakar’.Lawyer of Dhaka Bar Mostafizur Rahman Dulal filed a case brining allegation of sedation and defamation and general secretary of Hawkers

Forkan Mollik indicted

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal-2 framed charge against Forkan Mollik of Patuakhali for his alleged involvement in five counts of crimes against humanity during war of liberation.The five charges include genocide, murder, rape, conversion, looting and arson committed in

Fakhrul summoned in defamation case

DHAKA: A Dhaka court summoned BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a defamation case.Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court’s magistrate Amit Kumar Dey passed the order on Thursday.Bangladesh Awami Motsyajibi League vice-president Nure Alam Siddique filed the

Fakhrul summoned in defamation case

DHAKA: A Dhaka court asked BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to appear before it on January 22 in a defamation case for terming Awami League a ‘killer party’ and its chief Sheikh Hasina a ‘killer’.Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court’s magistrate

Tarique sued in Ctg

DHAKA: A Case has been filed against BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman for terming Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujubur Rahman a ‘Razakar’.Nurul Azim Roni, general secretary of Chittagong city Chhatra League, filed the case with Chief Metropolitan Court on Thursday morning.Judge

Khaleda’s graft cases judge changed

DHAKA: The judge for trying Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases against BNP chairperson and others, has been changed Thursday. The law and justice division’s joint secretary (opinion) Abu Ahmed has been replaced the incumbent judge of the Special Judge’s

Mozena meets Raushan

DHAKA: Outgoing US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena held a meeting with Opposition Leader Raushan Ershad at latter’s residence on Wednesday evening.Raushan, in the meeting, put emphasis on Bangladesh’s regaining GSP benefit for readymade garments products and Mozena assured

Mozena for inclusive politics

DHAKA: Outgoing US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena on Wednesday said all the political parties would have to have equal opportunities to make a country’s democracy powerful.The US diplomat was talking to journalists after his meeting with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her

Former student leaders’ convention Thursday

DHAKA: A national convention of the former student leaders will be held at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) in the city on Thursday.Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be chief guest of the convention, to be organized by the 90’s committee of