BENAPOLE (JESSORE): A Juba League leader, who sustained critical injury in a fractional clash in Sharsha, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Dhaka on Monday.  The deceased was identified as Tuzam Hossain, 35, joint organizing secretary of upazila Juba League and son of one

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday rejected four appeals seeking deferment of recording deposition in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia. Judge Basudev Roy of the Special Judge Court-3 passed the order after the hearing conducted at the makeshift court setup

DHAKA: Police submitted sedition charge against BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka in a case filed for provoking party activists to go for violence ahead of a mass rally of the party on October 25, 2013.The charge sheet was placed before metropolitan magistrate Mahbubor Rahman

DHAKA: The life and ideology of Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain enthuse and inspire women in society, said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia.Khaleda on Monday commented this in a message on the pioneering social reformer’s birth and death anniversary that

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia urged the youths of the country to join the movement to oust incumbent government.She made the remarks in a view exchange meeting with the leaders of Facebook based online activists’ organization ‘Blue Band Call’ at her political office in

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday deferred the charge hearing till December 24 against 26 BNP leaders, including acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in vandalism and torching case.Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court Judge Tareq Moinul Islam Bhuiyan passed

SYLHET: A total of 53 accused of different cases were arrested from different areas of the district in a special drive between Saturday morning and Sunday morning. Police did not disclose the identities of the arrestees. According to a press release sent in the evening, they are accused

KHAGRACHHARI: Locals under the banner of ‘Sarbodoliyo Sochetan Nagorik Committee’ called a daylong hartal for Monday in Manikchhari upazila of the district.They will observe the hartal protesting the killing of a school teacher on Saturday night in the upazila.Manikchhari Upazila

DHAKA: BNP-led 20-party alliance threatened of waging non-stop movement if the government hikes price of power and gas.After a secretary generals level meeting of the alliance, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the forewarning while talking to journalists on

DHAKA: The Canadian High Commissioner Heather Cruden will meet BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday night. The meeting will be held at BNP chairperson’s political office in city’s Gulshan at 8:30pm. BNP press wing officer Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to banglanews

HABIGANJ: A ruling Awami League leader Murshed Kamal Moshahid (36) was crushed under the wheels of an inter-city train at Harashpur Railway Station in Madhabpur of the district on Sunday. The accident took place at 10:45am on Dhaka-Sylhet railway track. Moshahid was joint-secretary of

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday denied bail petition of sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique in a case filed against him for hurting religious sentiment.The court of Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur passed the order after hearing on his bail petition.  Earlier in the day, Lawyer

DHAKA: A meeting of secretary-general level of 20-party alliance is scheduled to be held at BNP's Nayapaltan central office on Sunday.BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will chair the meeting to be begun at 1:00pm in the day.The 20-party alliance include

DHAKA:  BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Saturday expressed apprehension that party chairperson Khaleda Zia may be arrested anytime.The BNP senior leader was addressing a discussion organized by ‘Deshnetri Parishad in city’s National Press Club to mark the

DHAKA: Outgoing Saudi ambassador to Bangladesh Abdullah Bin Naser Al-Busairi is set to meet BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday night. Sources told banglanews that the meeting will be held at Khaleda Zia’s residence in city’s Gulshan area at 8:00pm. Confirming the matter, BNP

DHAKA: Three activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) were injured in cocktail blast in front of BNP central office at capital’s Nayapaltan on Saturday noon. Some unidentified miscreants blasted two cocktails in the area and fled the scene, leaving the trio injured, said witnesses.

HABIGANJ: Police, in special drives, arrested a total of 41 accused in different cases across the district between Friday midnight and Saturday morning. Assistant superintendent of police (Habiganj Sadar)Masudur Rahman Monir confirmed the matter to banglanews. Of the arrestees, 38

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted a cocktail in front of BNP central office in city’s Nayapaltan area on Saturday. Sources told banglanews that the explosion took place around 11:30am. Someone, who couldn’t be identified during the blast, hurled the cocktail there, a spot account said.

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that the speech of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban press briefing is indecent and offensive. The BNP leader on Saturday made the comment at a press conference at BNP

PATUAKHALI: A Union Parishad (UP) councilor was stabbed to death by some miscreants in Basak Bazar area of Sadar upazila of the district on Friday. The deceased was identified as M Nasir Hawlader, 38, Madarbunia UP councilor and local Awami League leader, hailed from Pakhiya village of