DHAKA: BNP joint secretary general Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon sent a legal notice to two secretaries and three judges demanding compensation for ‘unlawful’ 8-day imprisonment for setting fire on a bus.Mentioning a claim of Tk 5 core, the notice said legal action would be taken

CHUADANGA:  At least five people were injured in chase and counter-chase between police and BNP leaders-activists in Chuadanga on Monday centering pro-hartal procession.Sources told banglanews that at least five BNP men were injured at that time while police detained more

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday adjourned the recording of deposition against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia until October 13 in Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases.Justice Basudeb Roy of the court Special Judge-3, the makeshieft court set up at Alia Madrasa ground, passed

DHAKA: A youth sustained bullet injury in police firing during the countywide hartal called by 20-party alliance on Monday.The injured was identified as M Hanif Jony, 25, live in Kadamtala Basabo area in Rajarbagh.Hanif said he went to the BNP possession with his friend in Madartek Bazar

FROM NAYA PALTAN: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) urged President Abdul Hamid not to sign the Constitution (16th amendment) Bill and send it to the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) for reconsideration.During the BNP-led 20-party alliance called countrywide hartal, BNP joint-secretary general

JESSORE: Police, in separate drives, detained 36 activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami from separate areas including the town on Monday.Assistant Superintendent of police Reshma Sharmin of Jessore district said law enforcers detained the people from

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday rejected the time petition, filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, seeking deferment of the recording deposition in the two cases, Zia Charitable and Orphanage Trust graft cases.Justice Basudeb Roy of the court Special Judge-3 ordered to continue to take

DHAKA: BNP-led 20-party alliance observed daylong hartal across the country amid stray incidents on Monday.The alliance enforced the nationwide strike from 6:00am to 6:00pm protesting restoration of the Parliament’s authority to impeach judges of the Supreme Court.In support of

DHAKA: Police detained seven activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) from Dhaka University area on Monday morning during the BNP-led 20-party’s daylong hartal. The detainees are- Shafiqul Islam, 25, Khorshed Alam, 38, Riadh, 23, Tanjilul Rahman Labib, 22, Mostafiz, 22, Soikat

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Hartal supporters vandalized at least 12 trucks in new truck terminal area of the district early Monday morning.The incident took place in the area around 12:30pm during Jamaat-e-Islami’s last phase 24-hr hartal. Drivers of the trucks told banglanews the goods-laden

SYLHET: Five people were injured in multiple cocktail blasts during a clash between two fractions of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) in the divisional city on Monday morning.Spot account said a clash ensued between newly-formed JCD committee and deprived Chhatra Dal leaders when

DHAKA: Police detained three Chhatra Dal activists from a hartal possession of 20-party alliance at Shahbagh and Dhaka University Arts faculty area on Monday.Sub-inspector (SI) Subrata Haldar of Shahbagh Thana confirmed the matter to banglanews.The BNP-led 20-party alliance have been

DHAKA: The final phase of 48-hour hartal, called by Jamaat-e-Islami, ended across the country on Monday morning amid stray incidents while the daylong hartal called by BNP-led 20-party alliance, began from this morning.The alliance is enforced the nationwide strike protesting restoring

FENI: Ruling Awami League backed candidate Alimuddin won in the by-election of Fulgazi upazila in the district on Sunday.AL candidate bagged 47,264 votes with the symbol ‘Pen and Ink’ while his nearest BNP-backed candidate Mahtabuddin Chowdhury Minar got 2,089 votes with

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