CHITTAGONG: Police arrested a Rokon (full-member) of port city unit Jamaat-e-Islami from in front of a mazar in Chalkbazar area early Thursday. The detainee is Abdul Hannan, 40, also Ameer of Chalkbazar thana unit Jamaat-e-Islami.Bakalia thana officer-in-charge Mohammad Mohsin told

DHAKA: Jatiya Party presidium member Tazul Islam Chowdhury is going to be selected as deputy leader of the opposition party of 10th national parliament while Fakhrul Imam will be the opposition Chief Whip.A reliable source of Jatiya Party said that opposition leader Rawshan Ershad has

DHAKA: Pro-BNP doctors are set to meet its Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her office in the city on Thursday night.The meeting will be held at chairperson’s Gulshan political office around 8:00pm.BNP party sources confirmed the matter to banglanews.BDST: 0900 HRS, JAN 23, 2014

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami will hold a rally at North gate of the Baitul Mokarram Mosque, the national mosque in the country, on Thursday as part of its protest programme across the country.A press release from the party signed by Dr Shafiqul Islam Masud made the disclosure on

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court on Wednesday denied bail pleas to BNP Chairperson’s advisor Mir Nasiruddin, central organizing secretary Golam Akbar Khandaker along with seven BNP leaders.Chittagong Metropolitan Court acting session Judge Abdur Rashid passed the order after a hearing on

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday denied bail to five top BNP leaders including, Barrister Moudud Ahmed in three cases, including two cases filed with Motijheel Thana over violent Hefajat incident.Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge M Jahurul Haque denied the bail petition after hearing on

KURIGRAM: Votes for the two postponed centers of Kurigram-4 constituency will be held on Thursday.Tight security and other necessary measures were taken from the administration in this regards.During national polls held on January 5, the voting was postponed due to violence at the centers

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday granted bail to BNP’s former lawmaker Shammi Akter in a case filed with Banani Thana for vandalizing and torching vehicles.Metropolitan Magistrate Hasibul Haque passed the order after hearing on the case. Advocate Sanaullah Mia, who moved for the bail

BOGRA: District Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday called for dawn-to-dusk hartal for Thursday in protest against the killing of a teacher of BIAM School and College.District Jamaat Nayeb-e-Ameer Maulana Alamgir Hossain, from a roadside rally, claimed the killed teacher as a former Chhatra

DHAKA: At least 294 people were killed and 187 people went missing in the last three months’ drives of combined forces around the country.BNP’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claimed this in a press briefing at its Naya Paltan central office on Wednesday noon.At

CHITTAGONG: Miscreants stabbed an activist Juba League, the youth wing of Awami League, to death in Kanchona Adarsha Gram area under Satkania upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as M Alamgir, 33, son of one Nurul Islam, hailed from Dolu Bridge area of

DHAKA: The verdict of major general Manzur killing case will be pronounced at the first additional judge court set up adjacent to Dhaka Central Jail on February 10.Additional district and session judge Hosne Ara Akter on Wednesday fixed the date after concluding the arguments of state

GAZIPUR: BNP leaders Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Sarder Shakawat Hossain Bakul were released on bail on Wednesday morning.They were freed from Kashimpur high-security central jail at 11:00am. High-security central jail’s senior jail super Abdur Rqazzak confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday claimed that there is no foreign pressure on the incumbent government for holding interim elections.The finance minister came up with the assertion while talking to journalists at his secretariat office in the city afternoon.Muhith said,

DHAKA: LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, also Awami League general secretary, on uesday urged Khaleda Zia to seek apology to the nation within 24 hours for her remarks over the operation conducted by joint forces in Satkhira.“Khaleda must apologize for her derogatory remarks on the

KHULNA: Law enforcers arrested Khulna city Jamaat publicity secretary Al Fida Hossain, also Daulatpur Thana unit Jamaat secretary on Tuesday afternoon.The Jamaat leader was arrested from his brother’s house at Kabir Battala in the town at 2:00pm. Officer-in-Charge of Daulatpur Thana

DHAKA: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Tuesday termed BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Monday’s speech as ominous for country’s people and law enforcers. Inu came up with the assertion while talking to journalists at his secretariat office.   He also said, “Khaleda Zia is

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday rejected the bail and remand pleas to five BNP leaders in two cases filed with Motijheel Thana.The BNP leaders are Barrister Moudud Ahmed, MK Anwar, Shimul Biswas, Rafiqul Islam Mia and Abdul Awal Mintoo.Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur passed the

DHAKA: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Minister Anisul Haque on Tuesday said BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman would be granted bail as per procedures if he surrenders to the court.The ruling Awami League lawmaker came up with the assertion while talking to journalists at his

DHAKA: The Supreme Court appellate division adjourned till January 28 the appeal hearing of Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeeb-e-Amir Delwar Hossain Sayedee, who was awarded with death penalty by International Crimes Tribunal.The five-member SC bench headed by Chief Justice Muzammel Hossain passed