DHAKA: Police held Enam Ahmed Chowdury, adviser of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, from capital’s Nayapalton area on Sunday noon.Sources said that Enam Chowdry was nabbed while he was going to join ‘March for Democracy’ at around 2:15 pm.BDST:1433 HRS, DEC29, 2013Edited by: Shamim

DHAKA: Police held 96 activists of Chatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, from a mess of Dolphin road in capital’s Kalabangan area on Sunday morning.Confirming the matter Kalabagan Thana Officer-in-Charge Iqbal Hossain told banglanews, “Acting on a tip off, police

DHAKA: Law enforcers held 29 people, including a former Member of the Parliament and lawyers, from national press club and Nayapaltan area of the capital on Sunday morning.The detainees are-  former Member of the Parliament Rowshan-ara-Farid,  Supreme Court Lawyers Dr. Arifa Jesmin and

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is ready to come out of her Gulshan residence to reach her ‘March for democracy’ programme venue at capitals’ Nayapaltan on Sunday.Party sources said her car was also prepared for journey toward Nayapaltan.Earlier, Khaleda Zia was scheduled to go

DHAKA: Joint forces, in it’s drive for fourth straight day, nabbed 100 men from different areas of the capital between Saturday evening to midnight.  Wishing anonymity a detective branch officer told banglanews that they have received information that miscreants might conduct

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is set to come out of her Gulshan residence for the mass rally venue at Nayapaltan at around 12:30am Sunday.Earlier, Khaleda Zia was scheduled to go to Nayapaltan to join ‘March for Democracy’ at 10:30 am. Later, she deferred her journey for two

DHAKA: Eight platoons of police members were deployed in front of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s residence due to security reason on Sunday morning. Two platoons more police men were scheduled to be deployed in the area at around 9:00am. Mentionable numbers of female police were deployed

DHAKA: Joint forces conducted drive at the residence of BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas in capital’s Shahjahanpur area on Saturday late night.Besides, the law enforcers started raiding Motijheel, Khilgaon, Shahjanpur and Badda area from nightSources said that joint force

DHAKA: Pin drop silence prevailing around the capital’s Nayapaltan area. No activists BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami even general people were seen on roads in the area. Only some vehicles of law enforcers are seen patrolling with blowing whistle.Amid 12-13 degree Celsius temperature, huge

DHAKA: Opposition BNP Vice-Chairman Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed on Saturday said the government would be responsible for any untoward situation during Sunday’s rally.The senior leader of the party also said the ‘March for Democracy’ would be staged at any cost in city’s

DHAKA: The protocol, provided to BNP Chairperson as the Leader of the Opposition, was withdrawn on Saturday night.Besides, additional police forces were deployed at her residence and they made a bunker in front of her house around 8:45pm.       In the wake of opposition’s

RAJSHAHI: Police held some 30 activists of BNP-led 18-party alliance from the city while they were on journey to attend ‘March for Democracy’ programme in Dhaka on Saturday. Witnesses said police held around 30 people from a local mini bus while they were sailed to join the BNP-led

DHAKA: Law enforcing agencies initiated tight security measures in the city to avert any untoward situation ahead of non-permitted programme ‘March for Democracy’ at Nayapaltan on Sunday.Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hasan Mahmood Khandker confirmed the matter to journalists at

DHAKA: Opposition BNP acting general secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday firmly criticized the government’s autocratic actions against BNP called ‘March for Democracy’ rally.He also expressed deep concern over the people’s sufferings across the country.The senior

DHAKA:  Awami League President Sheikh Hasina is unveiling party’s 48-page manifesto for the upcoming 10th parliamentary elections keeping a target to make Bangladesh a developed country.She started reading the manifesto at 3:30pm Saturday.More to follow…AL Election Manifesto Trial

DHAKA: The Bangladesh Awami League, in its manifesto of upcoming 10th general election, is going to give importance on the continuation of the trial of war criminals.Party sources said that Awami League president Sheikh Hasina will declare the election manifesto at Bangabandhu

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Friday rejected the remand and bail pleas of opposition BNP Joint Secretary General Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokan.Earlier in the afternoon, detective police produced him before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court and sought 10-day remand.After the hearing,

GOPALGANJ: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina categorically said members of law enforcing agencies could not sit silently if their colleagues were being attacked by miscreants.She also warned that those, who are responsible for sabotage, would be restrained sternly. The Premier came up with the

DHAKA: A clash took place between the banned organization Hizb-ut-Tahrir and law enforcers in front of the National Press Club of the capital on Friday noon.Witnesses said that some 50-60 activists of Hizb-ut-Tahrir tried to bring out a procession at around 1:45pm and police protested

DHAKA: At least 87 leaders-activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami were held in joint forces drive in Jessore and Comilla districts between Thrusday midnight and Friday morning.Meanwhile, ten hand bombs were seized from the possession of the detainees in Jessore. In Jessore: Police in a