DHAKA: The opposition lawmakers Wednesday staged walkout from Parliament in protest against Awami League lawmakers’ derogatory remarks over Late President Ziaur Rahman.Ruling Awami League lawmaker Fazlul Karim Selim made the remarks over Ziaur Rahman in the Parliament.Protesting the

CHITTAGONG: Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) banned all kinds of rallies, meetings and sit-ins in the metropolitan area from Thursday (October 24).As per sections 29, 30, 33 and 34 of CMP Ordinance, 1978 Police Commissioner M Shafiqul Islam made the prohibition on Wednesday.Confirming

DHAKA: Law enforcement agency arrested 18 suspected Jamaat men from in front of Jatiya press Club (JPC) around 5:15pm Wednesday.Shabagh Thana Sub-Inspector Waheduzzaman said on secret information, law enforcers arrested them for taking part in a discussion at Jatiya Press Club.Additional

DHAKA: The members of law enforcement agency raided office of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami at Paltan on Wednesday evening.They held one during the raid, said a competent source. The arrestee Enamul Haque is a Chhatra Shibir activist, sources added. Police seized two Jihadi books from his

COX’S BAZAR: Law enforcers, in separate drives, arrested 10 leaders and activists of BNP and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami from various areas of the district on Tuesday night and Wednesday.Officer-in-Charge of Cox’s Bazar district Detective Branch (DB) of Police Manzur Alam told banglanews

DHAKA: Joint Convener of Dhaka City BNP Ahsanullah Hasan, also former councilor of Ward no-6, was held for his alleged involvement in plotting to create anarchic situation.Mirpur Model Thana Police held him on Wednesday noon.Police sources said that they have been arrested for their

COX’S BAZAR: Local administration imposed section 144 in Teknaf municipality area for Thursday to avert immanent clash as two groups of Jubo Dal convened rally in same time and venue.The ban will be enforced from 6:00am to 8:00pm.Sources said two groups of upazila Jubo Dal convened

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of detained Jamaat nayeb-e-amir AKM Yusuf for his alleged crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.The three-member ICT-1 led-by Justice Obaidul Hasan passed the order

DHAKA: Secretaries general of 18-party alliance are set to sit at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan political office on Wednesday afternoon.The meeting is likely to start 2:00pm with BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in the chair.Party sources said ongoing political

DHAKA: Main opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance lawmakers are likely to join the current 19th session of the 9th Parliament on Wednesday.A BNP member of parliament informed the matter to banglanews after a meeting of the opposition MPs chaired by party Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her

DHAKA: The ruling Awami League has postponed the press conference scheduled to be held at the party chief’s political office in Dhanmondi on Wednesday.Deputy Office Secretary of the party Mrinal Kanti Das made the disclosure to banglanews on Tuesday evening.Earlier in the day, the party

FROM DINAJPUR: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also ruling Awami League president, on Tuesday sought vote again for ‘Boat Symbol’ to continue the development of the country.“We have to go a long way for development. No people in Bangladesh will suffer from hunger or live without

DINAJPUR: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alleged that opposition BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and her two sons only looted during their previous tenure.She came up with the observation while addressing a rally at Gor-e-Shaheed ground of the district on Tuesday afternoon.Sheikh Hasina said,

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed former president of Chhatra Dal Sultan Salauddin Tuku on a 6-day remand in a case filed with Paltan Thana. Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur passed the remand order when police produced him before the court with 10-day remand plea.Earlier in

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed 18 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir on one-day remand.The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court also denied bail and sent another four activists to jail.Metropolitan Magistrate M Irfan Ullah granted the remand

NARAYANGANJ: Police, in nightlong drives, held 25 leaders and activists of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and Chhatra Shibir from various places of the district early Tuesday.Amongst the detainees, six are Jamaat-e-Islami men and Chhatra Shibir while rests are BNP men.Police sources said that they

TANGAIL: District BNP called a down-to-dusk hartal for Wednesday protesting the arrest former president of Jatiyotabadi Chhatra Dal Sultan Salahuddin Tuku. The announcement came after a BNP procession near old bus stand area of the district town on Tuesday morning.   District BNP

DHAKA: Former president of Chhatra Dal Sultan Salauddin Tuku was shown arrest in two cases filed with Paltan Thana. Confirming the matter to banglanews, assistant commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Media Center Abu Yusuf said, “The cases were filed for obstructing and attacking

MUNSHIGANJ: A leader of Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sangskritik Sangstha (JASAS) was chopped to death by miscreants over previous feud at Rajanagar Bazar under Sirajdikhan upazila on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Engineer Asad Chowdhury 34, Upazila unit Joint Convener of JASAS, a

SIRAJGANJ: District BNP and its associate organizations observed half-day in the district amid stray incidents of violence on Tuesday protesting harassment and arrest of BNP leaders.The shutdown had started from 6:00am and continued till 1:00pm.Hartal supporters blasted one cocktail on SB