A case was filed against Mufti Kazi Ibrahim, a preacher known for his controversial speeches, under the Digital Security Act (DSA) with Mohammadpur Police Station in the capital. An official of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) filed the case. The police

The High Court on Tuesday (Sep 28) extended the bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia by one year in five separate cases. The HC bench of Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz and Justice Mohammad Ali issued the order in three defamation cases filed in Dhaka and the one in Narail. Another High

The Detective Branch (DB) of Police has detained Mufti Kazi Ibrahim from his residence in Dhaka for interrogation. A special DB team detained him his house in Mohammadpur College Road area of the capital after 2:00pm last night (Monday).  He is being quizzed at the DB office on

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the most successful statesman after the post-1975 carnage, and the skipper of transforming Bangladesh into a middle-income country, turns 74 today. Sheikh Hasina, also President of Bangladesh Awami League, is the eldest daughter of Father of the

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the most successful statesman after the post-1975 carnage, and the skipper of transforming Bangladesh into a middle-income country, will turn 74 on Tuesday. Sheikh Hasina is the eldest daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur

Jomir Uddin Parvez, was born on September 10, 1973 at Raozan Municipality, Chittagong District. He is the son of late Nurul Haque Chowdhury and late Lutfar Nessa born in the house of Fakir Takiya Sultan Ahmed Chowdhury in Ward 9 at Raozan Municipility. Mr Parvez has been involved in

Pran Gopal Datta, a former vice chancellor of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, was elected unopposed in Comilla 7 by-polls. Md Dulal Talukder, the returning officer and regional election officer, issued a public notice on Monday morning in this regard. The seat fell

The government has again extended a freeze on the jail sentences of BNP chief Khaleda Zia by six months in two corruption cases. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved a recommendation submitted by the law ministry, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said. The Home Ministry will issue a

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said she had wanted to make Ziaur Rahman accused in the Bangabandhu killing case as he was no doubt involved in the massacre. The premier told Parliament: “There’s no doubt that he was involved in the 1975 carnage. I wanted to make

BNP's senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, mastermind of the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally and a fugitive convict, has been living in London for the last 13 years. He is leading a lavish life abroad without having any valid sources of income. A question has been

Member of Parliament for reserved seats for women and Jatiya Party’s presidium member Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury, died at a hospital in the capital early Monday. She was 70. Masuda, a former professor of Sociology department of University of Dhaka, breathed her last at Birdem

Dr Pran Gopal Datta, former vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), has been given nomination from the Awami League (AL) for contesting the Comilla-7 by-polls. The party's parliamentary and local government election nomination board on Saturday took

Paschim Patiya in Patiya upazila of Chattogram is becoming an industrial zone fast as a good number of small and big industrial factories are being established there.  Crores of taka are being invested for developing the industries, including power plants, steel mills and garment

Name of Ziaur Rahman, founder of BNP, was removed from a road at Baltimore city in USA after the authority had decided not to honour him by naming the road after a military ruler. A road at Baltimore in Maryland was named after Ziaur Rahman at the behest of BNP wing of the city three

Cumilla: Nusrat Jahan, elder sister of Mosarat Jahan Munia, has appeared to be a mysterious woman in Cumilla as she has become desperate for leading a luxury life by any means.  To fulfill her desire, she has engaged in immoral activities like trapping well-off people to

Chattogram’s Patiya has got five upazila health and family planning officers transferred in just three years as they did not obey the directives of Whip Shamsul Haque Chowdhury. Such frequent transfers in a shortest time are rare in the country, many say. The health sector,

Nazmul Karim Chowdhury Sharun, son of Whip and Chattogram-12 MP Shamsul Haque Chowdhury alias Bichchhu Shamsu, has long been involved in Yaba business using his political clout. Besides, he has been engaged in blackmailing people after supplying women to them. So-called model Faria

Eyes of Chattogram Awami League youth and sports secretary and Abahoni founder Didarul Alam Chowdhury are filled with tears, hearing names of whip Shamsul Hoque Chowdhury and his son Nazmul Karim Chowdhury Sharun. Didarul Alam Chowdhury, also vice-president of Chattogram district Krira

CHATTOGRAM: No vaccination programme for second dose took place at Shovandandi union under Patiya upazila for the consequence of unlawful vaccination programme for first dose there at the behest of Whip and lawmaker Shamsul Haque Chowdhury. Despite passing 38 days of the first dose,

Nine senior leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, including secretary general Mia Golam Porwar, have been arrested in the capital. The arrestees include Jamaat executive committee member Abdur Rab, Ijjat Ullah, Mobarak Hossain, and former Chhatra Shibir president Yasin Arafat.