DHAKA: Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday (Oct 5) visited the Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, who is currently on one month due to physical illness, at the latter’s residence.  The minister went to Chief Justice’s residence at 4:05pm and left at 4:39pm after the meeting. He

DHAKA: BNP standing member Barrister Moudud Ahmed alleged that the government sent Chief Justice SK Sinha on forced leave by forging his signature.   The BNP’s senior leader and also senior lawyer of the Bangladesh Supreme Court made the allegation while addressing a seminar at

DHAKA: Law Minister Anisul Huq has urged not to do politics with the illness of Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha who went on one month leave recently for rest. He made the call while talking to reporters at the secretariat on Wednesday (October 04).   Anisul said, “The Chief

SIRAJGANJ: Police arrested the Sirajganj district amir of Jamaat-e-Islami, Shahinur Alam, 42, in the case filed over sabotage and obstructing police duty. He was nabbed from Kazipur Mor area of Sirajganj town, at around 10:30am Tuesday (October 3). Sirajganj Sadar Police Station

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman are hatching conspiracy to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The AL leader made the comment during a press briefing following a meeting of the Awami League with

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the repatriation process of Rohingya refugees has now become more uncertain as the two countries decided to form a ‘joint working committee’ in the Monday’s meeting. He expressed the concern while addressing a

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the country has now set up instances to the world by constructing a mega infrastructure Padma bridge, and also by giving shelter to distressed Ronigya people of Myanmar with its limited resources. She said, “We have proved, we

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday (September 28) acquitted Awami League Organizing Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim in a case filed over hiding the wealth information and possessing properties beyond known income. Judge KM Imrul Kayes of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 announced the verdict.

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman and former President HM Ershad was admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Rangpur on Tuesday night after he fell sick.  Ershad, who is currently visiting Rangpur, fell ill while attending a roadside rally in Shahebganj upazila in the evening

JESSORE: A special court has awarded three years rigorous imprisonment to Narail municipality mayor Jahangir Hossain and four others in corruption cases. Judge of special court in Jessore Nitai Chandra Saha delivered the sentence on Tuesday (September 26) in the corruption cases filed

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday (September 25) greeted the Hindu community of the country on the occasion of the Durga Puja and Bijaya-Dashamai. In a message, the BNP chief urged the countrymen, irrespective of reed and color, to remain alert so that no one can carry out

DHAKA: Bangladesh Jatiya Manobadhikar Samity, a pro-BNP platform, formed a human chain demanding whereabouts of secretary general of Bangladesh Kalyan Party MM Aminur Rahman who went missing on August 27. Founder of Gonosastya Kendra Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury and Kalyan Party chairman Maj

BARGUNA: The local administration imposed section 144 at Betagi upazila in Barguna to avert untoward situation as Betagi upazila and municipal BNP separately called rallies on the same venue and same time. Betagi Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and Executive Magistrate Md. Zakir Hossain

JESSORE: A local Awami League leader was stabbed to death by the unidentified miscreants at Jhikargachha upazila in Jessore. The incident took place at Dikdana area at Jhikargachha upazila in the evening on Sunday (September 24). The deceased was identified as Siddikur Rahman, 55,

DHAKA: BNP’s senior leaders and some of civil society members at a roundtable discussion have said that setting up a so-called ‘safe zone’ is not solution to Rohingya crisis. But such ‘safe zone’ will be more terrible for the Rohingyas. The party arranged the roundtable

GAZIPUR: Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Sunday (September 24) said that Myanmar is trying to damage the economy of Bangladesh by sending their people here.  “Bangladesh is going through a tough time right now. More than four lakhs of refugees have come from Myanmar and

DHAKA: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-11 detained two fugitives of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Abdullahpur and Shanir Akhra areas of the capital on Sunday (September 24). The detainees were identified as Ruhullah Atik alias Nurullah and

DHAKA: Police detained seven activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, on charge of planning sabotage activities at a hospital in Lalmatia area of Dhaka’s Mohammadpur. Mohammadpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Jamal Uddin Mir told Banglanews that on secret information they

NOAKHALI: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said the Bangladesh government will not respond to any kind of provocation of Myanmar on the Rohingya issue. Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made the remark to reporters while distributing donation among sick and

BOGRA: Police arrested 10 leaders and activists of BNP in different places of Bogra city, in a drive conducted on Friday night (September 22). Shah Md Mehedi Hasan Himu, President for Bogra district unit Swechha Sebak Dal, Shahabul Alam Piplu, Secretary General for district Chhatra Dal