DHAKA: BNP chairperson’s adviser and former state minister for youth and sports Fazlur Rahman Patal passed away on Thursday night.  He was 66. Patal breathed his last at Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences in Kolkata around 9 pm. He suffered from

DHAKA: Suranjit Sengupta, Chairman of Law Ministry Affairs Parliamentary Standing Committee, hoped that the verdict of August 21 grenade attack will be issued in September. Quoting Law Minister Anisul Haque, the committee chairman made the remarks in a briefing after a parliamentary

DHAKA: The next deposition of Zia Orphanage Trust case will be held on August 18. A makeshift court of 3rd special judge Abu Ahmed Zamadar, set up on the premises of jail department in city’s Bakshibazar area, passed the order on Thursday (August 18). However, Anti Corruption

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday (August 11) issued an arrest warrant against 56 people, including BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, in a case filed with Motijheel police station in city under explosives act. Dhaka metropolitan session judge M Qamrul Hossain Molla

DHAKA: A Dhaka court has taken into cognizance five more sabotage cases against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia. Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Kamrul Hasan Mollah passed the order after she appeared before the court on Wednesday (August 10). Earlier, the same court accepted three

DHAKA: A Dhaka court has taken into cognizance a sedition case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia. Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Hasan Mollah passed the order after she appeared before the court on Wednesday (August 10). Later the court granted bail to her in the case. BDST:

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has appeared before the lower court on Wednesday (August 10) in 12 cases of sedition, sabotage and corruption. Khaleda Zia will seek bail in nine cases for creating sabotage in Darus Salam Thana area from January to March in 2015. She will also

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will appear before the lower court on Wednesday (August 10) in 12 cases of sedition, sabotage and corruption. The chairperson’s lawyer and BNP central committee legal affairs secretary advocate Sanaullah Miah confirmed the matter to banglanews on

NETROKONA: Miscreants chopped dead a local leader of Jubo League, a front organization of ruling Awami League, at Purbadhala upazila of the district on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Habibur Rahman Tula, 32, joint-convener of upazila Jubo League, and hailed from

RAJSHAHI: Police, in an overnight drive, detained 35 people including five Shibir activists from Rajshahi metro on Monday (August 8). Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) spokesman and also Rajpara zone assistant commissioner (AC) Ifte Khair Alam confirmed the matter to banglanews. He

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued arrest warrant against six razakars including Abdus Salam of Mymensingh. Three-member ICT tribunal, led by Justice Mohammad Anwarul Haq passed the order on Monday. Prosecutor Abul Kalam said war crimes cases have been filed

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) has asked Awami League, BNP and eight other political parties to submit their annual reports on income and expenditure of 2015 by August 31. EC Public Relations Officer SM Asaduzzaman told Banglanews that 40 parities are registered and 10 of them have

DHAKA: Independent candidates have unofficially won in four municipalities while ruling Awami League (AL)-nominated candidates won three in elections held on Sunday (August 7). Elections in nine municipalities, including by-poll in one municipality, ended at 4:00pm. Independent

BANDARBAN: Five organizations including CHT Citizen Committee called dawn to dusk hartal on Wednesday (August 10) in Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachhari districts demanding the cancellation of amendment of the CHT Land Dispute Resolution Commission Act. The leaders and activists of

RAJSHAHI: Law enforcers detained 44 people including Jamaat-Shibir activists conducting drives in the city. They were nabbed after conducting drive from Saturday night to Sunday morning (August 7). Rajshahi Metropolitan Police spokesman Rajpara zone Assistant Commissioner (AC) Ifte

DHAKA: Voting in nine municipalities, including by-election in one municipality, of the country ended and counting is underway on Sunday (August 7). Voting that began at 8:00am, continued till 4:00pm. The elections were arranged at Dinajpur’s Ghoraghat, Nilphamari’s Domar,

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) fixed September 28 for the deposition against four accused from Noakhali’s Sudhapur area for their crimes against humanity during the country’s liberation war in 1971. The accused are Amir Ahmed alias Amir Ali, Abdul Kuddus, M Joynal Abdin

DHAKA: Voting in nine municipalities, including by-election in one municipality, of the country is underway on Sunday (August 7). Voting has begun at 8:00am and will continue till 4:00pm. The elections is being held at Dinajpur’s Ghoraghat, Nilphamari’s Domar, Rangpur’s

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) will arrange polls in nine municipalities of the country on Sunday (August 7). Voting will begin at 8:00am and continue till 4:00pm on the day. EC Public Relations Department director SM Asaduzzaman told banglanews that the election will be held

DHAKA: BNP announced a three-member Chittagong Metropolitan Convening Committee on Saturday (August 6). Dr Shahadat Hossain was selected as its president, Alhaz Abu Sufian as vice-chairman and Abul Hashem Bakkar as general secretary. Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam