DHAKA: Law enforcers have arrested 48 alleged militants among the total 2,132 arrestees in the countrywide crackdown for the second day. Police headquarters public relations officer AKM Qamrul Ahsan confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday noon (June 12). Among the arrestees,

ASHULIA: Police detained five members of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from several areas of the town early Sunday (June 12). The law enforcers detained them on the third day of anti-militancy special drives across the country and seized a motorcycle from

BARISAL: An activist of ruling Awami League (AL) was chopped to death in front of a school in Faridpur union under Bakerganj upazila of the district on Saturday (June 11). The victim was identified as Mahiduddin Hawlader, 45, hailed from Sonapur village of the upazila. Deceased’s

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia hosted an iftar on Saturday (June 11) for the leaders of different political parties. The program was held at International Convention Center in city’s Bashundhara area. The chiefs and leaders of BNP-led 20-party alliance and other parties’

CHANPAINAWABGANJ: Police arrested three members of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) and seized firearms and explosives from Shibganj upazila of the district on Saturday (June 11). The arrestees were identified as Shah Waliullah (30), son of Mawlana Afsar Hossain, Isarul Haque (22), son of

DHAKA: The ruling Awami League has deferred to October 22 and 23 its 20th triennial national council due to inclement weather and Eid-ul Azha. The decision came from a meeting of AL executive committee, led by Prime minister Sheikh Hasina at her official resident at Ganabhaban in city

DHAKA: Law enforcers have detained as many as 37 members of banned extremist outfits in the countrywide crackdown till now. Police headquarters public relations officer AKM Qamrul Ahsan confirmed the matter to banglanews on Saturday noon (June 11). Of the detainees, 27 are members

DHAKA: Bangladesh National Awami Party (Bangladesh NAP) alleged the government is trying to repress all opposition parties in the name of crackdown against extremists and criminals. Party’s chairman Jebel Rahman Ghani and secretary general M Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan issued a statement

BRAHMANBARIA: Police arrested Banchharampur upazila unit ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami at the wee hours of Saturday (June 11) in the three cases. The ameer, Mazedul Islam, 40, hailing from Brahmanhata village under Nabinagar upazila of the district, was arrested from Fardabad

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed on Friday (June 10) alleged violence and extremism is on the rise in the country as there is no democracy here. He further said: “Incumbent government is trying to cover-up their failures by blaming BNP for all the crimes as they

KUSHTIA: Six members of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Shibir were held among 67 people from seven thanas of the district. Police conducted the special drives in the thanas from Thursday night (June 9) to Friday morning (June 10). District additional Superintendent of police

JHENAIDAH: Four Jamaat-e-Islami members among 27 were detained from different areas under Maheshpur upazila of the district early Friday (June 10). Confirming the matter to banglanews, Jhenaidah additional superintendent of police (SP) Azbahar Ali Sheikh said Maheshpur Thana police

DHAKA: The by-polls of Mymensingh-1 (Haluaghat-Dhobaura) and Mymensingh-3 (Gouripur) constituencies will be held on July 18. These seats become vacant as former state minister for social welfare Promode Mankin who was the MP of Mymensingh- 1 constituency died on May 11 and the MP of

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday (June 9) alleged that the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s speech at Ganabhaban on Wednesday will provoke the extremists to commit more crimes. The BNP leader was addressing a press conference at party’s Nayapaltan

DHAKA: BNP joint secretary general Aslam Chowdhury has admitted his connection with Israeli intelligence agency MOSSAD. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner Monirul Islam made the disclosure in a press briefing at DMP officer in the capital on Thursday (June 9).

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League candidates have managed to get over 47 percent of total votes cast while BNP candidates bagged only around 19 percent in the recently ended union parishad polls in six phases. The independent candidates got around 30 percent of votes. After receiving

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir commented that people will have to bear the load of additional taxes to meet the revenue target of this year’s proposed budget. He made this remark while upholding BNP’s post-budget reaction at the party chairperson’s

BOGRA: A member of the banned Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was killed and two policemen got hurt in a gunfight at Shibganj upazila of the district on Wednesday (June 8). The deceased was identified as Kawsar (25). At the time, a foreign-made pistol, one

DHAKA: A total of 26 female candidates have been elected as chairman in the recently held ninth Union Parishad (UP) polls, a significant step towards women empowerment by their representation in grass-root politics. Some of them were elected as independent candidates and some won

BARISAL: Police arrested three activists of Chhatra Shibir during distributing anti-government leaflets at Kaunia area of the city on Tuesday (June 7). The arrestees were identified as Mizanur Rahman (22), Imran Hossain (20) and Mushfiqur Rahman (21). Barisal Metropolitan Detective