DHAKA: New committee of Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad (Swachip) has been formed, making Dr Iqbal Arslan president.Besides, Dr Pronab Kanti Barua and Dr Abdur Rauf Sardar were made assistant vice president while Dr Abdul Aziz was elected as secretary general of the committee. Earlier on

DHAKA: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court adjourned the appeal hearing of death row convict Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami on Wednesday.The Division made the announcement after the 3rd day appeal hearing.The hearing was held in the 4-member appeal bench, led by Chief

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami called dawn to dusk countrywide hartal for Thursday protesting the upheld of death penalty for war criminal party’s secretary general leader Ali Ahsan Mujahid.    Jamaat leader Dr Redwan Ullah Shahedi confirmed the matter to banglanews on Wednesday noon. He

DHAKA: The Supreme Court (SC) upheld death sentence for BNP leader Salauddin Qauder Chowdhury for 1971 crimes against humanity, rejecting his review petition.  The 4-member full bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha pronounced its final verdict on Wednesday.The

DHAKA: The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld its previous verdict on Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mujahid that upheld death penalty given by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). A 4-member full bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha passed the order

DHAKA: The verdict on the review petition filed challenging the death penalty for war crimes convict Ali Ahsan Mujahid will be pronounced on Wednesday as the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court ended hearing on Tuesday.A 4-member full bench of the Division headed by Chief Justice SK

DHAKA: police, in overnight drives, detained 34 leaders and activists of local units of Jamaat-e-Islami and its students wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from Satkhira and Jhenaidah districts on Tuesday.Of the detained, 18 were from various areas in Satkhira and 16 from Jhenaidah

BENAPOLE (JESSORE): A team of detective branch (DB) of police arrested Sharsha Upazila unit BNP president Khairuzzaman Madhu, also Benapole C & F vice-president, from his residence in the upazila early Tuesday in a sabotage case.Detainee’s son Sharifuzzaman Parag told banglanews that a

DHAKA: Hearing on the review petition filed challenging the death penalty for war crimes convicts Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mujahid will begin on Tuesday, according to Monday’s cause-list of the Appellate Division.The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) published

SAVAR (DHAKA): Police have arrested 14 leaders and activists of BNP and its major ally Jamaat-e-islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir conducting drives in different parts of Dhaka district.Police informed banglanews on Monday.According to them, the arrested BNP-Jamaat-Shibbir men were planning

DHAKA: The High Court deferred to November 22 for delivering its order on bail petition of BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three sabotage cases.A High Court bench comprising justice M Rezaul Haque and justice M Khasruzzaman re-fixed the date on Monday.Earlier

KHULNA: Detectives arrested ameer of Phultala upazila unit Jamaat-e-Islami Akber Ali Morol on allegation of planning to sabotage on Sunday night.Akber Ali, son of Akkas Ali Morol of Junipasha village of the upazila, was accused in 10 cases, said district detective police officer-in-charge

DHAKA: BNP central executive committee member and also Faridpur district unit senior vice-president MM Shahriar Rumi has resigned from BNP.He made the announcement by sending press release to the media on Sunday.According to the release, the resignation paper has been sent to the BNP

CHITTAGONG: Police arrested 112 accused in several cases, including sabotage, from different upazilas of Chittagong district.Chittagong additional superintendent of police (special branch) Mohammad Naimul Hasan told banglanews that of the 112 arrestees, 26 were accused in regular cases

KHULNA:  Police, in special drive, detained 53 people, including leaders-activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Jubo Dal, at different places of the district on Saturday night.Of the detainees, four are identified as Munshi Jakir, organizing secretary of Sona Danga Thana Jubo Dal, Babul

BANDARBAN: Police detained Bandarban district unit Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Abdus Salam Azad in allegation of creating sabotage.He was picked up from his residence located in Chairman Para of the district town. Sadar Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Rafiq Ullah told banglanews that district unit

CHITTAGONG: At least 50 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir were held in special drives conducted in Satkania and Lohagara upazilas of Chittagong district.A special team of law enforcers conducted the drives from Friday night to Saturday

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia expressed her deep condemnation over the Friday terror attacks in Paris that claimed over 150 people and left over 200 injured.A statement, signed by BNP spokesperson Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon, said on Saturday.Khaleda Zia said, ‘I express my concern and

DHAKA: Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal categorically said that nobody, involved in the gruesome seven-murder in Narayanganj, will get spared.He made this assertion to the media after a seminar at Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) auditorium in city on

RUPGANJ (NARAYANGANJ): A group of miscreants hacked a Mahila League activist Halima Begum Jarina to death in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district.The incident took place in Tengrartek area of Galakandail union of the upazila sometime in early Saturday.The victim, daughter of Rashid