DHAKA: A city court has sent BNP acting general secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to jail in three violence cases filed with Paltan Thana in city.Court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Maruf Hossain passed the order following the BNP leader’s surrender before the court and a bail

DHAKA: Election Commissioner (EC) secretary Siranjul Islam said that municipality elections will be held in December across the country.He informed the media at his office in EC secretariat in city Tuesday afternoon.According to the EC secretary, they have received the gazette of the

DHAKA: Pro-liberation youth front Ganajagaran Mancha on Tuesday observed half-day hartal across the country protesting the murder of a publisher and attack on writers and publishers and demanding the arrest of the assailants.Mancha activists brought out a procession in Shahbagh

DHAKA: The appeal hearing of death row convict Jamaat Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami will not be held on Tuesday following the absence of a senior Justice of the Appellate Division of Supreme Court (SC).Earlier on September 9, a four-member bench of Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice

DHAKA: Half-day hartal, called by a pro-liberation youth front Ganajagaran Mancha protesting the murder of a publisher and attack on writer-publisher and demanding the arrest of those involved with the incident, is underway around the country.Mancha activists brought out a procession at

JESSORE: Police held 65 people, including 24 leaders and activists of BNP and its major ally Jamaat-e-Islami, from Jessore district.The drives were conducted from Sunday night to Monday noon in different parts of the district.Jessore district police control room on-duty police member

CHANDPUR: Police held eight activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir conducting drives in a student mess on Truck Road in Chandpur town of the district.The detainees have been identified as Shahkawat (21), Abu Bakar Siddique (18), Tareq Hossain (17), Sultan Mahmud (24) and Alauddin (22) of

PIROJPUR: Police detained 12 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami conducting drives in different parts of Pirojpur district on early Monday.The detainees include Jamaat’s Bhandaria Thana unit ameer Abdul Gani and Kawkhali Thana unit secretary Nazrul Islam.Bhandaria Thana sources

DHAKA: The Supreme Court deferred till November 17 the hearings of the petitions filed by condemned war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, seeking review of death penalty given against them. Four-member AD bench led-by chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha

DHAKA: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has postponed the by-election of Tangail-4 constituency till January 31 next year. The apex court also asked the High Court (HC) bench led by Justice Ashfaqul Hossain to settle the rule issued by the HC within the aforesaid time.On

DHAKA: The appellate division rejected a petition filed by BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir seeking further extension of deadline for his surrender.The four-member bench led by Chief Justice SK Sinha passed the order on Monday morning after hearing the petition.But

LONDON: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, at a rally in central London Sunday, acknowledged her party’s failure to build a movement against the incumbent government. She said, “The movement witnessed across the country was not carried out in the capital. Even the country did not witness

DHAKA: Ganajagaran Mancha, a pro-liberation youth front, declared half-day hartal on Tuesday across the country.The declaration came from a protest meeting in city’s Shahbagh area on Sunday.The front spokesperson Imran H Sarkar made the announcement as a protest of attacks on publishers

JESSORE: A district court has sent six BNP leaders including Jessore municipality mayor and also city BNP president Maruful Islam to jail.Senior judicial magistrate Abu Ibrahim passed the order on Sunday noon after rejecting the bail plea of the accused of a violence case.Earlier in the

DHAKA:  The Appellate Division will hear the petitions filed by condemned war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, seeking review of death penalty given against them, on Monday.Four-member AD bench led-by chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha separately will

DHAKA: The appellate division (AD) scraped the High Court order that acquitted Giasuddin Al Mamun, a friend and business partner of BNP leader Tarique Rahman, in a case for attaining assets  illegally.  The AD bench led-by chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed the order on Sunday

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday expressed his party’s concern over the attacks on publishers and writers in city.He voiced this concern this evening following the murder of Jagriti Prakashani owner, Foysal Arefin Dipon, and attacks on

DHAKA: A meeting of Awami League Parliamentary Board (ALPB) will be held on Sunday at Prime Minister's official residence Gonobhaban.The ruling party has convened the meeting to choose a candidate for by-election at Moulvibazar-3 parliamentary constituency, the party sources said. Prime

JOYPURHAT: Police detained three leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami from Nikardighi village under Panchbibi Upazila of the district over allegations of planning sabotage actions.During the operation, law enforcers recovered 10 Jihadi books and leaflets from the meeting venue.The detainees are

SIRAJGANJ: Police arrested four local leaders of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami from Ullapara Upazila of the district early Friday.The arrestees were identified as former general secretary of Salak union Mohsin Reza, union unit Jubo Dal general secretary Nurul Islam, Maguradanga union Jamaat