DHAKA: Opposition chief whip and also commerce ministry standing committee chairman Tajul Islam Chowdhury fell sick. He is now admitted at BIRDEM hospital in city on Tuesday.The Jatiya Party (JP) lawmaker fell sick on Monday evening while distributing relief to the flood victims in his

DHAKA: A court here granted 3-day remand for two former lawmakers of Jamaat-e-Islami and 11 other leaders and activists of the party, who were nabbed from Mirpur-11.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Lutfar Rahman passed the order on Tuesday when police produced them before the court with

BENAPOLE (JESSORE): Police detained Jessore district unit former amir and also a central committee leader Maulana Azizur Rahman with five petrol bombs in Jhenaidah district on Tuesday morning.Police also nabbed Jhenaidah municipality ward unit amir Moazzem Hossain at that time.According

JESSORE: Police arrested 60 people including seven leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami conducting drives in different upazilas of Jessore district in early Tuesday.Jessore district police control room on-duty official Sabbir Hossain confirmed the matter to banglanews.The Jamaat men

DHAKA: Resident representative of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bangladesh Robert Watkins is set to meet BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday night.The envoy, who is also a UN resident coordination, will meet the BNP chief at 8:00pm at Khaleda’s political office in

DHAKA: A Dhaka court framed charges against Awami League lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi from Cox’s Bazar in a case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission over amassing wealth beyond their known source of income. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka-3 Special Judges Court, Tuesday fixed October 6

CHITTAGONG: Police detained 313 accused including two Jamaat activists from different upazilas on Monday night.Additional Police Super Naimul Hasan confirmed the matter to banglanews on Tuesday.Some 2730 pieces of Yaba tablets were also recovered from Banshkhali and Lohagora during the

DHAKA: Police detained two former Members of Parliament (MPs) of Jamaat-e-Islami among 13 from a house in Pallabi Thana of city’s Mirpur area on Monday afternoon.Moreover, 20 bombs were also seized from the possession of the detainees.On a tip-off, police conducted a drive at the house

DHAKA:  The Appellate Division on Monday canceled the High Court (HC) order that had acquitted Barrister Nazmul Huda of an illegal wealth attaining case.The four-member bench of the apex court led-by Chief Justice SK Sinha passed the order in response to an appeal filed by the Anti

DHAKA: BNP demanded the government to form a body for judicial investigation of all ‘force-hidings and killings’ in the country.Party spokesperson Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon made the demand at a press conference held at BNP central office in city’s Nayapaltan area around 12:30pm

CHITTAGONG: Police arrested 202 people including two activists of Jamaat-e-Islami in drives conducted in Satkania upazila of Chittagong district early Monday.Satkania Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Mohammad Farid Uddin Khandakar told banglanews that they arrested two Jamaat-men in

CHITTAGONG: A court here granted 3-day remand for four members of militant outfit Hamza Brigade in a case filed with Hathazari Thana.Senior Judicial Magistrate Mosaddek Minhaz passed the order on Monday.Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested them during raids in three areas of the port

SYLHET: The charge framing date of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria murder case was deferred for the ninth time due to absence of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) sacked mayor Ariful Haq Chowdhury, an accused of the case.Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Maqbul Ahsan on

JHENAIDAH: Unidentified assailants hacked a local leader of Jubo Dal, the youth wing of BNP, to death at Royra Bazar in Shailkupa Thana of the district on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as Abu Zafar , 47, son of Mahtab Uddin of Taminagar village and president of Umedpur UP

DHAKA: BNP termed the US research organization International Republican Institute (IRI) report as ‘conflicting’.The party reiterated their demand of a free and fair national election soon as the report said the popularity of incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has increased.BNP

CHITTAGONG: Police arrested Union Parishad chairman of Charati Union of Satkania upazila of Chittagong district on Saturday.The arrestee, Rezaul Karim (56), is also a union-unit Jamaat-e-Islami amir.Satkania Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Farid Ahmed told banglanews that the arrestee is

DHAKA: Ailing social welfare minister Syed Mohsin Ali has been taken to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore for better treatment.An air ambulance, carrying the minister and two of his family members, took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Singapore around

DHAKA: Activities of some political miscreants in Malaysia have created image crisis of the country and also of the ruling Awami League (AL) through their involvement in extortion, human trafficking and manpower business.Some policy makers of the ruling party, however, have denied any

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday greeted Hindu community of the country on the eve of Janmashtami, the birth day of Sri Krishna.The BNP chief greeted the community through a message sent to the media.Khaleda, in her message, said all the religions, including Hinduism, talked

FROM JATIYA SANGSAD: Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury informed the House that the Parliamentary seat of Abdul Latif Siddique has been made vacant.The Speaker announced the vacancy on Thursday evening.She said that after receiving the resignation letter of Latif Siddique