Category: Lead News

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday night threatened to wage a movement if Rab is not disbanded as the elite force has become matter of horror for the country’s people. “Disband Rab as people can’t sleep at night in peace…

Six people gave their depositions during a public hearing at the Circuit House here on Monday on the sensational seven murders. Of them, Jalal Uddin, son of Mujibul Haque of Masdair in the city’s Fatullah area, claimed himself to be…

The father-in-law of slain Narayanganj City councillor Nazrul Islam on Monday claimed the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) helped Nur Hossain, the prime suspect of the seven-murder case, to flee to India. It is the second time Shahidul Islam pointed the finger…

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday demanded the government to quit power by taking the responsibility of seven murders in Narayanganj. “The responsibility of seven murders in Narayanganj not only goes to Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) but…

Awami League publicity Secretary Dr. Hasan Mahmud has said that his party would give a befitting reply if the opposition BNP created indiscipline in the name of holding demonstration in districts to protest abductions, killings and enforced disappearances. Addressing a…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered the state minister for home not to spare anyone involved in Narayanganj mayhem. Authorities have already removed and sacked three officials of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) for their alleged link to the abduction of…

A two-day public hearing to investigate the multiple murders in Narayanganj has begun at town’s Circuit House. Headed by Md Shahjahan Ali Mollah, additional secretary at the Public Administration Ministry, the committee began interviewing people from 10am Monday. District lawyer’s…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reaffirmed that her government will ensure the punishment of the culprits who are behind the sensational Narayanganj seven murders. The Prime Minister came up with the assurance when family members of slain senior lawyer…

Police have found the body of a land broker near the main entrance of the Sonargaon Police Station in Narayanganj. The victim was identified as Tota Mia, 38, son of Mohabbat Ali of Mirerbagh village under the Jampur union of…

As the lawyers announced fresh programmes to press for the arrest and exemplary punishment of those involved in the seven murders, the police super here on Sunday claimed that there had been a marked progress in their investigation into the…

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday demanded disbanding of elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) as, she said, they are involved in killing, forced disappearance and abduction across the country. “The RAB was formed to ensure security of the people. They…

The High Court on Sunday issued a rule asking the Home Secretary for taking immediate steps to arrest three former Rab officials who had been dismissed for their jobs following allegations of their involvement in the killing of seven people…

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday demanded the government to form a three-member inquiry team headed by a former chief justice to probe into the sensitive seven murders in Narayanganj. “The BNP demands that the government to…

The BNP Chairperson is playing the ‘blame game’, HM Ershad has said, responding to Khaleda Zia’s recent claim that Ershad was the man behind the murders of her husband Ziaur Rahman and Maj Gen Muhammad Abul Manzur. Addressing a discussion…

BNP will hold a public meeting at Demra industrial zone in Dhaka on May 17 protesting killing, enforced disappearance and abduction. BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will address the meeting as the chief guest. The decision has been taken at a…

Although the incidents of abductions are taking place in the country, many people are going into hiding themselves, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said on Saturday. “Many people go into hiding themselves, though there true incidents of abductions,” he said at…

Siddhirganj thana unit Awami League on Saturday relieved its vice-president Nur Hossain and general secretary Yasin Miah from all activities of the party for their suspected involvement in the gruesome murder of seven people. The decision was taken at an…

There is good news for Bangladeshi mothers on the occasion of Mothers’ Day on Sunday. The country is a better place for mothers than neighbouring India and Pakistan. A new Save the Children report on state of mothers’ put Bangladesh…

A senior BNP leader said on Saturday although the N’ganj city administration did not give permission to hold a rally in Narayanganj, BNP chairperson and former premier Begum Khaleda Zia would visit the district on Wednesday to express her sympathy…

Accusing Narayanganj city councilor Nur Hossain of murdering the seven people in the district, Shahidul Islam, father-in-law of slain city panel mayor Nazrul Islam, on Saturday claimed that the evidence found in Hossain’s house prove his involvement in the incident.…

The probe body formed to investigate law enforcers’ alleged involvement in the Narayanganj seven-murder case will hold a public hearing on the victims’ abductions and their subsequent murders on May 12 and 15. The hearing will be held at the…

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that government ministers, and ruling party lawmakers are involved in the seven murders in Narayanganj. “The government ministers and MPs were involved in seven murders in Narayanganj. Thus probe has…

No leniency will be shown even if the person is from the ruling party in the investigation of the Narayanganj seven murders, Awami League leader Suranjit Senguptahas said. “The prime minister has taken a strong position in the Narayanganj incident,”…

The body of a newlywed woman was recovered from the septic tank of her husband’s village home at Adarshapara under Joypurhat municipality on Friday, 100 days after she had reportedly gone missing. The victim was identified as Subarna, 22, wife…