Dhaka – Police in a block raid arrested 14 leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir from Madhubagh area in the city early Wednesday, as part of the government’s crackdown against militancy.Identities of the arrestees could not be known immediately,UNB news…
Dhaka – Police arrested a former organising secretary in Sylhet unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) from Chowkidekhi area of the city early Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Sahed Ahmad Chamon,UNB news agency reported.
Washington (AP/UNB) — In a searing denouncement, President Barack Obama slammed Donald Trump as “unfit” and “woefully unprepared” to serve in the White House on Tuesday. He challenged Republican lawmakers to drop their support for their party’s nominee, declaring “There…
Dhaka – West Bengal may soon be known as Bengal in English and Bangla or Banga in Bengali. After decades of deliberation, the first concrete step of renaming the state was taken on Tuesday, with the state cabinet adopting a…
Dhaka – BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Tuesday asked the government to explain its ‘motive’ behind destroying evidence by killing militants instead of arresting them alive, UNB news agency reported. “Awami League leaders are saying BNP is decrying…
Dhaka-BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday alleged that people in the country’s flood-affected areas are going through untold sufferings due to the government’s apathy to stand beside them with adequate relief materials.
Dhaka-The BNP will keep Jamaat-e-Islami, one of the major partners of the 20-party alliance out of its national unity process against terrorism and militancy, said a pro-BNP intellectual.
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested 21 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir along with 30 crude bombs and gun powder from Chamagram in sadar upazila in Chapainawabganj on Monday night.
Columbus, Ohio (CNN)Donald Trump on Monday took his complaints about the “rigged” political system one step further. “I’m afraid the election’s going to be rigged. I have to be honest,” Trump told voters in Ohio, a crucial swing state.
Dhaka -The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed and his brother Manjur Ahmed in a case filed over grabbing a government house in the city’s Gulshan area. The court also scraped Manjur…
Republican candidate Donald Trump has called Democratic rival Hillary Clinton “the devil”, in the face of continuing fire from within his own party. Speaking at a rally in a high school gym in Pennsylvania, Mr Trump attacked Bernie Sanders for…
On charge of making defamatory comment to the Law Minister Anisul Haque a teacher of Rajshahi University has been suspended. The suspended teacher is Sibly Islam, lecturer of the Law department of the university.
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday deferred the date to submit probe report in a case filed against BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia for hurting religious sentiments of the people, to August 29.
Dhaka – Police in a special drive from Sunday night to Monday morning arrested 45 people, including 10 activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, from different areas in Satkhira on various charges.Kamal Hossain, information officer of the district police, said police…
Dhaka – Authorities have shut down Comilla University for an indefinite period on Monday following the death of student in a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on the campus, UNB news agency reported. The male students…
Ashland (AP/UNB) — Hillary Clinton said Sunday that Donald Trump repaid the “ultimate sacrifice” of a U.S. Army captain killed in Iraq with insults and degrading comments about Muslims, as the soldier’s bereaved father pressured Republican Party leaders to distance…
Demanding the cancellation of Rampal power plant the Progressive Students Alliance (PSA) of the Rajshahi University (RU) staged demonstration and brought out procession on the campus on Saturday.
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has been staying in BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office since Friday morning to avoid arrest as there is a warrant against him.
BNP standing committee member Hannan Shah on Saturday alleged that the government is using Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami as its political card instead of banning the party.
BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday alleged that their senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman was convicted as part of the government’s plot to hold another ‘farcical’ national election like the January-5 one. “Tarique Rahman’s conviction is politically…
Strongly protesting the police attack on a march of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports towards the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), BNP on Friday alleged that the government is setting up Rampal Thermal Power…
The BNP has criticised the killing of nine suspected militants in the Kalyanpur raid.Spokesperson Ruhul Kabir Rizvi says “the nation” wants to know why the militants are not being captured alive.He, however, maintains that the killing of six, including five…
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka court on Thursday framed charges against former lawmaker Golam Maula Rony in a case filed for assaulting journalists in 2013.
Dhaka-The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka on Thursday fixed August 4 to record further depositions of the witnesses in the Zia Orphanage Trust case.
Pro-BNP backed teachers association ‘Sonali Dal’ Panel swept the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) academic council polls on Tuesday, bagging all of the nine posts while ruling party minded teachers association ‘Gonotantrik Shikkokh Forum’ failed to capture any of them.
BNP on Wednesday briefed some foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka about the country’s latest situation following the recent terror attacks and the High Court verdict convicting its senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman.
Michelle Obama cast the presidential race as one between a positive role model for children — in Hillary Clinton — and a damaging one — in Donald Trump — in the marquee speech on the Democratic National Convention’s opening night.…
Dhaka-The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Wednesday issued arrest warrant against 59 BNP leaders including Barkatullah Bulu, Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, Azizul Bari Helal, Meer Sharafat Ali Shafu, Maruf Khan Kamal Sohel and Habib un Nabi Khan Sohel in…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said BNP leaders’ remarks over the Kalyanpur operation prove that the party is the patron of militants and terrorists.”Naturally, country’s people might think they (BNP) are the patrons of militants and terrorists…they’re patronising and…
Dhaka- Police in several special drives arrested 43 people, including 10 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir, for their suspected militant involvement from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning from several places in Satkhira.Inspector of Special Branch of police…