Dhaka – A court here on Monday granted bail to BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a violence filed with Paltan Police Station over crude bomb explosion in front of BNP’ s Naya Paltan office in the city,…
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MPs’ reaction to HC verdict just emotion: Anisul
Dhaka – Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday said the reaction of members of parliament to the High Court order declaring the 16th amendment illegal is an expression of emotion. “The reaction of some MPs to the High Court order…
AL activists suffer bullet wounds in factional clash in Mirpur
Dhaka – Some 20 people were injured in a clash between the supporters of two ruling party MPs in the city’s Mirpur area on Sunday, unb news agency reported. Among the injured, 14 were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.…
UK treasury chief sees Clinton as winner, calls Trump ‘odd’
London (AP/UNB) – Britain’s treasury chief says he expects America’s next president to be a woman. Guess who? In an unusual diplomatic departure, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne offered his coy take Sunday on the race between leading Democratic…
BNP ridicules CEC’s fair election remark
BNP on Sunday slammed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad for his remark that the fourth phase of the Union Parishad (UP) election was fair, saying his statements and activities sound like of a clown. “The entire nation was…
Khaleda deserves death sentence for killing people: Inu
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will have to be condemned to death for burning people to death in the name of a movement as Jamaat leaders were sentenced to death for their war crimes, said Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on…
Prove yourself innocent, BNP to Joy
Dhaka – BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday urged Prime Minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy toprove that he has no involvement in the allegation of siphoning off Tk 2,500 crore, unb news agency reported. “Khaleda Zia…
Process begins for Nizami verdict execution: Minister
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Friday said the government will follow all legal procedures for executing the verdict against Matiur Rahman Nizami sentences to death for war crimes, unb news agency reeported.
BNP smells contempt in Law Minister’s remark over HC verdict
BNP on Friday questioned whether Law Minister Anisul Huq has committed a contempt of court by calling illegal a High Court verdict that declared illegal the 16th amendment to the constitution.
HC verdict over 16th amendment historical: BNP
Terming historical the High Court verdict that declared the 16th constitutional amendment illegal BNP on Friday said it has strengthened people’s confidence in the judiciary . Dhaka, UNB news agency reported.
Family meets Nizami at Kashimpur jail
Family members of death-row war criminal Matiur Rahman Nizami met him at Kashimpur Central Jail part-2 in Gazipur on Friday. Jail sources said six members of Nizami’s family-his wife Samsunnahar Nizami, two sons– Barrister Najib Momen and Khadiza Mohsina, daughter-in-laws…
Jamaat calls hartal for Sunday in protest
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has called a dawn to dusk countrywide hartal for Sunday protesting the Supreme Court verdict that upheld death penalty awarded to the party’s chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for his 1971 war crimes. Jamaat acting ameer Makbul Ahmad and…
SC upholds Nizami’s death sentence
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday dismissed a review petition paving the way for the execution of Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for crimes against humanity committed during the War of Liberation in 1971.
Shafik Rehman’s bail plea rejected
Court Correspondent The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Thursday rejected the plea of veteran journalist Shafik Rehman in a case filed for his alleged involvement in a plot to abduct and kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb…
Jamaat calls hartal for Sunday
Dhaka – Jamaat-e-Islami has called a 24-hour countrywide hartal for Sunday protesting the Supreme Court order upholding its ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami’s death penalty.In a jointly statement, Jamaat acting ameer Makbul Ahmad and acting secretary general Dr Shafiqur Rahman announced…
Use of BAU varsity bus for political purpose alleged
Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) unit in Mymensingh used the university buses, violating the university’s rule, for attending a freshers’ reception programme arranged by the Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University…
JCD leader sent to jail in Sylhet
Sylhet -A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal was sent to jail following his arrest in two cases filed over violence on Tuesday. Police arrested Abdul Kaiyum, acting general secretary of JCD of Bishwanath upazila unit and the convener of…
Suspended Gazipur Mayor Mannan remanded
Gazipur – Suspended Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan has been put on a three-day remand in two cases filed for sabotage.Senior Judicial Magistrate Abdul Hye granted a one-day remand when police produced Mannan before the court on Wednesday seeking…
Two charge sheets against 43 BNP-men
Court Correspondent Police submitted two more charge sheets naming 43 BNP and Jamaat leaders and activists, including BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in a sabotage case filed with Paltan Police Station of the city.
Trump repeats unsubstantiated claim Cruz dad has Oswald ties
New York (AP/UNB) – Republican front-runner Donald Trump rehashed unsubstantiated claims Tuesday that his rival Ted Cruz’s father has links to President John F. Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. In a telephone interview broadcast by Fox News on Tuesday, Trump…
Khaleda talked about Joy with information: Rizvi
Criticising the Prime Minister’s son for what he said making indecent remarks about their party chief, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday said Khaleda Zia talked about Tk 2,500 core involving Sajeeb Wazed Joy based on…
Fakhrul & 42 others charged with arson
Police on Tuesday pressed charges against 43 leaders and activists of the then 19-party alliance, including BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in a case filed with Paltan Police Station in 2014.
Khaleda a liar, thief, says Joy
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy has branded BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia as a liar and thief, and asked her not to malign Bangabandhu’s grandson, unb news agency reported. Joy, also the Prime Minister’s ICT affairs…
Case against Khaleda, 3 others for 42 deaths
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday deferred the date for submission of the probe report in the case filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and three others over the death of 42 people during last…
29 CU BCL men charged with Taposh murder
Dhaka – The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) on Monday pressed charges against some 29 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Chittagong University (CU) over the killing of its student Taposh Sarkar in a bcl factional clash.
Shafiq Rehman’s arrest exposes govt, says Bnp
BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Monday alleged that arrest of Shafik Rehman has opened the skeleton of inside the cupboard. “The people were unaware many things about Prime Minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy. But now they came…
AL siphoned off Tk 30,000cr in seven years: Khaleda
Dhaka – Accusing the government of plundering public money in the name of development, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday said the ruling Awami League siphoned off Tk 30,000 crore over the last seven years, unb news agency reported.
15 hurt in pre-election violence in Jhenidah
Dhaka – At least 15 people were injured in two separate incidents of clashes centering electioneering ahead of the union parishad (UP) election in Sadar upazila of Jhenidah district in southwest Bangladesh on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Khaleda wants dialogue with govt, investigation of Joy’s account
Dhaka – Reiterating her call to the ruling party for engaging in talks with opposition parties without delay, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday said this regime will not be able to hang on to power for long depending on…
Khaleda wants dialogue with govt, investigation of Joy’s account
Reiterating her call to the ruling party for engaging in talks with opposition parties without delay, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday said this regime will not be able to hang on to power for long depending on the power…