CHANDPUR: Miscreants attacked motorcade of the former home minister Dr MK Alamgir in Ujani Madrasa area under Kachua upazila of the district on Thursday afternoon.Witnesses said an agitated group of miscreants in the crowd attacked the former minister while he was attending a mahfil, a

DHAKA: Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran met with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office in the city on Thursday evening. The Indian diplomat reached at Khaleda’s political office around 7:30pm.This is the first meeting between Khaleda and the Indian envoy after

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday granted bail to Abdul Awal Mintu, adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, and party vice-chairman Selima Rahman in a case.Metropolitan Magistrate Maruf Hossain passed bail order to BNP adviser while Mahbubur Rahman granted bail to Selima Rahman in the

DHAKA: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Thursday alleged that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is plotting new conspiracies for creating anarchy and violence in the country.The information minister came up with the allegation while talking to journalists at his secretariat office in the

DHAKA: Chhatra Dal President of Jagannath University unit was picked up from his Jigatotal house in the city on Thursday morning.Detective Branch (DB) of Police held the student leader—Faisal Ahmed Sajal.BDST: 1610 HRS, JAN 16, 2014Edited by: M. Mahbub Alam, Asst Output Editor

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday rejected the 10-day remand prayers for interrogating BNP Vice-Chairman Sadek Hossain Khoka in a case filed with Jatrabari thana.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Masud Sheikh passed the order in a case of killing people by torching passenger

DHAKA: The High Court on Thursday ordered police not to nab or harass BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir until submission of reports in three cases filed with Ramna and Shahbagh Thanas against him.In presence of Mirza Fakhrul, an HC bench comprising Justice Borhan

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) sought permission to Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to hold rally on January 20 at Suhrawardi Udyan in the capital.BNP assistant-office secretary Abdul Latif Jony, on Thursday, told banglanews, “Though BNP on Wednesday appealed for the

NOAKHALI: Police in a special drive held nine activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami from various spots of the district between Wednesday night and Thursday morning.Confirming the matter, district police control room said apprehending subversive activities police held them.After

JESSORE: A Juba League leader was shot to death by unidentified miscreants in the district town on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Shipon, 35, organizing secretary of the town Juba League and son of Nur Islam of Ghop Beltola.Local sources said miscreants, riding motorbike,

DHAKA: BNP and Jamaat have become united to make Bangladesh a Taliban state. Pakistan’s notorious army intelligence ISI has been carrying on secret exercises on behalf of BNP-Jamaat to make our country unstable.Even in collusion with ISI, Jamaat sent their 10,000 cadares to Afganistan

NOAKHALI: Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, observed the daylong hartal on Wednesday amid road blockade, procession and cocktails explosion.The organization called the hartal in the district protesting of killing Mamun, a leader of Chittagong University unit Chhatra

DHAKA: Newly appointed state minister for Primary and Mass Education ministry Ismat Ara Sadeque was made state minister of public administration ministry.A gazette notification was issued to this effect on Wednesday.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the appointment.BDST: 1658 HRS, JAN 15,

DHAKA: BNP-led 18-party alliance will stage mass rally across the country on January 20 and protest progarmme on January 29, the first JS session day of the 10th parliament.The BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia made the announcement while briefing journalists at a city hotel on Wednesday

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is set to deliver her party’s fresh programme to meet their demand in a press conference scheduled to be held on Wednesday afternoon.The press conference will be held at 4:00pm at a hotel in capital’s Gulshan area.Allude to the BNP-led 18-party

DHAKA: The Election Commission has imposed 48-hour restriction on motorcycle movement in eight constituencies from January 15 midnight ahead of voting in the constituencies to be held on Thursday.Earlier on January 5, the voting had been postponed in the constituencies due to violent and

DHAKA: Nepal and Mayanmar Tuesday greeted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she made prime minister for third time.In two separate messages Nepal and Mayanmar government extended their heartiest congratulations to Sheikh Hasina on her assumption of office of the Prime Minister for

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has sent a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressing his thank and gratitude.The letter reached at prime minister office on Tuesday noon. In the latter, former military ruler Ershad thanked Sheikh Hasina as she appointed him a special

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is set to deliver her party’s fresh programme to meet their demand in a press conference schedule to be held on Wednesday.The press conference will be held at 4:00pm at a city Hotel in Gulshan.Allude to the BNP-led 18-party combine boycotted the

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Hanif said if BNP leave the path of violence then dialogue could be held about 11th parliamentary polls. He was addressing in a discussion at Dhaka Reporters Unity organized by Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote on Tuesday as chief