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BNP expresses satisfaction at HC verdict

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has expressed satisfaction with the High Court's (HC) verdict in the August 21 grenade attack case. The verdict, delivered on Sunday, acquitted all convicted individuals, including BNP Acting Chairperson Tarique Rahman and former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar.BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir,...

AL's accomplices tasked with destabilising country: Jamaat

KHULNA, Dec 01 (UNB): The accomplices of the Awami League (AL) that are still in the country have been given the task of instigating instability at any opportunity, Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman said Sunday."We must not fall into their traps and all conspiracies must be thwarted to ensure the...

Ulama-Mashayekh BD demands justice for victims of 2018 attack

Ulama-Mashayekh Bangladesh held a press conference at the National Press Club in the city on Sunday, calling for justice for the victims of the 2018 attack on Tablighi Jamaat followers, students, and teachers during Bishwa Ijtema in Tongi, reports UNB.Mufti Amanul Haq described the incident near the Turag River as...

Defence lawyer S M Shahjahan addressing media at the High Court

Defence lawyer S M Shahjahan addressing media at the High Court in the capital on Sunday after the August 21 grenade attack case verdict. — AFP

Ex-MP Safia Khatun arrested in city

Safia Khatun, former MP (reserved seat) from Cox's Bazar's Chakaria-Pekua upazila) has been arrested from Dhaka's Pallabi area in connection with a case over the killing of a youth during the July-August movement, reports UNB.Safia, 70, former vice-president of Mahila Awami League, was arrested from Balughat area at around 10:10...

Ex-rail minister Sujan denied bail

PANCHAGARH, Dec 01 (UNB): Panchagarh court sent Former Railway Minister and ex-MP of Panchagarh-2 constituency Nurul Islam Sujan to jail rejecting the bail petition in a case over the kidnapping and murder of Al Amin, a local easy bike driver.Panchagarh Senior Judicial Magistrate Ashrafuzzaman passed the order.The hearing was held...

Munni Saha picked up, then released 'on condition'

Journalist Munni Saha has been released from the custody of the Detective Branch, just hours after being detained from Kawran Bazar in the capital on Saturday night, reports UNB.She was handed over to her family on payment of a bond shortly after midnight.Quoting Rezaul Karim Mallick, additional commissioner (DB) of...