Probe into 'suspicious bank transactions' a foul play
A BNP senior leader on Tuesday alleged the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an investigation into a 'false and politically-motivated' allegation of 'suspicious' bank transactions by eight top leaders as part of a government's 'foul play' to mislead people and weaken the party's movement, reports UNB."The allegation has been brought...
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Bangabandhu brought qualitative changes in politics: Minister
A minister said on Monday Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had brought qualitative changes in politics, reports BSS."Bangabandhu had brought politics to the general people from the aristocrat class of the society. He had brought up leadership from the grassroots and involved the middleclass Bengali educated society...
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'Shootout' kills man 'linked to robbery' at MP's house
A man with suspected link to a robbery incident at MP Dabirul Islam's house in Thakurgaon has died in a reported shootout with police, reports bdnews24.com.The shootout took place in Jagannathpur area of the district on Monday night, said Farhat Ahmed, superintendent of police (SP) in the district. In a...
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Minorities announce road blockade for April 7
Bangladesh Hindu, Buddhist and Christian Oikya Parishad has announced a daylong road blockade programme for Saturday demanding the law enforcers take quick steps to trace out missing Public Prosecutor Rathis Chandra Bhowmik, a witness in a war crimes case, reports bdnews24.com.Along with Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad, the minority group has...
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BNP to sell nomination forms tomorrow for two city polls
BNP will sell nomination forms on Thursday among the people willing to contest the upcoming elections to Khulna and Gazipur city corporations with its tickets, reports UNB.BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the announcement at a press briefing at the party's Nayapaltan central office on...
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Fakhrul out of danger
Doctors said on Tuesday BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is now out of danger, reports UNB.Fakhrul will be released today (Wednesday) as he is now doing fine, BNP vice chairman Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said quoting his doctors at the United Hospital.He said an angiogram of the BNP...
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Gayeshwar walks out on bail
BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy was released from jail on bail on Tuesday, over three months after his arrest, reports UNB.He walked out of the Keraniganj Central Jail around 7:00 pm after the bail order in four cases reached the jail authorities, BNP central leader and Gayeshwar's daughter-in-law...
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ICT indicts 16 Cox's Bazar men
A war crimes tribunal framed charges against 16 men from Maheshkhali of Cox's Bazar for the atrocities they committed during the Liberation War in 1971, reports BSS.Of the accused, Salamatullah Khan, Moulavi Mohammad Nurul Islam, Osman Gani and Badsha Mia were on the dock when the judge read out the...
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