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Plot on for resurgence of fascist regime: Rizvi

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said an international conspiracy is ongoing to fuel the resurgence of the fascist regime in the country."The masters of Sheikh Hasina have started working in different ways to re-establish Hasina and her collaborators," he added.Mr Rizvi said this...

All parties fully backed interim govt: Mahfuj Alam

Chief Adviser's Special Assistant Mahfuj Alam has said all political parties wholeheartedly extended support to the interim government for their efforts during the dialogue with the Chief Adviser (CA) on Saturday, reports UNB."All political parties extended their support to the government. They are considering this as their own government," he...

RAB to capture Quader, Nanak, Harun on info

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Sunday said it would arrest Awami League leaders Obaidul Quader and Jahangir Kabir Nanak, and former Dhaka city DB chief Harun-or-Rashid once they get specific information about them.RAB director (media and legal wing) Lt Col Munim Ferdous disclosed this at a press briefing at...

Mahmudur Rahman demands ban on Chhatra League

Mahmudur Rahman, acting editor of Amar Desh, on Sunday issued a seven-day ultimatum demanding a ban on Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of Bangladesh Awami League (AL), reports UNB."BCL has to be banned as a terrorist organisation within seven days. We are giving a seven day ultimatum from...

Tuku returns home after long exile

BNP standing committee member Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku on Sunday returned home from London after a long exile, reports UNB.The BNP leader arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by a Thai Airways flight at 02:00 pm. BNP leaders and activists welcomed him at the airport.Talking to reporters at the airport,...

Travel ban on ex-fisheries minister, NSI DG

A Dhaka Court on Sunday issued a travel ban on former fisheries and livestock minister Md Abdur Rahman, former National Security Intelligence (NSI) director general TM Jobaer and his spouse Fahamina Masud.The judge of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court passed the orders after hearing two separate petitions filed by...

Tourists urged to avoid three hill districts until Oct 31

KHAGRACHHARI, Oct 06 (UNB): The district administrations have requested tourists to refrain from visiting hill districts Bandarban, Rangamati, and Khagrachhari from October 8 to 31, citing security concerns.Khagrachhari Deputy Commissioner Md. Shahiduzzam said the decision was taken in light of several recent incidents in Khagrachhari.Considering the situation, tourists are being...

GM Quader urges party men to stand by flood-hit people

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Sunday urged his party leaders and activists to stand beside flood-hit people of the country, reports BSS."In people's sufferings, Jatiya Party does not sit ideally," said a press release quoted him as saying.He also called upon his party men to assist the government in...

AL, Jubo League leaders arrested in murder case

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested a leader of Awami League (AL) and a Jubo League leader in connection with the murder of Imon Hossain Akash from Pallabi area on Saturday during the anti-discrimination student movement, reports UNB.The arrestees are Mohammad Din Islam, a Jubo League leader from Ward No. 3...

Ex-principal secy Azad on seven-day remand in murder case

A Dhaka court Sunday placed Abul Kalam Azad, former principal secretary of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on a seven-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of Jubo Dal leader Shamim in the capital, reports BSS.Dhaka Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Jiadur Rahman passed the order as police produced...

BNP team meets diplomats of three Nordic countries

A BNP delegation led by its standing committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury met the diplomats of three Nordic countries --Sweden, Denmark and Norway-in the city on Sunday, reports UNB.The meeting was held at the residence of Swedish Ambassador Nicolas Weeks in the city's Gulshan area. Norwegian Ambassador to Bangladesh...