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BNP dismisses PM's remarks on Khaleda about Aug 21 attack

BNP on Saturday termed 'irresponsible, fabricated and politically motivated' Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's comment that Khaleda Zia tried to kill her through the August-21 grenade attack, reports UNB. In a statement, party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the Prime Minister and other ruling party leaders have now been...

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Ganotantrik Biplobi Party formed a human chain in front of the National Press Club

Ganotantrik Biplobi Party formed a human chain in front of the National Press Club in the city on Saturday, demanding release of their arrested leaders and annulment of Digital Security Act — Focus Bangla

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Faridpur BCL chief on remand in money laundering case

A Dhaka court placed on Saturday president of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Faridpur district unit Nishan Mahmud Shamim on a three-day remand in a case lodged over amassing and laundering abroad Tk 20 billion, reports UNB.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Baki Billah passed the order as investigation agency Criminal Investigation Department (CID)...

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BNP now out to distort Aug 21 grenade attack incident

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Saturday the state machinery was abused under an orchestrated plan in launching the gruesome grenade attacks on August 21, 2004, reports BSS."In continuation of the August 15 (1975) carnage, the grenade attacks were carried out in a planned way to assassinate...

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Khaleda Zia too responsible for Aug 21 grenade attack: Hasan

Terming the August 21 gruesome grenade attack as one of the heinous crimes in the globe, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said on Saturday the then prime minister and BNP chief Khaleda Zia too is responsible for the grenade attack, reports BSS."The then prime minister Begum Zia had failed to...

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Police press charges against nine militants

Police have pressed charges against nine members of Ansar al-Islam, a militant organisation popularly known as Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), in a case filed over the murder of blogger Nazim Uddin in Old Dhaka in 2016, report agencies.Nazim Uddin Samad, a law student of Jagannath University, was hacked to death...

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It is AL that planted the 'venom tree': Rizvi

A BNP senior leader alleged on Saturday it is Awami League, not BNP, which has planted the 'venom tree of corruption' in Bangladesh and produced fraudster like Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed and over 50 casinos in the capital, reports UNB."People like (Laxmipur MP) Papul and Mohammad Shahed are coming...

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A leader of the Bangladesher Communist Party (ML) speaking at a human chain

A leader of the Bangladesher Communist Party (ML) speaking at a human chain in front of the National Press Club in the city on Saturday, protesting 'unbridled corruption everywhere' — Focus Bangla

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