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BNP forms human chain for Khaleda's release

As part of its countrywide scheduled programme, BNP leaders and activists formed a human chain in the city on Tuesday demanding their chairperson Khaleda Zia's release from jail, reports UNB.Hundreds of BNP leaders and followers formed the human chain around 10:40am, 20 minutes before the schedule, in front of the...

7th March speech an inspiration for world people's rights: Speakers

Speakers here said on Tuesday that Bangabandhu's historic 7th March speech is an inspiration for the people throughout the world to establish their rights, justice and self-control, reports BSS.They came up with the observation at a programme at Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad auditorium at Bangla Academy on "Bangabandhu's historic speech...

AL team to visit India soon: Quader

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Tuesday a 22-member delegation of his party will pay a five-day visit to India soon, reports BSS."The schedule of the Awami League delegation's visit to Delhi will be fixed within two to three days," he told...

Clash kills two including Sramik League leader in Sylhet

Two people, including a local Sramik League leader, were shot to death and 20 others injured in a clash between two feuding groups at Baroikandi of the city on Tuesday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Masuk Ahmed, 50, vice-president of Sramik League's Sadar upazila unit, and Babul Miah,...

Kamal submits petition for bail

Salimul Haq Kamal, one of the convicts in the much-talked-about Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, has filed a separate petition with the High Court seeking bail in the case, reports UNB.Lawyer Palash Chandra Roy filed the bail plea on Tuesday.On February 8, the Dhaka Special Court-5 convicted former Prime Minister...

Inu for boycotting militancy for women's progress

Information Minister and president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JASHOD) Hasanul Haq Inu said on Tuesday that the movement for women's right had to be fought within the greater struggle against militancy, reports BSS."The militants, communal elements and "tetul hujurs" were opposed to equal rights of women" he said, adding that...

Detectives pick up Swechchhasebak Dal president Bari

Plainclothes policemen detained Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal president Shafiul Bari Babu from Jatiya Press Club area on Tuesday, reports UNB.A team of the Detective Branch of police picked him up while he was returning home from the press club area after joining BNP's human chain programme around 11:45am.Contacted, BNP senior joint...

BNP airs concern over Khaleda's health condition in jail

BNP voiced on Monday concern over the health condition of its jailed chairperson Khaleda Zia as she has been suffering from various diseases and demanded the government immediately ensure her proper treatment, reports UNB."Our chairperson's physicians have said she has long been suffering from various ailments, including respiratory, eye, knee...

Top court to decide on graft charges against Morshed Khan tomorrow

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) has fixed March 8 for announcing whether the charges of money laundering against former foreign affairs minister M Morshed Khan and his family will be reinvestigated or not, reports bdnews24.com.A four-member bench headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain set the date...

Shafik Rehman faces arrest

A Dhaka court on Tuesday issued a warrant for the arrest of four people, including journalist Shafik Rehman, in a case filed for plotting to 'abduct and kill' Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son and her ICT adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy, reports UNB.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharafuzzaman Ansari passed the order after...

Awami League presidium member Mohammad Nasim addressing extended meeting

Awami League presidium member and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim addressing an extended meeting of the party’s Dhaka city south unit at its office in the city on Tuesday to make the 7th March rally at Suhrawardy Uddan a success. — Focus Bangla