Jamaat calls hartal for Thursday as leaders remanded
Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday announced a three-day protest programme including countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for Thursday in protest at the arrest and subsequent remand of its central leaders, including the party chief, Maqbul Ahmad.
Rohingya insurgent ceasefire ends in Myanmar with no report of attacks
Myanmar authorities said there was no sign of attacks by Rohingya Muslim militants on Tuesday as a one-month insurgent ceasefire came to end.
RAID ON EXTREMIST DEN Woman surrenders with three children
Police concluded ‘Operation Melted Ice’ on Monday evening after Khadiza Akhter, younger sister of extremist suspect Nurul Islam Marzan, surrendered to the law enforcement agency along with her three children in Jessore.
Jamaat chief among seven leaders arrested
Police on Monday night arrested seven leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, including its chief Maqbul Ahmad, during a raid on a house at Uttara in the capital.
Arrest warrant issued against Khaleda Zia in Comilla
A Comilla court on Monday issued an arrest warrant against Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and 77 others in a case of arson attack that killed eight people and injured 20 others in February 2015 during BNP-led 20-party alliance’s anti-government agitations.
Rohingya influx swells further
The influx of Rohingyas into Bangladesh fleeing violence in Myanmar began on August 25 sharply swelled further on Monday while 14 more bodies of fleeing ethnic minority people drowned in the River Naf were recovered.
12 drown, scores missing in Rohingya boat capsize
At least 12 people died and scores were missing Monday after a boat packed with Rohingya refugees — many of them children — capsized, the latest tragedy to strike those fleeing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
Police cordon off ‘extremist den’ in Jessore
Police cordoned off a house in Ghop Central Road area of Jessore town early Monday suspecting it a hideout of extremists.
West edges towards punishing Myanmar army leaders
The European Union and the United States are considering targeted sanctions against Myanmar military leaders over an offensive that has driven more than 5,00,000 Rohingyas out of the country, officials familiar with the discussions say.
Low turns into land depression, signal 3 continues at seaports
The well-marked low over coastal areas of Bangladesh, West Bengal and adjoining northwest bay has moved slightly north-northwestwards and intensified into a land depression.
