Khaleda offers fatiha at Arafat’s graveside

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday recited from the Quran and offered fatiha at the graveside of her youngest son Arafat Rahman Koko at Banani graveyard in the capital.

SC paves way for hanging

The Appellate Division on Monday dismissed the review petition of war crimes death row inmate Muhammad Kamaruzzaman paving the way for his execution. Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, who chaired a four-judge bench, pronounced the verdict at 9.10 AM in a crowded courtroom amid tight security.

Jamaat calls hartal on Tuesday, Wednesday.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday called a 48-hour general strike across the country protesting what it said the government’s conspiracy of killing the party’s senior assistant secretary general Muhammad Kamaruzzaman and demanding his release.

Family asked to meet Kamaruzzaman by 5:00pm.

The jail authority on Monday asked the family members of the condemned war crimes convict Muhammad Kamaruzzaman to meet him at the Dhaka Central Jail by 5:00pm.

Nor’wester kills 9, injures 6 Hundreds of houses damaged, power supply snapped, ferry movement suspended.

At least nine people were killed and six injured in Dhaka, Bogra and Rajshahi as many areas of the country witnessed nor’wester on Saturday.

BNP gets access to own office.

Leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party got access to their central office on Saturday evening more than three months after law enforcement agencies had locked it.

88th day blockade passes loosely.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance sponsored 88th day of current non-stop blockade on Friday passed off loosely without any reported incident of violence.

Shajahan, Selim take part in electioneering in breach of electoral code.

Independent lawmaker Haji Mohammad Selim on Friday sought blessings and vote for Awami League-backed mayoral candidate for Dhaka south city corporation, Sayeed Khokon,

Hasina tells MPs to resist BNP, allies from local constituencies.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday night asked her party lawmakers to go and stay in their respective constituencies and form committees to resist ‘unruly’ activities of the BNP-led 20 party alliance,