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Three sentenced to death in separate murder cases in Chuadanga

Dhaka, July 16 -- A court has sentenced three people to death over two separate murders in Chuadanga's Alamdanga and Jibannagar Upazilas. District and Sessions Judge Md Akbar Ali Sheikh delivered the... Read More


'Chhatra League' activists attack, detonate bombs at NCP rally stage in Gopalganj

Dhaka, July 16 -- A stage being prepared for a rally by the National Citizen Party (NCP) has been attacked and vandalised in Gopalganj. The party's activists said that activists of the banned Chhatra... Read More


'Business rivalry, personal vendetta' behind Mitford murder, DMP chief says

Dhaka, July 16 -- The brutal murder of scrap trader Lal Chand alias Md Sohag was primarily driven by "business rivalry and personal resentment", Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md ... Read More


Assembly banned under Section 144 as Gopalganj descends into chaos over NCP rally

Dhaka, July 16 -- Gopalganj has turned into a battleground as gunfire echoed across town amid a series of violent incidents triggered by the National Citizen Party's "July march" and rally. The deafe... Read More


NCP convoy attacked after rally in Gopalganj

Dhaka, July 16 -- Leaders of the National Citizen Party (NCP) have come under fresh attack on their way out of Gopalganj following a rally amid simmering tensions surrounding the party's July march pr... Read More


'Mujibists' obstructed us, we will respond, NCP's Nahid Islam says

Dhaka, July 16 -- National Citizen Party Convenor Nahid Islam warns that his party will respond after "Mujibists" obstructed his party's procession and rally in Gopalganj. He made the remarks at a br... Read More


Anti-discrimination Student Movement announces Bangladesh-wide 'blockade' after attack on NCP

Dhaka, July 16 -- The Anti-discrimination Student Movement has called a blockade programme throughout Bangladesh to protest the attack on the National Citizen Party's activists in Gopalganj. A post o... Read More


Bhaluka triple murder prime suspect Nazrul arrested in Gazipur

India, July 15 -- Police have arrested the prime suspect in the murder of a mother and her two children in Mymensingh's Bhaluka Upazila. Mymensingh police Kazi Akhtar Ul Alam said the suspect Nazrul ... Read More


Ziaur Rahman's patronage paved way for Islamist parties in politics, says BNP's Rizvi

India, July 15 -- BNP's senior leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said certain Islamic parties were able to enter politics because of the support and opportunities provided by Ziaur Rahman. Speaking at an ... Read More


BNP 'backtracks' whenever key state reforms are raised, NCP claims

India, July 15 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) has accused the BNP of retreating whenever discussions on fundamental state reforms are brought to the table, particularly on electoral restructuring... Read More