The Law Ministry yesterday shifted 16 cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to the makeshift court at Bakshibazar in the city, reports UNB. The ministry issued three gazette notifications in this regard. Talking to reporters at the secretariat over the government decision, Law Minster Anisul…

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in a tweet message yesterday expressed her concern over the deterioration of law and order and an increase in the incidents of rape in the country last year. “Mohila Parishad says 1,251 women and kids were raped, 224 gang raped and 58 of them were killed after rape…

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist Tanim Khan who was stabbed to death allegedly by rivals on Sunday was buried in Osmaninagar upazila in Sylhet yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. Tanim was buried at Bhurunga Panchayet graveyard following a namaz-e-janaza at Bhurunga Iqbal Ahmed School and College…

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia held a meeting with the top leaders of her party-led 20-party alliance yesterday night to discuss the country's latest political situation and other relevant issues. The meeting, about 2-hour long, began shortly after 9pm at the BNP chairperson's Gulshan political…

The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the February 26 by-election to the mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) today, reports BSS. "The schedule will be declared tomorrow (Tuesday) as the by-polls date was announced earlier," EC Acting Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed…

At least 25 people were reportedly injured during a clash between two factions of Awami League in Usmani Nagar upazila of Sylhet yesterday, reports UNB. The clash originated after Manjur and Hannan, two AL leaders belonging to rival camps within the party, locked into an altercation and at one stage…

An alleged criminal was killed in a gunfight between two groups of miscreants at Howanak in Maheshkhali upazila of Cox's Bazar yesterday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Absar Ali, 28, son of Abul Kalam of Howanak Kalagazipara. Pradip Kumar Das, OC of Maheshkhali Police Station,…

Three people were killed and four others injured in a road accident on Cox's Bazar-Teknaf Marine Drive at Khuniapalong in Ramu upazila of Cox's Bazar yesterday, reports UNB. Two of the deceased were identified as CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver Nurul Absar, 26, son of Syed Hossain of Baharchara…